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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: early settlers and their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint of the first chapter in Eby's book which is indexed in detail in the WRP database. There is a biographical sketch of Eby as one of the earliest local historians. The Pennsylvania Mennonite ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesIndigenous peoplesWar 1812Military conscriptionPennsylvania GermansWaterloo TownshipEby Ezra E.Sherk JosephBetzner SamuelYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1799-1861Export options:A brief family history : Prange, Prong, Grauel : from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany to Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, 1858
Type: BookYear of publication: 2004Export options:A brief history and genealogy of the Brubacher families in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy tracing the family back to John Weber Brubacher (1803-1886) who arrived in 1825 and settled two miles west of St Jacobs.Keywords: GenealogyBrubacher familyBrubacher John W.Brubacher Catherine MartinWoolwich TownshipMennonitesYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1825-1895Export options:A brief history of Sam R. Horst and his relationship
Type: ReportAbstract: A manuscript autobiography of an Old Order Mennonite farmer in Woolwich Township. As well as describing his working years and activities, the author relates his family's hardships including many ...Keywords: Horst Samuel RFarmersAgricultureMedical careMennonites (Old Order)BiographiesWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1903-1988Export options:A broken bowl
Type: BookKeywords:Year of publication: 1997Export options:A comparative factorial ecology: Kitchener-Waterloo, 1971 and 1981
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of socio-economic and demographic characteristics based on census data for ethnic origin, religion, education, mobility, fertility, dwellings, households, employment and income. The ...Keywords: Census recordsGermansKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1971-1981Export options:A complicated kindness : a novel
Type: BookKeywords: FictionMennonitesYear of publication: 2004Export options:A descriptive summary and analysis of the changing settlement and occupational patterns
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study by a Mennonite of settlement patterns and trends in Wilmot Township, the only area of Ontario settled by both Amish and Mennonites. The author surveys the whole township for the period from ...Keywords: Wilmot TownshipNew HamburgBadenMennonitesPennsylvania GermansAmishEducationOccupationsAgricultureBirthsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1860-1980Export options:A facile pen: John Motz and the Berliner Journal, 1859-1911
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biographical appraisal of the roles of Motz as writer, editor and business manager of the "Berliner Journal" and of the newspaper's influence in preserving German culture. The author presents a ...Keywords: NewspapersGerman languageBerlin (Ontario)Berliner JournalBiographiesMotz JohnMotz familyRittinger FriedrichRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1859-1911Export options: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: