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Gilbert Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the eldest son of David Bergey and chief assistant to his mother in the family cheese business. He and his wife marketed cheese and other farm produce at the Stratford Farmers' Market ...Keywords: AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMusicTunkersMennonitesBergey GilbertStratfordPrestonBerlin (Ontario)New DundeeYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1897-1946Export options:Ida (Bergey) Millar era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family tradition of cheesemaking and retailing was continued by Ida, second youngest child of David and Louisa Bergey. When her husband Fred Millar was unemployed during the ...Keywords: MennonitesFarmers' marketsCheese industryBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Millar Ida Bergey (m. Frederick B.)Millar Frederick B.Galt Farmers' MarketGuelph Farmers' MarketKitchener Farmers' MarketYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1932-1937Export options:My family tree
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the author's eight great- grandparents, of the Groh, Wanner, Bechtel and Clemens families who settled near Preston and Hespeler in the first two decades of the 19th century. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGroh familyGroh JohnGroh Susannah WannerWanner TobiasWanner Catharine StryckerBechtel SamuelBechtel Barbara BaumanYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Old Preston Cemetery master index (CC#6335): 751 Fountain Street North, Lot 26, Beasley's Broken Front Concession, Cambridge (Preston), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: This index is a revision of one done in 1987 by Dona Madill.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1846-1995Export options:Sixty-sixth wedding anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of the anniversary of Mr and Mrs Abraham Wismer of Preston.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1903-1969Export 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 Martin H. Bauman family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical account, based on Eby's history of Waterloo Township, a mimeographed 1932 listing of the descendants of Martin H. Bauman, and the genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bauman by Sarah ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBauman familyBowman familyWaterloo TownshipPrestonYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Waterloo County councillors: a collective biography
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles of the 545 men and two women who served on the Waterloo County Council between 1852 and 1972 (when the county was succeeded by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo). The introductory essay ...Keywords: PoliticiansWaterloo CountyAyrBadenBambergBerlin (Ontario)BlairBloomingdaleBranchtonBreslau (Ontario)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options: