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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:Aunt Hannah
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reminiscences of a Groh family visit by wagon to Aunt Hannah Baer, daughter of Levi Snyder, at Owen Reist's farm. There is genealogical information on the Baers, some of whom built bridges at ...Keywords: GenealogyCustoms and traditionsMennonitesPrestonHespelerWest MontroseFreeportGroh familyGroh IvanGroh OscarYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1845-1920Export 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: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:Ephraim Weber
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family of Ephraim Weber, a writer from Waterloo County who later moved to Alberta.Keywords: GenealogyAuthorsMennonitesTeachersBiographiesKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)BadenFreeportPrestonYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1895-1962Export 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:Genealogical resources: land records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of the information available from land deeds and wills at Registry Offices, with a description of the research procedures used at the Kitchener Registry Office. The author also refers to ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1805-1985Export options:History or fiction
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A critical comment on the notion that the Pennsylvania German pioneers of Waterloo County were generally farmers and not interested in manufacturing industries or commerce.Year of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1806-1875Export options:Pioneers of Waterloo (1799 to 1889)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Fictionalized biographies of Jacob Engle, John Winger, Martin Baer, David Gingrich, Jacob Bechtel, Samuel Bricker, Benjamin Eby, Ephraim Weber and other pioneers. Some of the material on the earliest ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1942Export options:The Amish Presence in Woolwich Township
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Woolwich TownshipWaterloo RegionAmishYear of publication: 1999Export options: