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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Petworth emigrants: an update
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families in Waterloo Township came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:Physicians of note and notoriety
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Biographical sketches of doctors who spent only a portion of their lives in Waterloo Region. Two of them, Drs Gottfried Schmutter and Lewis Senghas, did not find favour, but Dr George Acheson, Dr ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1847-1938Export options:Präludien : kanadisch-deutsche Dialoge : Vorträge des 1. Kingstoner Symposions : Thema, interkulturelle Germanistik--the Canadian context.
Type: BookKeywords:Year of publication: 1992Export options:Reuben Snyder Oberholtzer (O.G.S. #1): origin of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the founder and first member of the Ontario Genealogical Society. He was also a member of the Waterloo Historical Society and a leader in the formation of the Pennsylvania German ...Keywords: GenealogyOntario Genealogical SocietyBiographiesOberholtzer Reuben SnyderWaterloo Historical SocietyPennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1904-1981Export options:Saint Clement's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#4534): St Clements Village, East Concession VIII, Lot 2, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of nearly 500 markers in the cemetery that has been associated with St Clement's Catholic Church since 1840. The introduction notes that the cemetery was moved in 1885 and ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1840-1990Export options:Saint Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery or Central Woolwich Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4583): Village of St Jacobs, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of over 300 markers with a plan and a name index.Keywords: CemeteriesInscriptionsGenealogyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1856-1990Export options:Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg (CC#4593): German Company Tract Lot 13, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 450 markers in the cemetery located a little east of Heidelberg. The introduction notes that the cemetery adjoined the original log church erected in 1851 and the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1851-1990Export options:Salvage archaeology at Woodside National Historic Park
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the excavation of an exploratory trench along the foundation of the restored Victorian childhood home of W.L. Mackenzie King. The excavation, made necessary by flooding in the basement, ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1870-1900Export options:Samuel Fry the Weaver and the Mennonites of the Twenty
Type: BookYear of publication: 1982Export options:Schnitz and plum pudding: a family history of the Brake-Break-Brech, the Cosens, the Kraft, the Wismer families
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family with Pennsylvania Dutch and English origins. Many of its members came first to Waterloo County, moving on to Michigan. Autobiographical details of the author, reminiscences of ...Keywords: GenealogyFood customsMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesImmigrationCustoms and traditionsBreslau (Ontario)Wilmot TownshipBlairYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1806-1992Export options: