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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Index to The beginning of things in Wellington and Waterloo Counties with particular reference to Guelph, Galt and Kitchener (1935)
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to A.E. Byerly's history that includes nearly 3,000 entries, most of them personal names.Keywords: IndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1816-1870Export options:Index to the Official family register of the belonging souls of the community of New Germany with statement of their names and ages: a census of the Roman Catholic families
Type: BookAbstract: Index to a manuscript register originally compiled in February 1866. In all, 195 family names are indexed, with forenames of all persons recorded; 77 family names, each with at least 8 members ...Keywords: IndexesGenealogyFamiliesManuscriptsYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1865-1866Export 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:Jacob Clare Hallman, inventor, manufacturer, musician, businessman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Profile of Bishop Manasseh Hallman's son who developed a major business in various forms of farm equipment and gadgets from his first efforts in the farm workshop south of Petersburg. From 1949, he ...Keywords: IndustriesMusicMennonitesHallman Jacob C.Hallman Lizzie Ann Erb (m. Manasseh)Hallman Manasseh Rev.PetersburgWaterlooKitchenerYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1930-1991Export options:Jean Margaret Steckle, 1993 alumnus of honour
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Jean Steckle's career in home economics and international development, quoted from her citation by the University of Guelph Alumni Association, with a note about her new role with the J ...Keywords: MennonitesWomenSteckle Jean Margaret (1929-2003)Steckle Susannah Chase (m. John)Steckle JohnUniversity of GuelphJ. Steckle Heritage HomesteadWaterloo CountyWilliamsburgYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1958-1993Export options:Jewish Immigrants and the Garment Industry of Toronto, 1901-1931: a Study of Ethnic and Class Relations
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Uses tax assessment rolls, census documents, and archival materials to reconstruct the occupational structure and residential distribution of Jews in Toronto during 1901-31. At the turn of the ...Keywords: TorontoJewsTextile IndustryYear of publication: 1993Export 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 and Catherine Bruder family history, 1834-1992
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a musical German family organized in ten main sections, for the ten children of Joseph (1834-1897) and Catherine Feth (1845-1934) who were married at St Boniface Roman Catholic Church, ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansBiographiesCatholicismCustoms and traditionsMusicAgriculturePrestonNew GermanyShantz StationYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1834-1992Export 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:Judah Gershom Joseph: a Footprint on King Street
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief biography of Judah Gershom Joseph, also known as Judah George Joseph, a silversmith, optician, and maker of scientific instruments who had the distinction of becoming Toronto's first permanent ...Year of publication: 1995Export options: