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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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: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:Bean family cairn
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the family of John and Anna Bean, early Mennonite settlers of Wilmot Township, with a transcription of the cairn erected by family members in 1995 at the Stauffer Cemetery.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1833-1995Export 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: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 and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of David Bergey who taught at various schools in Waterloo and Wilmot townships, combining teaching with farming until 1900. He later continued the Bowman cheesemaking tradition of his wife ...Keywords: TeachersSchoolsMennonitesWaterloo TownshipWilliamsburgWaterlooMannheimBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1866-1878Export 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:Index to Ancestors and descendants of Moses Hostetler
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to the family history by Harvey Hostetler and Stanley W. Hostetler.Keywords: IndexesGenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaHostetler familyHostetler MosesHostetler Margaret Latshaw (m. Moses)Wilmot TownshipNew HamburgYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1820-1955Export options:Index to Descendants of Michael Zug and of Ulrich Zug by Willard Z. Francis
Type: ReportKeywords: GenealogyIndexesZug familyStauffer familyWilmot TownshipPrestonBreslau (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1805-1904Export options:Index to History of the Bettschen family and its connections, by Gottlieb Bettschen
Type: ReportAbstract: Index to some 300 personal names mentioned in the volume actually entitled "Genealogical, biographical and pictorial history of the Bettschen family and its connections".Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1828-1910Export options: