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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Ancestral record of Henry Martin Brubacher, 1838-1910
Type: ReportAbstract: A chronology of the Brubacher family, tracing ancestors back to 17th-century Switzerland and descendants to 1965. John W. Brubacher, the first member of the family to come to Canada, settled in ...Keywords: GenealogySwissIndustriesAgricultureMennonitesWoolwich TownshipSt JacobsFreeportBadenPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1965Historical Period: 1825-1965Export options:Complete Woolwich cemetery records: Elmira Mennonite, St Jacobs Mennonite, Conestogo Old Order, North Woolwich Mennonite, Floradale Mennonite
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of markers in several Woolwich cemeteries, with indexes, plans and explanatory notes on each. Nearly 800 markers are transcribed and indexed for the West Woolwich or Elmira Mennonite ...Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1850-1980Export options:Elfriede and company: a tale of two families
Type: BookAbstract: The chronicle of the Janzen family, Russian Mennonites who fled to Waterloo County in 1924. The story includes the Neufeld family, for Eliese Neufeld married Rev. Jacob H. Janzen, and both had ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesRussian MennonitesGenealogyMusicArt and artistsSocial conditionsEducational exchangesChildrenSettlers UkrainianYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1903-1979Export options:Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery (CC#4585): now Calvary United Church Cemetery, German Company Tract Lot 37, St Jacobs, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 500 stones with an index. The introduction notes that the Evangelical Association organized its church in St Jacobs in 1848. The cemetery occupies the site of the original log ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings LogYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1848-1985Export options:History of the ancestors and descendants of Daniel H. Weber (1797-1864)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite who emigrated to Waterloo County with his brothers Abraham, Benjamin and Henry. An introduction briefly explains the reasons for the emigration from Lancaster ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaWeber familyWeber Daniel H.Weber Anna Martin (m. Daniel H.)Weber BenjaminWeber AbrahamWeber HenryYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1797-1971Export options:Newborn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6439): Woolwich Township, GCT Lot 38
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of eight markers in the small cemetery adjoining a large white frame meeting house on the south side of the first road north of County Road 17, about two miles northwest of St Jacobs. ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1956-1986Export options:Official telephone directory, Western Ontario: January, 1912
Type: BookAbstract: A directory for exchanges and toll offices west of Hamilton and between Guelph and Palmerston, including Ayr, Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Linwood, New Dundee, New Hamburg, Preston, St Jacobs, Waterloo ...Keywords: Telephone systemsTechnologyDirectoriesYear of publication: 1912Historical Period: 1912-1913Export options:On the Mennonites who have come from Mexico to southern Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the trend since the mid-1950s of seasonal migration from Mexico to Ontario by Old Colony, Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference, Sommerfelder and Church of God Mennonites. The author ...Keywords: EmploymentMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsAgricultureChurches MennoniteMexicoOntarioKitchenerElmiraYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1955-1974Export options:Pepplers and their cousins
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with some biographical notes about a German family who migrated to North America about 1840. Among the many Waterloo County descendants are those of George and Ludwig, original immigrants ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogySettlersGermansWaterlooSt JacobsBerlin (Ontario)Woolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipPeppler familyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1985Export options: