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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Musselman family history
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of the four sons of David and Esther Martin: Peter, David, John, and Solomon. It also covers the related families of Martin, Horst, Brubacher, Lichty, and Schneider.Keywords: MennonitesReligious dissensionSettlers PennsylvaniaGenealogyMusselman familyMartin familyMoyer familyHorst familyBrubacher familyLichty familyYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1819-1993Export options:Nafziger, Christian
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the leader of the Amish settlement in the German Block of Wilmot Township. The author explains the role of Nafziger (1776-1836) in negotiating land grants for Amish families and the ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1836Export options:Noah and Annie (Nafziger) Schultz of Wellesley Township
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Schultz and Nafziger families, including genealogical charts and an index of nearly 200 names.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchultz familyNafziger familySchultz NoahSchultz Annie NafzigerWellesley TownshipSwissGermansYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1988Export options:North Woolwich Conservative Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4589): German Company Tract lot 90, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of more than 500 stones, with an index and an introduction that includes a short history of the church and cemetery. It notes that many of the burials in the cemetery are not Mennonite.Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1880-1988Export options:Old Preston Cemetery master index (CC#6335)
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to all transcriptions of markers in all sections of the cemetery. The introduction notes that the oldest tombstone dates from 1846 and that the cemetery was still in use and maintained by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1846-1987Export options:Old Preston Cemetery Register of Interments (CC#6570)
Type: ReportAbstract: A transcription with index for the years 1859 to 1901, from the original register held in the City of Cambridge Archives. Some 557 interments are indexed by surname, with details of place of ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1859-1901Export options:'On the Very Boundary of Civilization': Adolf Halleen's Drei Monate in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: GermansHalleen AdolfDrei Monate in Canada (1870)ProseLiterary criticismDescription and travelYear of publication: 1983Export options:Ontario Fraktur
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1983Export options:Ontario local history
Type: ReportAbstract: Local history and feature stories dealing with 830 Ontario municipalities and clipped from newspapers mainly of the 1950s and 1960s. Waterloo County communities represented in the collection are Ayr ...Keywords: Buildings StoneBusinessesEconomic conditionsFactoriesFinancial institutionsIndustriesOwnership ForeignOwnership LocalNewspapersYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1950-1970Export options:Oppertshauser family tree, 1837-1988
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle of the descendants of Conrad Oppertshauser, a German emigrant to Waterloo County who became a wagonmaker. He and his wife, Katharine Lippert, were married in Waterloo County, but later ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanCarriages and wagons industryOppertshauser ConradOppertshauser familyOppertshauser Katharine Lippert (m. Conrad)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1838-1988Export options: