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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export 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: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:Ernst F. Ritz, president 1991-1992
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography outlining his business and political career in New Hamburg and Wilmot Township, and his service to various community organizations.Keywords: PoliticiansBiographiesNewspapersRitz Printing New HamburgNew Hamburg IndependentTrinity Lutheran Church New HamburgNew HamburgWilmot TownshipRitz ErnstYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1943-1992Export options:Genealogical resources: census records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A guide to Ontario census records with particular reference to Mennonite families. Information available from the records is discussed, using Waterloo County examples. It mentions an index, compiled ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options:George Iutzi and Catherine Miller genealogy, 1801-1992
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of one of the Jutzi brothers who came to Canada. Both the older (Jutzi) and newer (Iutzi) spellings of the family name are used. There are separate indexes for the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesAmishImmigrationWilmot TownshipJutzi familyIutzi familyJutzi GeorgeJutzi Catherine Miller (m. George)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1801-1992Export options:Holy Family Roman Catholic Cemetery, New Hamburg (CC#4559): South Bleams Road, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 200 markers. The introduction notes that the cemetery land was bought in 1892, local Catholic burials having previously been in the St Agatha cemetery. Other ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1892-1990Export options:Jacob and Johannes Roos
Type: ReportAbstract: Text of a speech to the Waterloo- Wellington Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society about descendants of two German families who settled in Preston and Wilmot Township. A photocopy of a letter ...Keywords: GenealogyRoos familyRoos JacobRoos MargaretRoos JohnRoos Maria Bronner (m. John)Roos CharlesRoos Elizabeth Zing (m. Charles)Roos GeorgeRoos Katherine Schmidt (m. George)Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1813-1985Export options: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 Jutzi and Marie Bender family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of Joseph and Marie, including stories, photographs and genealogy, as well as details of the family background in Europe.Keywords: GenealogySettlers AmishJutzi JosephJutzi Marie Bender (m. Joseph)Jutzi familyWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1995Export options: