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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Eby family as related to the Brubachers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief history of the Eby family's migrations from Switzerland to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County. The author explains the Ebys' original connection with the Brubachers through the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansSwissMennonitesEby Ezra E.Eby TheodorusEby ChristianMayer ElizabethBricker CatherineYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:The family book
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the Mennonite tradition of keeping a family book, an account book in which were recorded the expenses of the children once they reached their late teens.Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1883Export options:The first settlement in central western Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the early land transactions of Waterloo Township, listing original stockholders of the German Company and their farm lots and all properties sold in Bean's Tract in 1800. The author ...Year of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1798-1810Export options:The German visitor to Waterloo township in 1832
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Waterloo Township19th centuryYear of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1832Export options:The Hespeler family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the descendants of John George and Anna Wick Hespeler. For each of their nine children (Jacob, Ferdinanda, William, Stephanie, Louis, Marie, Wilhelmina, Anna Barbara and Charlotte), ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers EnglishSettlers GermanFlour mill industryDistilling industryBarrel making industryBox industrySports Horse racingBiographiesRussian MennonitesYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1810-1921Export options:The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:The history of Waterloo Township up to 1825
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account from the first purchase by Richard Beasley, James Wilson and John Baptiste Rousseau in 1798, to subsequent sales of properties within Blocks 1, 2 and 3. The author lists all properties ...Keywords: Settlement processSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesLand grantsLand patentsLand registrationLand surveysLand salesLand recordsLandownersYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1798-1825Export options:The Jacob Bernhardt family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of Philip and Barbara Bernhardt who came from Alsace to Preston in 1855, including details of their ten children.Year of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1817-1881Export options:The Mennonite settlements in Pennsylvania and Waterloo with special reference to the Bowman Family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of Mennonite migration, including some references to the settlement of Bowmans in the Blair area of Waterloo Township.Keywords: MennonitesFamiliesGenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMillsBowman SamuelBaumann Joseph Rev.Bowman ChristianBaumann WendelWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1922Historical Period: 1800-1857Export options:The Mennonite settlements in Pennsylvania and Waterloo with special reference to the Bowman Family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of Mennonite migration, including some references to the settlement of Bowmans in the Blair area of Waterloo Township.Year of publication: 1922Historical Period: 1800-1857Export options: