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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Contribution of the Mennonites to the development of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An essay in the special centennial issue about the role of Mennonites in settling Waterloo County and their subsequent contributions as farmers, entrepreneurs, educators, lawyers, clergy and ...Keywords: MennonitesAgricultureOccupationsWomenIndustriesSettlersPennsylvania GermansAmishWaterloo CountyBeasley's TractYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1967Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob (Wagner) Gingerich and Veronica Litwiller, 1825-1975
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of over 2,000 descendants, introduced by a section on the German background, the early Amish Mennonite settlement of Wilmot Township, and the development of the Gingerich family farm in ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanMennonitesAmishFarmersLiquorReligious dissensionGingerich familyGingerich JacobGingerich Veronica Litwiller (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1825-1975Export options:Historic settlement patterns by ethnicity
Type: ReportAbstract: A map showing the date of settlement, ethnic group, and predominant religion of locales in Waterloo Region. Accompanying documentation lists the township or town and gives an historical summary.Keywords: Ethnic groupsEthnic identitySettlersGermansPennsylvania GermansMennonitesLutheransAmishWaterloo CountyMapsYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:Rosebank Community Cemetery (CC#4565): Block A, Concession 2, Lot 4, Huron Road, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 150 markers. The introduction notes that the cemetery dates from about 1830 and is located on land deeded to the community for use as a cemetery and school. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishCemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1825-1989Export options:The Christian Ruby family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including biographical articles by Lorraine Roth about Christian Ruby and his son Joseph who emigrated to Wilmot Township in 1838. In 1853 Joseph was ordained bishop of the Amish ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1838-1989Export options:The family history and genealogy of Jacob Wagler and Magdalena Gardner and Barbara Lebold
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Wagler family, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jacob Wagler, bishop of the Wellesley Amish Mennonite Congregation. Biographical information is provided about ...Keywords: AmishAnabaptistsMennonitesGenealogyBiographiesClergyWagler familyWagler JacobGardner MagdalenaLebold BarbaraYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1839-1989Export options:The Mennonites in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A concise account first published to commemorate Canada's centennial year. There are variations in layout, ink colour, illustrations (including the cover photograph) and tables, but the text in ...Keywords: MennonitesOccupationsCustoms and traditionsAgricultureEducationAmishMennonites (Old Order)Mennonite Central CommitteeOntarioYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1787-1967Export options:The service
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of an address about the contribution of the Amish to Wilmot Township, given at the Waterloo Historical Society's meeting in June 1975, on the same day that a plaque was unveiled at Steinmann ...Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1824-1975Export options:The Waterloo Mennonites: a community in paradox
Type: BookAbstract: A scholarly study by a sociologist who was also founding president of Conrad Grebel College of what he calls "the most ethnically and organizationally diverse of any Mennonite community." Information ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options: