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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
John and Elizabeth Shupe and descendants: a family history of certain Shupes in North America from the early 18th century to the present; including notes on families of Dieffenbach, Munson, Overhold, Warner, Fulsom, Ahrens, Hirschy, Shantz & Bock
Type: BookAbstract: The life and times of the Shupe family who bought land near Freeport in 1810. Background information about the early settlement, the Tunkers and the War of 1812 is interwoven with biographical and ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesImmigrantsSettlersTunkersPennsylvaniaLand ownershipShupe familyWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1810-1984Export options:Joseph Voisin and descendants, 1805-1892
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the German family who bought farmland near St Clements, Wellesley Township, in 1856. An index to this work was compiled by Elizabeth Schmadl.Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1856-1982Export options:Kanadische Deutschlandhilfe in Den Ersten Jahren Nach Dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Associations and clubsKitchenerMennonite Central CommitteeSociety for German ReliefWorld War IISudeten Club ForwardTorontoEthnic Germans T2 Canadian aid for Germany in the first years after World War II.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1946-52Export options:Linwood Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4544), West Concession 10, Lot 12, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 21 markers in a recently opened cemetery beside the yellow brick Mennonite meeting house just east of Linwood. In almost all cases, the family name is Martin.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1965-1985Export options:Marriages from the parish register of St John the Evangelist, Church of England, Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario, 1878-1889
Type: ReportAbstract: Details extracted from the original register, including date and place of marriage, age, marital status, profession, residence, denomination, with names of the bride and groom, their parents, ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1878-1889Export options:Marriages of Galt and area inhabitants with some strays
Type: ReportAbstract: A computer-generated index with names of both spouses, places of residence, dates of marriage, forenames of father and mother (in a few cases), and the denominations of the churches where the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1841-1869Export options:Martin's Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4533): East Concession 12, Lot 7, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 29 stones in a small cemetery adjoining a traditional Mennonite meeting house on the Linwood road. More than half the stones have the family name Martin; other names ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1945-1985Export options:Mennonite genealogical resources: the Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of materials available, including books, periodicals, census and assessment records, naturalization records, Tweedsmuir histories and birth, marriage and death records.Year of publication: 1986Export options:Mennonite odyssey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of Mennonite history, with some emphasis on Waterloo County.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options:Mennonite women slowly gain equality
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A general review with no specific references to Waterloo County except that one of the two photographs shows Mennonites picking berries in Berlin, circa 1912.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options: