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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Allen D. Martin, President 1985-1986
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief profile of the current president, describing his interests and roles in various community organizations.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1961-1985Export options:Checklist of parish registers
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of all registers held at the Public Archives of Canada that are on microfilm. Records listed for Waterloo County locations include Ayr, Baden, Berlin, Breslau, Cambridge, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Church recordsBirth registersDeathsMarriage registersBirthsMarriageChurches PresbyterianChurches CatholicChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1834-1951Export options:Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery monumental transcriptions (CC#4575): Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 300 stones, preceded by an index. There is no introduction.Year of publication: 1986Export options:Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery (CC#4585): now Calvary United Church Cemetery, German Company Tract Lot 37, St Jacobs, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 500 stones with an index. The introduction notes that the Evangelical Association organized its church in St Jacobs in 1848. The cemetery occupies the site of the original log ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings LogYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1848-1985Export options:Newborn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6439): Woolwich Township, GCT Lot 38
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of eight markers in the small cemetery adjoining a large white frame meeting house on the south side of the first road north of County Road 17, about two miles northwest of St Jacobs. ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1956-1986Export options:Reist family reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A report on the reunion at St Jacobs, with genealogical notes on this Pennsylvania Mennonite family. Although Abraham Reist owned land in Woolwich Township he never came to Canada, but his son John ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesGenealogyReist familyReist JohnReist SamuelKoch Barbara Reist (m. Ludwig)Reist Susannah Huber (m. John)Reist John JrReist IsaacYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1821-1986Export options:The Bickel book, including genealogies of the following main branches: Boettger, Buck, Heipel, Helwig, and Kalbfleisch lines
Type: ReportAbstract: A looseleaf binder containing information about the ancestors, descendants and relations of Mathias Bickel (1822-1906), a pioneer German immigrant who settled near Neustadt, Ontario. Many members of ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1850-1982Export options:The descendants of Samuel B. Hoffman 1839- 1904, George B. Hoffman 1842-1927, Joseph B. Hoffman 1845-1938
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the families of three of the five children of Samuel Hoffman and Veronica Bricker, settlers of Woolwich Township. Their daughter Barbara never married, and the descendants of their son ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipGerman Company TractHoffman familyHoffman SamuelHoffman Veronica Bricker (m. Samuel)Hoffman BarbaraYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1802-1982Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options:Trinity Lutheran Church, Shantz Station Cemetery (CC#4595): German Company Tract Lot 85, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich)
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical index to about 520 burials since 1862. The author notes that Trinity Lutheran Church was organized in 1860 by the Rev. Immanuel Wurster and that the cemetery was dedicated in 1863. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyInscriptionsYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1860-1982Export options: