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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:Canadian Amish Mennonite Roots in Pennsylvania
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Traces the migration from Pennsylvania and settlement in what are now York and Waterloo counties, Ontario, of the Troyer, Stoltzfus, Schwartzentruber, and other Amish families.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1835Export options:Christian E. Boshart and Catherine Buerge family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships in 1834 and later moved to Nebraska and Oregon. Reminiscences and photographs complement the genealogical ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesFrenchCustoms and traditionsAgricultureBoshart familyBuerge familyWilmot TownshipWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1834-1978Export options:Christian Wagler family
Type: BookAbstract: A manuscript genealogy of the family of Christian and his wife, Anne Marie Wagler, who came from France in 1848 and settled on what later became the Livingston farm in Baden.Keywords: MennonitesAmishGenealogyWagler familyWagler ChristianWagler Anne Marie Wagler (m. Christian)Oesch ChristianLivingston John P.BadenWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1848-1975Export options:Daniel Schrag genealogy, 1813-1964
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of a German farmer who became the minister of the East Zorra Mennonite Church in 1849. Many of his descendants settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships. Introductions to ...Keywords: MennonitesClergyCheese industryAmishSchrag familySchrag DanielSchrag Elizabeth Gingerich (m. Daniel)Schrag Magdalena Steinman (m. Daniel)Lichti familySchrag ChristianYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1813-1964Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Catherine (Roth) Schwartzentruber, 1835-1969
Type: BookAbstract: A record of an Amish Mennonite couple who were married in Wilmot in 1835 and farmed there and later in Perth County. Biographies of their nine married children are included with genealogies of their ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesAmishMennonitesPerth CountySchwartzentruber familySchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine Roth (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1835-1969Export options:Family history and genealogy of John Jantzi and Elizabeth Gerber
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of an Amish Mennonite family who migrated from France to New York State and then settled in Wilmot Township. The biographical sketches which introduce the families of each of John and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers FrenchAmishFarmersBiographiesJantzi familyJantzi JohnJantzi Elizabeth Gerber (m. John)Kuepfer familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1832-1974Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob (Wagner) Gingerich and Veronica Litwiller, 1825-1975
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of over 2,000 descendants, introduced by a section on the German background, the early Amish Mennonite settlement of Wilmot Township, and the development of the Gingerich family farm in ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanMennonitesAmishFarmersLiquorReligious dissensionGingerich familyGingerich JacobGingerich Veronica Litwiller (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1825-1975Export options:Genealogical resources: census records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A guide to Ontario census records with particular reference to Mennonite families. Information available from the records is discussed, using Waterloo County examples. It mentions an index, compiled ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options: