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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants of Joseph Laschinger, Abraham Nash and Gwer Merner
Type: ReportAbstract: A family history of the author's forebears, the Laschingers of New Hamburg, who intermarried with the Nash and Merner families. Reminiscences of the author's childhood in New Hamburg and memories of ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyCarriages and wagons industryChildrenFarmersPoliticiansPost officesChurches EvangelicalWar 1861-1865 American CivilMerner FamilyYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1819-1966Export options:A history of the ancestors and descendants of Peter P. Martin, also a short sketch of the Daniel M. Brubacher family
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the two Waterloo County families from 1650 to 1966. Biographical information about some family members is included, and there is an alphabetical index of names.Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesMartin familyMartin Peter P.Brubacher Daniel M.Waterloo CountyPennsylvania Berks CountyPennsylvania Lancaster CountyYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1800-1966Export options:An example of an Amish Mennonite family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the author's families, the Gaschos who settled east of Baden and in Wellesley and the Nafzigers who farmed in Perth County. Both families were members and clergy of Amish Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyReligious dissensionClergyMennonitesAmishSettlers FrenchNafziger familyGascho familyGascho ChristianGascho Christina Petersheim (m. Christian)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1981Export options:City-building processes in Berlin/Kitchener and Waterloo, 1870-1930
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study in urban history, organized thematically to include chapters on urban- industrial development in southern Ontario between 1870 and 1930, the urban ethos, a prosopographical analysis of ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1830-1930Export options:Family history of Gottfried Reinhart
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Gottfried Reinhart and Anna Marie Bruder who owned a farm near Berlin, south of the Grand Trunk Railway. A description of their farmhouse and a history of the farm ...Keywords: Settlers GermanFarmersGenealogyReinhart familyReinhart MartinReinhart Theresa Wolpert (m. Martin)Reinhart Henry B.Reinhart GottfriedReinhart Anna Marie Bruder (m. Gottfried)Galt ThomasYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1824-1981Export options:Guide to local history materials: Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library
Type: BookAbstract: Arranged in three sections: books held in the collection, books (and other sources) relating to Waterloo County available in the Genealogical Society Library of Utah, and archives. References to ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1830-1940Export options:History and genealogy of Joseph and Anna (Kauffman) Roth 1851-1966
Type: BookAbstract: A history of an Amish Mennonite family of French origin who settled mainly in Oxford and Perth Counties. Three families are shown on a map as owning land in Wilmot Township: Edwin and Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchMennonitesAmishFarmersOxford CountyPerth CountyRoth familyRoth JosephRoth Anna Kauffman (m. Joseph)Year of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1896-1966Export options:History of the Thaler family: tracing the descendants of George Adam Thaler, born September 11, 1785, died December 11, 1865, second edition
Type: BookAbstract: A revised and expanded edition of the Thaler genealogy published in 1960. The family emigrated from Germany about 1820 and farmed near Breslau. Biographical notes and reunion reports are included ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1820-1966Export options:List of oral history tapes in the Kitchener Public Library
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to a growing collection of oral history tapes, begun by the Kitchener Public Library in 1981 and amounting to more than 700 tapes by 1991. The tapes are listed in numerical order, with brief ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1981-Export options:Name and address supplement to the History of the Thaler family
Type: BookAbstract: A list grouped according to the families of Christina, Joseph, David and Adam Thaler, complementing the author's work on the family history.Keywords: GenealogyDirectoriesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipKitchenerPrestonYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1965-1966Export options: