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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Descendants of John Wismer and his wife Agnes Honsberger of Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada
Type: BookAbstract: An account concentrating on the history of the family in Pennsylvania and the Vineland area, with biographical notes on descendants who moved to Waterloo County, especially Kitchener.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyWismer familyBiographiesWaterloo CountyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener20th centuryYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1907-1974Export options:Dorothea Schlote and her family: a remembrance
Type: BookAbstract: An anecdotal family history celebrating the 100th birthday of Dorothea Herbst Schlote. The book includes descriptions of the family's emigration from Germany, farming in Ontario at the end of the ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyFarmersSettlers GermanGerman languageGermansDiseasesWorld War IIDepressionsSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1830-1988Export 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: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:From my window
Type: BookAbstract: Memoirs including an account of a trip to Kitchener to discover the author's ancestral roots. His great-grandparents were Jacob Wagner of Albany, NY, and Margaret Hailer, daughter of Jacob Hailer of ...Keywords: BiographiesAuthorsWagner GordonWagner familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1849-1987Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:History of the Noah W. Shantz and Rachel Shantz descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of Noah (1854-1920) and Rachel (1856-1890), Waterloo County Mennonites who had seven children. An introduction explains that the family is related to Christian who came from Pennsylvania ...Keywords: GenealogyShantz familyShantz Noah W.Shantz Rachel ShantzMennonitesBiographiesPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1810-1974Export options:In search of myself
Type: BookKeywords: BiographiesAuthorsGrove Frederick PhilipYear of publication: 1974Export options:Julian Beaty and Abraham Z. Buehler: a record of their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with brief biographies of John Beaty and Mary Cress, parents of Julian, who settled in Waterloo Township. Descendants of the six surviving children of Julian and Abraham Z. Buehler ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlers IrishSettlers PennsylvaniaWar 1812TeachersMennonitesCress familyBuehler AbrahamBeatty JohnYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:Koch: some ancestors and descendants of David Ludwig Koch, 1801-1889, and Barbara Reist, 1801-1890
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the family of an early settler of Woolwich Township who was ordained a minister for the Conestogo Mennonite Meeting House in 1845. There is information on Ludwig's ancestors and the ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers GermanFarmersChurches MennoniteBiographiesClergyConestogo Mennonite ChurchGerman CompanyWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1823-1988Export options: