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The Waterloo Township cadastre in 1861:
Type: BookAbstract: An explanation of the complex survey system and pattern of landownership from 1800 to 1861 in an introductory essay, with computer-assisted reproductions of Tremaine's map in 22 detailed sections. A ...Keywords: Land ownershipOccupationsMapsIndexesTremaine's Map of the County of Waterloo Canada WestSettlersWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1800-1861Export options:The Weber family: a historical novel [WRP]
Type: BookAbstract: An unpublished historical novel telling of the migrations of the Anabaptists from Switzerland to the Palatinate, then to Pennsylvania and lastly to Canada in 1819. Based on the experiences of the ...Keywords: Weber familyMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)SettlersFolkloreSocial life and customsLiteratureGenealogyWaterloo CountyWellesley TownshipYear of publication:Historical Period: 1819-1905Export 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:The Witmer story
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of the Witmer family, Tunkers who came to Preston from Pennsylvania in 1804 and intermarried with the Grohs and Gingerichs. It includes reminiscences of the Isaac Witmer family who ...Keywords: GenealogyTunkersFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWitmer familyPrestonWilmot TownshipWaterloo Township19th centuryYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1804-1910Export options:Thou art Peter: a story of the pioneer Peter Martin and the Woolwich Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: A short history of Peter Martin's family, beginning with his grandfather's birth in Switzerland. The main focus is on Peter Martin himself, his accomplishments, interests, and religious devotion, but ...Keywords: FamiliesGenealogyFarmersMennonites (Old Order)BiographiesFolk artPoetsWoolwich TownshipLancaster County PennsylvaniaSwitzerlandYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options:Wanner Mennonite Cemetery : CC# 6479, 2320 Old Maple Grove Road, Concession B, Lot 1, Beasley's Old Survey, Cambridge, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, (formerly) Woolwich Township (formerly Waterloo Township), Waterloo County / reread 2016 by Lorrie Snider, George Winfield, Paul Gross, Cynthia Stapells, Lyle Catt ; transcription updated by Lorrie Snider, Paul Gross
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesCemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 2017Export options:Waterloo and Wellington Counties book index volume I
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation of indexes to seven books: {The beginning of things in Waterloo and Wellington Counties}; {Early history of the Township of Erin}; {Let's reminisce}; {The Maple Leaf Journal: a ...Keywords: IndexesHistorical sourcesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options:Weber families in Waterloo and Bruce Counties (non-Mennonite)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with some added handwritten notes, linking this family of Webers to the Mennonite Webers in Martin's earlier work on John Anton Weber. Most families mentioned here were Lutherans or ...Keywords: GenealogyWeber familyWeber ChristopherWeber Christian B.Weber JacobWeber AdamWeber DanielWeber JohnWeber LouisWeber Carl J.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1830-1991Export options:William Rudy of Waterloo County, Ont.: his ancestors and his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Rudy family beginning with Daniel and Barbara (Rosenburger) Rudy who purchased land west of Waterloo in 1827. The work includes information in chart form about their descendants, ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesGenealogyRudy familyRudy WilliamRudy DanielRudy Barbara RosenburgerWellesley Township SS 10 BambergBambergWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1827-1990Export options:Wilmot Mennonite (Geiger) Cemetery, CC #4558 : 2995 Bleam's Road East (formerly Concession South of Bleam's Road, Lot 17), Wilmot Township, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario (formerly Waterloo County)
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesCemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 2014Export options: