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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:A partial history of the Crossman- Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman Family, first edition, by the History Committee, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1972
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an account of how the material was researched. One chapter gives reasons for the migration to Canada and the names of those who came to Waterloo County. Among those mentioned are ...Keywords: War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsPennsylvania GermansSettlersGenealogyCressman Eben C.Cressman Ella M.Cressman JohnYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options:Biographical directory of Waterloo County subscribers.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Lists of over 500 subscribers to the atlas, with brief details of occupation, public office, place and date of birth, and value and location of landed property. Some entries refer to businesses ...Keywords: BiographiesBusinessesCounty atlasesDirectoriesLandownersElitesWaterloo TownshipDumfries N TpWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1880-1881Export options:Biographical sketches
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Brief profiles of men who held office as county Warden or Reeve of a township or village, or represented North Waterloo or South Waterloo in the federal parliament or provincial legislature, or held ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1823-1881Export options:Descendants of Michael Zug and Ulric Zug
Type: ReportAbstract: Excerpts from the diary of Michael Zug of Pennsylvania, recording a trip to Waterloo County in 1883 and including genealogical information on the descendants of Elizabeth Zug and Abraham Stauffer who ...Keywords: GenealogyAgricultureDiariesMennonitesClergyZug familyStauffer familyFarmersPennsylvania GermansWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1805-1904Export options:Family records of the descendants of Moses M. Weber, 1847-1937
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a family who moved to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1816. Moses' first wife was Barbara Horst and the second was Lydia Gingrich.Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWeber familyWeber Moses M.Weber Barbara Horst (m. Moses M.)Weber Lydia Gingrich (m. Moses M.)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1816-1937Export options:Genealogy of Doering, Lenhardt, Schnarr, Zinkann, Schoen families
Type: ReportAbstract: A record of the author's forebears and relations, some of whom lived in Waterloo County.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanChurches SwedenborgianDoering familySchnarr familyZinkann familySchoen familyLenhardt familyWeiler ArmandFrank JackYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1830-1972Export options:Historical atlas of Waterloo & Wellington counties, including: Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo by H. Parsell & Co. (1881), County of Waterloo Directory, 1877- 78, by Armstrong & Co., and Illustrated Atlas
Type: BookAbstract: Waterloo County material in this edition consists of an historical sketch of the county and a description of its geology, drainage, development and government. There is a short account of each ...Keywords: BiographiesBoundariesBuildings ChurchBuildings FarmBuildings IndustrialBuildings PublicCounty atlasesDirectoriesDrainageEconomic conditionsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1881Export options:Historical Sketch of the County of Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A general survey of geology, topography and history to about 1880. Leading pioneers and enterprises are named and the importance of early mills, schools and roads is stressed. Though the author notes ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1881Export options: