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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Anna's art: the Fraktur Art of Anna Weber, a Waterloo County Mennonite Artist, 1814-1888
Type: BookYear of publication: 1976Export options:Benjamin Eby: pioneer Ontario bishop- teacher-writer
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical account of Benjamin Eby, focusing on his books, the marriage certificates he signed, and the fraktur inscriptions of the Eby meeting house hymnals. There is a modern transcription of ...Keywords: MennonitesFolk artClergyGerman languageChurches MennoniteSchoolsWritersTeachersPublishersBiographiesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options:Bowlby, Ward Hamilton
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the legal career and business and community interests of Waterloo County's Crown Attorney.Keywords: Bowlby W.H.Bowlby Lissie Hespeler (m. W.H.)BiographiesReal estateLawyersBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo County Court HouseYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1858-1886Export options:Bowman, Isaac Erb
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the business interests and public service of North Waterloo's representative in the Canadian parliament from 1864 to 1878.Keywords: BiographiesLeather industryTeachersInsurance agentsPoliticiansBowman Isaac ErbWoolwich Township CouncilOntario Mutual Life Assurance Co.Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1832-1886Export options:Bowman, Israel David
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief biography of the municipal officer who served as county clerk for Waterloo from 1861.Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1835-1886Export options:Burghalle remembered: a Saxon village in Transylvania
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the people and customs of the Transylvanian village of Burghalle, some of whom came to the Waterloo area following the Second World War. There are recollections of immigrants, such as ...Keywords: World War IIRomaniaGermansBiographiesMusicAssociations and clubsImmigrationEthnic groupsEthnic identityAcculturationYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1945-1989Export options:Descendants of Theobald Waechter
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a French Catholic family who settled near New Germany in 1829 and moved to Bruce County by 1866. A description of the early Catholic church in New Germany tells how Father Peter ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesEconomic conditionsClergyFarmersChurches CatholicSettlersNew GermanyMaryhillBruce CountyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1829-1989Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical summary of the ancestors and descendants of a Swiss Anabaptist farming family in Wilmot Township. Biographical sketches introduce the families of the ten children. The 1861 census ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissFarmersBiographiesWilmot TownshipKuepfer familyKuepfer John L.Kuepfer Magdalena Jantzi (m. John L.)Kuepfer Jacob L.Kuepfer Veronica Buerge (m. Jacob L.)Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1820-1976Export options:Funcken, Very Rev. Louis, D.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief profile of the rector of St Jerome's College, Berlin.Keywords: BiographiesChurches CatholicSchools SeparateSchools SecondaryFuncken Louis Rev.St Jerome's College BerlinBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1864-1886Export options:German pioneers of Toronto and Markham Township : the story of William Moll Berczy.
Type: BookYear of publication: 1976Export options: