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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Abandoned cemetery (CC#4525): Wellesley Township, east concession VII, lot 8
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 15 markers dating from between 1860 to 1887. An introduction explains that Henry and Susannah Ernst in 1864 sold one acre to Daniel Martin, trustee of the Religious ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyTrusteesMennonitesYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1860-1887Export options:Anatomy of a Failed Strike: the T. Eaton Co. Lockout of Cloakmakers, 1912
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Chronicles the events of the failed Toronto cloakmaker's strike of 1912, in which a tightly knit group of mostly Jewish tailors struck against the large T. Eaton Company over increased workload ...Keywords: TorontoJewsT. Eaton CompanyStrikesYear of publication: 1985Export options:Archaeological resource assessment of Kesmark Estates Ltd, City of Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Report on the property settled by Abraham Pannebecker in 1826, east part of Lot 8, Concession 4, Waterloo Township. The land was sold to Thomas Eskdale in 1856, then to Lewis Kribs in 1869 and to ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1826-1890Export options:Betzner, Samuel D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler who, with Joseph Schoerg, explored the valley of the middle and upper Grand River and bought land in 1800 close to the site of Blair. After some years as a ...Keywords: MennonitesSettlers PioneerFarmersBiographiesBetzner Samuel D.Schoerg JosephBlairWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1816Export options:Breslau (Cressman) Mennonite Church: some obituary extracts relating to interments in the Breslau (Cressman) Cemetery, Breslau, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Information taken from obituaries to 1978, for which a name index has been prepared by Paul Pepper. Transcriptions of two land deeds of 1837 and 1858 in which Christian C. Snyder gave land to the ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1834-1978Export options:Breslau Mennonite Cemetery formerly Cressman Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4579): GCT East of Grand, Lot 115, Woolwich Township (formerly Waterloo Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 596 stones, preceded by an index. The introduction notes that the site was deeded to the Mennonite Church by Christian C. Snyder in 1837.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1834-1984Export options:Breslau Mennonite (Cressman) Cemetery Breslau (CC#4579): GCT East of Grand, Lot 115, Woolwich Township (formerly Waterloo Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: A transcript of the inscriptions with an index to all personal names, done with reference to the version done in 1984 by the Genealogical Committee of the Mennonite Historical Society.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1834-1994Export options:Burkholders with roots in Ontario: the first three generations
Type: BookAbstract: The Burkholders of Waterloo Township discussed in this book are the fourth line of that name, a line that is also referred to as the "widow's branch" since the widow of Christian Burkholder brought ...Keywords: GenealogyWaterloo TownshipBurkholder familyBurkholder ChristianBurkholder Elizabeth Baumann (m. Christian)Livergood PeterBurkholder DanielBurkholder BenjaminBurkholder SamuelBurkholder SalomeYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1818-1883Export options:Canadian Encyclopedia
Type: BookAbstract: Includes major entries for Germans, Germanic literature, Germanic fraktur and calligraphy, Mennonites, and Kitchener- Waterloo with brief entries for Galt, Hespeler, Cambridge, Elmira, New Hamburg, ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:Cedar Creek Cemetery (CC#4490): Dickie Settlement Cemetery (CC#4491) North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the markers in each cemetery, with an alphabetical index and a list of known burials in Cedar Creek that have no stones.Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1834-1977Export options: