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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
John Bricker Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the business partner of John Shuh in a Waterloo general store and later owner of the Graybill Manufacturing Company which produced office and school furniture. Family information about ...Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1840-1917Export options:John George Reiner: autobiography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short autobiography by the owner of many Wellesley businesses, including the woollen mill, flour mill, saw mill, general store, and a stave and heading plant.Keywords: Settlers GermanBiographiesRevolutionary War 1848FoundriesFurniture industrySaw mill industryTransportationDamsTextile IndustryFlour mill industryYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1832-1917Export options:John Goessman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the surveyor of the German Block in Wilmot Township for Christian Nafziger's Amish and Mennonite settlers. Goessman (1776-1841) also surveyed other townships and acted as an agent for ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1840Export options:John Lehman Wideman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Wideman (1833-1917), Woolwich Township Clerk for 32 years, postmaster of St Jacobs for 44 years, and a director of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company.Keywords: BiographiesObituariesPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipMarkhamBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerSt JacobsWideman John L.Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1833-1917Export options:John Zryd
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Zryd (1835-1917), one of the last of Hespeler's pioneer businessmen. He had a hardware and tinsmith business and was town clerk for thirteen years.Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1835-1917Export options:Julian Beaty and Abraham Z. Buehler: a record of their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with brief biographies of John Beaty and Mary Cress, parents of Julian, who settled in Waterloo Township. Descendants of the six surviving children of Julian and Abraham Z. Buehler ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlers IrishSettlers PennsylvaniaWar 1812TeachersMennonitesCress familyBuehler AbrahamBeatty JohnYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:Koch: some ancestors and descendants of David Ludwig Koch, 1801-1889, and Barbara Reist, 1801-1890
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the family of an early settler of Woolwich Township who was ordained a minister for the Conestogo Mennonite Meeting House in 1845. There is information on Ludwig's ancestors and the ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers GermanFarmersChurches MennoniteBiographiesClergyConestogo Mennonite ChurchGerman CompanyWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1823-1988Export options: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:Nafziger, Christian
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the leader of the Amish settlement in the German Block of Wilmot Township. The author explains the role of Nafziger (1776-1836) in negotiating land grants for Amish families and the ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1836Export options:Noah and Annie (Nafziger) Schultz of Wellesley Township
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Schultz and Nafziger families, including genealogical charts and an index of nearly 200 names.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchultz familyNafziger familySchultz NoahSchultz Annie NafzigerWellesley TownshipSwissGermansYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1988Export options: