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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The John B. Leis Family History and Genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family founded by Joseph, a German orphan who came to Canada in 1817 and began farming in Wellesley in 1844. His grandson, John B., was a farmer, an implement dealer, and the owner of ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansFarmersLand ownershipTextile IndustryFinancial institutionsCensus recordsMennonitesAmishYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1844-1979Export options:The Mayer-Moyer family tree (1818-1981): a record of the descendants of Adam Mayer (1818-1895)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical account of the family that came to Waterloo County in the 1850s from Niederstetten, Germany. The work is primarily a name index providing birth, marriage, and death dates of the ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanBiographiesMayer AdamMayer Regina Stumpf (m. Adam)Moyer JohnMoyer Rachel Cress (m. John)Moyer familyMayer familyBricker familyYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1855-1981Export options:The Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: a study of household and community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A comparative study of the experience of two groups of Mennonites-those of Swiss/south German origin who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County between 1800 and 1830, and the Dutch/North ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1890-1899Export options:The new cemetery of St Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Church Street, Maryhill, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index, plan, and a brief description of the cemetery.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1953-1994Export options:The old walled cemetery of St Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Church Street, Maryhill, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised edition of the 1985 list of transcriptions, with an index and plan of nearly 700 markers. One hundred and nineteen were in German and were translated by Anna Klausnitzer. A suggested ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1851-1994Export options:The Otterbein family history: the descendants of Valentine and Elisabetha Herrmann Otterbein
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a German family who settled near Breslau in the 1840s, with biographical facts on most family members. A supplement to this work was compiled in 1985.Keywords: GenealogyWeaving industrySettlers GermanBiographiesFarmersOtterbein familyOtterbein ValentineOtterbein Elisabetha Herrmann (m. Valentine)Otterbein HenryOtterbein BalzarYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1840-1981Export options:The Schmidt-Smith family tree, 1787-1981
Type: BookAbstract: A list of the descendants of Johannes and Maria Catharina Schmidt who came to Waterloo County in the 1860s. Entries are arranged by family and generation and give birth and death dates. There are ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanSmith familySchmidt familySchmidt JohannesSchmidt Maria Catharina Schaefer (m. Johannes)Schmidt Adelaide Fischer (m. John S.)Schmidt John S.Schmidt KonradSchmidt Anna Jaeckel (m. Konrad)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1860-1981Export options:The settling of southern Ontario: an appreciation of the work of Carl Schott.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Carl Schott came to Canada from the University of Kiel in 1931 to pursue research into the settlement of Southern Ontario. The results of his study were published in Kiel in 1936 and his thorough ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:The Waterloo Township cadastre in 1861:
Type: BookAbstract: An explanation of the complex survey system and pattern of landownership from 1800 to 1861 in an introductory essay, with computer-assisted reproductions of Tremaine's map in 22 detailed sections. A ...Keywords: Land ownershipOccupationsMapsIndexesTremaine's Map of the County of Waterloo Canada WestSettlersWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1800-1861Export options:Up the Conestogo
Type: BookAbstract: An historical account of the lifestyles of the Old Order Mennonites in North America, with particular reference to Waterloo County. Beginning with the settlement years, the author notes events, ...Keywords: DiseasesMapsEthnic groupsEthnic identityGerman languageGenealogyMennonites (Old Order)AgricultureWorld War IWorld War IIYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options: