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Type: BookAbstract: Memoirs including an account of a trip to Kitchener to discover the author's ancestral roots. His great-grandparents were Jacob Wagner of Albany, NY, and Margaret Hailer, daughter of Jacob Hailer of ...Keywords: BiographiesAuthorsWagner GordonWagner familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1849-1987Export options:Gaukel, Friedrich
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the emigrant from Württemberg who came to Waterloo Township in 1820, first farming and operating a distillery near Bridgeport. In 1833 he purchased land in the small settlement of ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1820-1853Export options:Genealogical chart of the Devitt family and related branches
Type: ReportAbstract: A detailed genealogical chart of descendants of Dennis Devitt who came to Waterloo County about 1815. Other family branches included are those of John W. Hinchcliffe, Louis J. Breithaupt, Harvey ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1815-1977Export options:Genealogical resources: census records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A guide to Ontario census records with particular reference to Mennonite families. Information available from the records is discussed, using Waterloo County examples. It mentions an index, compiled ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options:Genealogical resources: land records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of the information available from land deeds and wills at Registry Offices, with a description of the research procedures used at the Kitchener Registry Office. The author also refers to ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1805-1985Export options:Genealogy of Henry and Froenika Neuschwanger who arrived in North America from Germany in 1846: organized down to the sixth generation
Type: BookKeywords: GermansNeuschwanger familyMennonitesYear of publication: 1988Export options:Genealogy of Jakob Rempel, 1766-1984
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Russian Mennonite family, many of whom settled in Manitoba after coming to Canada in 1925. Reminiscences by family members include the realization, on arrival in Kitchener- Waterloo ...Keywords: GenealogyRussian MennonitesReminiscencesRempel familyWillms familyRempel JohannRempel Justina Enns (m. Johann)Rempel John J.Rempel Margaret A.Rempel George G.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1925-1984Export options:Genealogy of Johann Janzen family, 1752- 1977
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Russian Mennonite family, many of whom settled in Manitoba and Alberta. Among those who settled in Waterloo County were Rev. Jacob H. Janzen, Heinrich Janzen, George Braun and Jacob ...Keywords: GenealogyRussian MennonitesJanzen familyJanzen Jacob H. Rev.Janzen Eliese Neufeld (m. Jacob H.)Janzen HenryBraun GeorgeBraun Kathrine Bergen (m. George)Braun Jacob H.Braun Lily Froese (m. Jacob H.)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1923-1977Export options:George Henry Ziegler 1889-1981
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography listing Ziegler's accomplishments and referring to his parents and ancestors in Germany.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1889-1981Export options:German in Ontario. I. Toronto and Ottawa; German of the Mennonites
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1977Export options: