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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:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Antisemitism in Ontario: the twentieth century
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: Anti-SemitismYear of publication: 1992Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation of site AjHc-3, part of Lot 80, German Company Tract, village of Maryhill
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the house site, known to have been occupied by Jacob Bickle between 1841 and 1861.Keywords: ArchaeologyMaryhillGermansYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1841-1861Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation of the Hammet site (AiHb-57), Melran Estates subdivision, City of Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Report of excavation of a site, part of Lots 10 and 11, Concessions 3 and 4, Beasley's Lower Block in the former Waterloo Township, just north of Hespeler. The property belonged first to Abraham ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation, Joseph Hoffman site (AjHd-27), draft plan of subdivision 30T-87027, town of Heidelberg
Type: ReportAbstract: Analysis of artifacts of glass, ceramics, metal and animal bones associated with a mid- 1850s homestead site.Keywords: ArchaeologySettlersHeidelbergYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1870Export options:Ayr Cemetery (CC#4489), Ayr village, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario,
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 2,000 markers in the cemetery which was established in 1877 to replace various smaller churchyards and rural burial grounds.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1877-1989Export 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: