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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Inventory of archival and primary sources: Guelph and Wellington County to 1940
Type: BookAbstract: A comprehensive research tool created with the help of InMagic software. Annotated references are organized in sections for: government records, business records, church records, voluntary ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1940Export options:Julian Beaty and Abraham Z. Buehler: a record of their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with brief biographies of John Beaty and Mary Cress, parents of Julian, who settled in Waterloo Township. Descendants of the six surviving children of Julian and Abraham Z. Buehler ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlers IrishSettlers PennsylvaniaWar 1812TeachersMennonitesCress familyBuehler AbrahamBeatty JohnYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:Kranz, Hugo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the Berlin community leader and M.P. for North Waterloo.Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1851-1886Export options:Lackner, Dr Henry G.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the Berlin physician and community leader.Keywords: BiographiesMayorsPoliticiansPhysiciansLackner Helen A. Mackie (m. H.G.)Lackner WilliamLackner Henry George DrWaterloo County House of Industry and RefugeHawkesvilleBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1851-1886Export options:Lawyers as members of urban business elites in southern Ontario, 1860 to 1920
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An analysis of the changing distribution and organization of law practices in southern Ontario communities, in relation to the main phases of business activity. Lawyers are described as members of " ...Keywords: UrbanizationAssociations and clubsEthnic identityGermansLand ownershipLawyersLegislationPoliticiansTaxationBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1860-1920Export options:Localities of landowners: assessment roll evidence, 1861-1951
Type: ReportAbstract: Indexes and tables of social and land use data for assessed property-owners in ten sample localities of the township at 10-year intervals between 1861 and 1951. Introduced by an essay describing each ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1861-1951Export options:Martin's Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4533): East Concession 12, Lot 7, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 29 stones in a small cemetery adjoining a traditional Mennonite meeting house on the Linwood road. More than half the stones have the family name Martin; other names ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1945-1985Export options:Merner, Samuel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the prominent citizen of New Hamburg who won the South Waterloo seat in the Dominion Parliament in 1878.Keywords: BiographiesFoundriesPoliticiansMerner SamuelNew Hamburg Public School BoardNew Hamburg Village CouncilNew HamburgYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1837-1886Export options:Mylius, George Rudolph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief profile of the German-born physician who practised in Berlin from 1860, including a reference to his unsuccessful efforts to produce beet sugar. Mylius was a cousin of Hugo Kranz and married ...Keywords: BiographiesPhysiciansSugar beet industryMylius George Rudolph DrMylius Dorothea Klotz (m. R.)Kranz HugoKlotz OttoBerlin (Ontario)PrestonYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1860-1886Export options:Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of Cress who bought Lot 7 in Woolwich Township in 1819 from John Erb. The article provides information on the exact location of the homestead as well as biographical details of Simon' ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBiographiesSettlers PioneerCress SimonCress EphraimCress JacobCress CatharineBricker Elizabeth CressHewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1819-1852Export options: