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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Michael Wilhelm and Margaret Wettlaufer family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German family with seven children who settled in Wilmot Township in 1837. It includes newspaper clippings, mostly announcements of births, deaths and marriages. One daughter, ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersBiographiesSettlers GermanWilmot TownshipPrestonWilhelm familyWilhelm MichaelWilhelm Margaret Wettlaufer (m. Michael)Wilhelm PeterYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1837-1988Export options:Model farmers, dubious citizens: Pennsylvania Germans in Upper Canada, 1786-1855
Type: BookYear of publication: 1998Export options:Ontario rural society 1867-1930: a thematic index of selected Ontario agricultural periodicals
Type: BookAbstract: A bibliography of Ontario farming journals with an author index and a subject index that is divided into three sections: land, people, and organizations and institutions. It is a valuable aid to ...Keywords: BibliographiesFarmersAgricultureYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1867-1930Export options:Pannabecker - Panabaker: a family history by the late Cornelius Arthur Panabaker about 1960
Type: BookAbstract: Short biographies of members of the Panabaker family, including the author, descendants of pioneer settlers in the Hespeler area in 1810. Many of the family were farmers and some were later ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaTemperance movementChurches MethodistFarmersWomenTextile IndustryWar 1812World War IPanabaker FamilyPannebecker Nancy Detweiler (m. Cornelius)Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1810-1966Export options:Peter G. Martin letters - English
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of letters from Peter G. Martin of St Jacobs to friends in other parts of Canada and the United States. The letters have been transcribed and, where necessary, translated from German ...Keywords: CorrespondenceMennonites (Old Order)Diseases TyphoidDiseases InfluenzaFarmersMartin Peter G.Martin familySt JacobsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1872-1899Export options:Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: Biographical sketches and genealogies of the parents and their twelve children. Peter came in 1829 from Alsace to Wilmot Township, where he later became a bishop serving the Wilmot Amish Mennonite ...Keywords: AmishClergyBiographiesGenealogySchool boardsFarmersSocial life and customsWomenChurches CongregationalMennonitesYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1829-1981Export options:Peter Reist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a Mennonite family, emphasizing its 18th-century Pennsylvania antecedents. It gives brief biographical information on later Waterloo County descendants, including John Reist who came to ...Year of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1826-1933Export options:Poth family history: descendants of Andrew Poth and Magdalena Lautenschlager
Type: BookAbstract: A scrapbook of photographs, articles, documents and genealogical charts relating to the New Dundee family.Keywords: FarmersGenealogyPoth familyLautenschlager familyLautenschlager PhilippPoth AndrewPoth EarlmontPoth FrederickPoth Emma Diebel (m. Frederick)Diebel PeterYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1822-1983Export options:Reminiscences and records of the family of Enoch and Hannah (Eby) Burkhart, long-time residents of Peel Township, Wellington County, Rural Route #1, Drayton, Ontario, Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical record of the couple's ancestors and descendants. Enoch and Hannah bought a farm on the boundary between Wellington and Waterloo Counties and were members of the Floradale Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesReunionsFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBurkhart familySt JacobsFloradaleElmiraWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1820-1970Export options:Schwind: some ancestors and descendants of Andreas Schwind (1822-1905) and Katharina Miller (1821-1886)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a German family who settled in the Lexington area in the mid-19th century and later moved north of Elmira. Andreas was a farmer and a stonemason who helped build the North Woolwich ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersCorrespondenceStonemasonsSchwind familySchwind AndreasSchwind Katharina Miller (m. Andreas)Schwind PeterSchwind Lucinda Strome (m. Peter)Schwind JohnYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1988Export options: