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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A family history of David Rife, formerly Reiff, beginning about 1751: also a history of Michael Troyer, beginning about 1706
Type: BookAbstract: A combined genealogy of the Rife family, some of whom settled in Waterloo County, and the Troyer family in Vaughan County. Articles, obituaries, wills and photographs relating to the families are ...Keywords: GenealogyObituariesFarmersRife DavidRife Ophelia Lochead (m. David)Troyer familyRife familyPanabaker FamilyWaterloo CountyHespelerYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:Amish and German Catholics in Wilmot Township
Type: BookKeywords: AmishGermansWilmot TownshipCatholicismYear of publication: 1976Export options:Anna's art: the Fraktur Art of Anna Weber, a Waterloo County Mennonite Artist, 1814-1888
Type: BookYear of publication: 1976Export options:Bibliography of German dialects spoken in the United States and Canada and problems of German-English language contacts especially
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A bibliography of 150 items, some of which refer to Waterloo County. It is a continuation of a bibliography on the same topic by Wolfgang Viereck.Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1968-1976Export options:Breithaupt origins
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family's 1843 migration from Germany to Buffalo, and later to Berlin. The author briefly surveys the generations of Waterloo County Breithaupts and their contributions to the ...Keywords: PoliticiansIndustriesGermansImmigrationBerlin (Ontario)Breithaupt familyBreithaupt LiboriousBreithaupt Louis (1827-1880)Breithaupt Catharine Hailer (m. Louis)Hailer JacobYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1843-1976Export options:Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:Ephraim Baer family 1876-
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Ephraim (1876-1953) and Lovina Nahrgang (1881-1956) and their sixteen children. There are minutes of the 1971 reunion and handwritten notes updating the information ...Keywords: GenealogyBaer FamilyNahrgang familyBaer EphraimBaer Lovina Nahrgang (m. Ephraim)MennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1876-1976Export options:Family history and genealogy of Joseph C. Zehr and Barbara Wutherick, Henry Oakley and Katherine Yoder, Joseph C. Zehr and Katherine Yoder
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Oxford County about 1860 and later in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships. Biographical sketches have been included for the second generation.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesClergyFrenchMennonitesAmishOxford CountyWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipPunkeydoodle's CornerYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1896-1980Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical summary of the ancestors and descendants of a Swiss Anabaptist farming family in Wilmot Township. Biographical sketches introduce the families of the ten children. The 1861 census ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissFarmersBiographiesWilmot TownshipKuepfer familyKuepfer John L.Kuepfer Magdalena Jantzi (m. John L.)Kuepfer Jacob L.Kuepfer Veronica Buerge (m. Jacob L.)Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1820-1976Export options:Family history of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder Shantz, 1710-1980
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the progenitors and descendants of Jonas C. Shantz (1813-1898) and Hannah Snyder and their eight children. There is a biography of each of the children, apart from Magdalena who died in ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyBiographiesShantz familyShantz MosesShantz LeviShantz Wendel S.Shantz Jonas C.Shantz ChristianShantz MagdalenaYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1813-1980Export options: