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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: early settlers and their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint of the first chapter in Eby's book which is indexed in detail in the WRP database. There is a biographical sketch of Eby as one of the earliest local historians. The Pennsylvania Mennonite ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesIndigenous peoplesWar 1812Military conscriptionPennsylvania GermansWaterloo TownshipEby Ezra E.Sherk JosephBetzner SamuelYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1799-1861Export options:A record of the ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A history and genealogy of a Swiss Mennonite family who settled in Waterloo County. Isaac's grandfather, Samuel Moyer, came to the Vineland district of Ontario from Pennsylvania in 1800. The ...Keywords: GenealogySwissMennonitesPennsylvania GermansMoyer familyMoyer IsaacMoyer Esther Weber (m. Isaac)Moyer SamuelMoyer Magdalena Houser (m. Samuel)Moyer Sarah Snider (m. Isaac)Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1860-1970Export options:Barth and Schneider (Snyder) families: the ancestors and descendants of Michael Barth and his wife, Anna Marie Dittus and Johann Theobald Schneider and his wife, Helene Magdalene Scholl, immigrants to the New World mid-1800's
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of the descendants of Johann Theobald Schneider, a shoemaker who came to Wellesley from Alsace. Some of his children later migrated to Nebraska.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchneider familySnyder familyBarth familySchneider Johann TheobaldWellesley19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1850-1970Export options:Bill Moyer's Waterloo County diary
Type: BookAbstract: Brief historical sketches about places, industries, prominent people and families. Interesting facts are also described about aspects of daily life from hex signs to weather predictions.Keywords: GermansMennonitesMilitary conscriptionWar 1812FestivalsCustoms and traditionsBiographiesIndustriesFood customsBusinessesYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:David E. Eby - Leah Eby family history
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the families of David and Leah and their ten children, with reminiscences and biographical information for each family. David and Leah farmed in Wellington County but they are buried in ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesWritersSchoolsSettlers PennsylvaniaFarmersWorld War IBiographiesEby familyEby SamuelYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1804-1978Export options:Dickie Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of a family cemetery, unusual because it was used by both Scots and Pennsylvania Mennonites, including members of the Bechtel, Dickie and Amos families.Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1828-1878Export options:The Betzner family in Canada: genealogical and historical records, 1799-1970
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Betzners, some of whom migrated to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania in 1799. It contains biographical information on Samuel D. Betzner, general information about the early Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesWar 1812BiographiesDiseasesLawyersIndustriesPublishersPennsylvania GermansSettlersYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1799-1970Export options:The Wenger book: a foundation book of American Wengers including variant spellings such as Winger, Wanger, Whanger, Wegner, Wengert, Wengerd, Wingart, Wingard, Wingert, Wangerd, Wengar, Wencker, and names spelled with "V" rather than "W"
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family in America, particularly descendants of Christian Wenger and Eve Graybill who came to Pennsylvania in 1727. Among those who came to Waterloo County were Elizabeth Zimmerman ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesTunkersBiographiesWenger familyPennsylvaniaWaterloo County19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1825-1978Export options:Uncle Hannes and Levi
Type: BookAbstract: A description of a week's events in the life of a Mennonite boy who lived near Hespeler at the end of the nineteenth century. Two of the main characters and their families are fictitious but most are ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:What's my line
Type: BookAbstract: A personal account of the Foot family who migrated to Muskoka from Ireland in 1871. The author was appointed City Treasurer of Kitchener in 1927 and retired as chairman of the Economical Mutual Fire ...Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1871-1978Export options: