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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:An example of an Amish Mennonite family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the author's families, the Gaschos who settled east of Baden and in Wellesley and the Nafzigers who farmed in Perth County. Both families were members and clergy of Amish Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyReligious dissensionClergyMennonitesAmishSettlers FrenchNafziger familyGascho familyGascho ChristianGascho Christina Petersheim (m. Christian)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1981Export options:Bechtel family, originator: Hans Jacob Bechtel, 1720
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, some members of which came to Canada in 1817 and settled in Wilmot Township and Roseville. There are transcripts of 18th century wills and a household ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1817-1981Export 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: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:Memories of yesteryears
Type: BookAbstract: The autobiography of Lorne Shantz, born in 1906 on a farm near Philipsburg, describing his childhood and farm life. There are also genealogical charts and photographs of the Shantz family.Keywords: Shantz LorneShantz familyBiographiesFarmersGenealogyPhilipsburgWilmot Township20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1906-1987Export options:New Dundee Cemetery (CC#4561): Block B, Concession III, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of more than 450 markers dating from the 1870s to the present. The introduction notes that the first burial ground was located on the farm of Frederick ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1876-1986Export options:Old Christner Cemetery (CC#4548): North Schneider's Road, Lot 23 Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 23 markers in the long unused cemetery located one mile north of New Hamburg, near the border with Perth County. The introduction notes that the cemetery was used by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings StoneYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1841-1919Export options:Peter Litwiller and Elizabeth Lichti family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: Biographical sketches and genealogies of the parents and their twelve children. Peter came in 1829 from Alsace to Wilmot Township, where he later became a bishop serving the Wilmot Amish Mennonite ...Keywords: AmishClergyBiographiesGenealogySchool boardsFarmersSocial life and customsWomenChurches CongregationalMennonitesYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1829-1981Export options: