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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Go well : a global pilgrimage / Ronald J. R. Mathies
Type: BookYear of publication: 2015Export options:Hagey Mennonite Cemetery (CC#5431): Beasley's Broken Front Concession, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with plan and index, of some 450 stones. The cemetery dates from 1824 and is now located on Fountain Street North, across from the Preston Cemetery and beside Park Lawn Cemetery. The ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1824-1987Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:History and descendants of Josiah Martin and Sarah Clemmer
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Mennonite family who first farmed near Floradale, later moving to Iowa with other Stauffer Mennonites from Woolwich Township. Josiah was an ordained minister and the grandson of Peter ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaFarmersClergyReligious dissensionMartin familyMartin PeterMartin Anna Zimmerman (m. Peter)Martin DavidYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1819-1988Export options:History and genealogy of the Witmer family
Type: BookAbstract: A book by the president of Spae-Naur Inc. of Kitchener. The Witmer family came from Pennsylvania to Waterloo Township in 1804 and is connected by marriage with the Groh, Gingerich and Reichert ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesTunkersSettlersPennsylvaniaFarmersMennonitesWaterloo TownshipRosebank19th centuryYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1804-1977Export options:How did New Germany become Maryhill?
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MaryhillPlace namesYear of publication: 2015Export options:In search of promised lands: a religious history of Mennonites in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract:The wide-ranging story of Mennonite migration, theological diversity, and interaction with other Christian streams is distilled in this engaging volume, which tracks the history of Ontario ...
Year of publication: 2015Export options:Index to births, deaths and marriages announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West
Type: BookAbstract: An index to surviving copies of the newspaper for the years 1841 to 1862, held at the Kitchener Public Library. The index includes names, dates of the events, dates recorded in the journal, and brief ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1841-1862Export options:Jacob H. Janzen (1878-1950): a man with a mission to his people
Type: BookAbstract: A biographical sketch of Jacob Heinrich Janzen, the Russian Mennonite who became bishop of the Waterloo-Kitchener United Mennonite Church. Janzen's roles as writer, educator and community leader are ...Keywords: MennonitesRussian MennonitesImmigrationGerman languageEducationMilitary conscriptionBiographiesClergyWorld War ICultural adaptationYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1878-1950Export options:Jacob H. Janzen: a minister of rare magnitude
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the life, ideas and accomplishments of Jacob Heinrich Janzen (1878-1950). He was a Russian Mennonite preacher, teacher and writer who became bishop of the Waterloo-Kitchener United ...Keywords: ClergyMennonitesWorld War IRussian MennonitesCultural adaptationReligious dissensionGerman languageBiographiesJanzen Jacob H. Rev.Janzen Eliese Neufeld (m. Jacob H.)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1924-1950Export options: