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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a family with combined German and Scottish ancestry. Those who settled in Waterloo County include the families of Philip Zeller who lived near Breslau, Elmer Zeller McIntyre who bred ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansWaterloo CountyZeller familyWilmot TownshipBreslau (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1987Export options:Archaeology Division, Regional Municipality of Waterloo: results of the 1988 field season
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Summaries of archaeological activities, including excavations at the Harvie Cemetery, a side porch midden in Wilmot Township, the Sandrock Site, and a site in the Aberdeen-Doon area.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1806-1988Export options:Becker family plot (CC#6325): Conc. North Bleams Road, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the two gravestones in the burial plot beside the barn on the Becker family farm on North Bleams Road.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1842-1947Export options:Catherine Litt and Peter Alles family
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of documents about Peter Alles (1829-1892), a German immigrant to Wilmot Township who became an Evangelical preacher, and his descendants. Peter and his wife Catherine later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyGermansSourcesWomenCorrespondenceWilmot TownshipAlles Peter Rev.Alles Catherine Litt (m. Peter)Alles ValentineYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1829-1987Export options:Christian E. Boshart and Catherine Buerge family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships in 1834 and later moved to Nebraska and Oregon. Reminiscences and photographs complement the genealogical ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesFrenchCustoms and traditionsAgricultureBoshart familyBuerge familyWilmot TownshipWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1834-1978Export options:Christian Lebold history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Lebold family of Wilmot Township whose progenitor, Jacob, arrived from Germany about 1835. Christian (1836- 1903) was Jacob's eldest child who inherited the family farm north of ...Keywords: GenealogyLand ownershipFarmersAmishMennonitesLebold familyLebold ChristianWilmot TownshipPunkeydoodle's Corner19th centuryYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1835-1991Export options:David E. Eby - Leah Eby family history
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the families of David and Leah and their ten children, with reminiscences and biographical information for each family. David and Leah farmed in Wellington County but they are buried in ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesWritersSchoolsSettlers PennsylvaniaFarmersWorld War IBiographiesEby familyEby SamuelYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1804-1978Export options:Dermatoglyphic traits in an Amish- Mennonite population in Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the Amish-Mennonite group descended from the immigrants to Ontario from Alsace-Lorraine in the 1820s and 1830s. The author examines the patterns of arches, loops, and whorls found on the ...Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1820-1978Export options:Family history of Jacob and Elizabeth Eby Bergey
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated genealogy updating the 1925 work by Dr David Hendricks Bergey and including brief histories of the Bergey and Clemens families.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesBergey JacobEby ElizabethBergey familyClemens familyBirky familyBergey DavidYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1818-1987Export options:From forge to farm
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the emigration of Valentin and Anna Gertrude Ratz from Germany in 1828, based largely on the memories and family traditions contained in a 1918 letter by Jacob Ratz, who was an infant ...Keywords: Settlers GermanBlacksmithsSaw mill industryGenealogyRatz JacobRatz ValentinRatz Anna Gertrude (m. Valentin)Wilmot Centre CemeteryHessen GermanyAlsfeld Hessen GermanyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1828-1918Export options: