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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A walking tour of Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery
Type: BookAbstract: A brief historical outline and guide to three suggested tours, with notes on 38 notable community leaders buried in the cemetery. A slightly revised version of the guide was published in 1980.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1812-1980Export options:Family history of Peter Shirk
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Peter Shirk, an Old Order Mennonite who held political appointments and owned the Lancaster Mills at Bridgeport and the Baden Mills. Short biographies ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesEducationBusinessesBiographiesReligionMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Shirk and Snider Ltd BridgeportBaden MillsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1862-1984Export options:Norman Christoph Schneider: presented lovingly by his children on the occasion of his 70th birthday, December 9, 1958.
Type: BookAbstract: A scrapbook compiled by his family as a tribute to the son of the founder of J.M. Schneider, Ltd. The volume contains copies of personal documents, poems, correspondence, newspaper clippings and ...Keywords: BiographiesGermansSportsPoliticiansSchneider Helena R. Ahrens (m. J.M.)Schneider Norman C.Schneider familySchneider J.M.Ahrens familyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1888-1960Export options:Search for America : the odyssey of an immigrant
Type: BookKeywords: FictionBiographiesYear of publication: 1982Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Menno Lichty and Catharine Martin
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Swiss Mennonite family, taken mainly from Ezra Eby's "A Biographical History of Waterloo township" (1895).Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesLichty familyLichty JohnLichty Barbara Hoffman (m. John)Martin DavidMartin familyMartin MariaWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1822-1983Export options:The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer
Type: BookAbstract: The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War ...Keywords: BiographiesAgricultureCustoms and traditionsMennonitesGenealogyFolkloreDiariesEby Gordon C.Eby ChristianEby familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1911-1913Export options:The Pequegnat story: the family and the clocks
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the large family of Ulysse and Francoise Pequegnat who arrived in Berlin from Switzerland in 1874. Various family members had clock and jewellery stores in Ontario towns and cities, ...Keywords: Pequegnat familySwissEntrepreneursGenealogyBiographiesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1874-1982Export options:The Redekop(p) book: the descendants of Benjamin Redekopp (1833-1907) and Anna (Wiebe nee Berg) Redekopp (1819-1899)
Type: BookAbstract: A record of a Russian Mennonite family which includes Calvin W. Redekop, a professor of Sociology at Conrad Grebel College, among its descendants. Other members settled in Montana and Saskatchewan.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesRussian MennonitesRedekopp familyRedekop Calvin W.Conrad Grebel College WaterlooYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1920-1984Export options:The Sherk family
Type: BookAbstract: A well-documented history of the Sherk family from 1635 to 1982. Most of the book refers to members in the United States, but two chapters refer to Canadian descendants. These include: Joseph Sherk ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options:The Weishar family, 1818-1983
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the ancestors and descendants of Andrew Weishar and Margaretha Zinger. Andrew, a native of Alsace- Lorraine, farmed in Waterloo Township from 1863 to 1871, when he and his family moved ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersBiographiesWeishar familyWeishar AndrewZinger ChrysostumWeishar Margaretha Zinger (m. Andrew)Brohman LeonardAlsace-LorraineWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1860-1983Export options: