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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Descendants of Christian Erb II, 1734- 1810, and Maria Scherch, 1737-1814, (12 children) who came to Ontario, 1808 (bu. at Blair)
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical charts of the descendants of Christian and Maria Erb, who migrated to Canada to be with their daughter, Elizabeth Erb Schneider. The Erbs married into the Eby, Schneider and Sherk ...Keywords: GenealogyErb FamilySherk familyErb ChristianErb Maria ScherchErb JacobErb Salome GraybillEby familySchneider familySchneider ChristianYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1808-1984Export options:Ephraim Baer family 1876-
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Ephraim (1876-1953) and Lovina Nahrgang (1881-1956) and their sixteen children. There are minutes of the 1971 reunion and handwritten notes updating the information ...Keywords: GenealogyBaer FamilyNahrgang familyBaer EphraimBaer Lovina Nahrgang (m. Ephraim)MennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1876-1976Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical summary of the ancestors and descendants of a Swiss Anabaptist farming family in Wilmot Township. Biographical sketches introduce the families of the ten children. The 1861 census ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissFarmersBiographiesWilmot TownshipKuepfer familyKuepfer John L.Kuepfer Magdalena Jantzi (m. John L.)Kuepfer Jacob L.Kuepfer Veronica Buerge (m. Jacob L.)Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1820-1976Export options:Family history and genealogy of Benjamin S. and Barbara (Lichti) Roth, Anna Roth and Christian Lichti, Catherine Roth and Rudolph Schwartzentruber, John E. and Annie (Kropf) Lichti
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Roth, Erb, Brenneman and Lichti families. Many of the Roths lived in Perth County, but because John F. Roth married Catherine Brenneman, they had a farm next to the Brennemans' in ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAmishFarmersPerth CountyRoth familyBrenneman DanielBrenneman familyErb FamilyRoth John F.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1827-1984Export options:Family history of Peter Shirk
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Peter Shirk, an Old Order Mennonite who held political appointments and owned the Lancaster Mills at Bridgeport and the Baden Mills. Short biographies ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesEducationBusinessesBiographiesReligionMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Shirk and Snider Ltd BridgeportBaden MillsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1862-1984Export options:Jacob Shantz (c1710-1781) and his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the three of Jacob's children whose families came to Waterloo County: Isaac who married Barbara Reiff, Esther who married Abraham Bergey, and Christian who married Hannah Paul.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaShantz IsaacShantz Barbara ReiffBergey AbrahamBergey Esther Shantz (m. Abraham)Shantz ChristianShantz Hannah Paul (m. Christian)Shoemaker Mary ShantzYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1808-1983Export options:Mrner, Muerner, Merner: genealogy and related branches
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Merner family including the descendants of Jacob and Susanna Schluchter Muerner who settled in New Hamburg in 1837 after leaving Kien/Reichenbach, Switzerland. There are ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansPublishersBlacksmithsMerner FamilyMerner JacobMerner Susan SchluchterMerner SamuelMerner ChristianMerner GottliebYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1837-1976Export options:Mürner, Muerner, Merner: genealogy and related branches
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Merner family including the descendants of Jacob and Susanna Schluchter Muerner who settled in New Hamburg in 1837 after leaving Kien/Reichenbach, Switzerland. There are ...Keywords: GenealogySwissPublishersMerner FamilyMerner JacobMerner Susan SchluchterMerner SamuelMerner ChristianMerner GottliebMerner FrederickYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1837-1976Export options:Pennsylvania-German rhymes and sayings
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A collection of about 15 short poems written in dialect with an English translation. The topics of the verses vary from weather predictions to children's nonsense rhymes and a general acceptance of ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1800-1976Export options:The family history of Jonas Good and Elizabeth Snyder Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogies and tributes to Jonas, Elizabeth and their seven children. Jonas' father, Daniel Good, came from Pennsylvania to Waterloo in 1826. Jonas and Elizabeth began farming south of the Baden ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesFarmersWilmot TownshipNew HamburgGood familyGood JonasGood Elizabeth Snyder. (m Jonas)Snyder SamuelYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1826-1976Export options: