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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A brief history of Sam R. Horst and his relationship
Type: ReportAbstract: A manuscript autobiography of an Old Order Mennonite farmer in Woolwich Township. As well as describing his working years and activities, the author relates his family's hardships including many ...Keywords: Horst Samuel RFarmersAgricultureMedical careMennonites (Old Order)BiographiesWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1903-1988Export options:Bethel United Church Cemetery (CC#4553): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 30, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 58 markers by numbered rows, with an index of all names. The introduction summarizes the history of the church which was built in 1861 as part of a circuit based in Bright, Oxford ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1861-1986Export options:Breithaupt papers return to Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the discovery in 1987 of manuscripts, diaries and letters, now part of the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. In ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: c1850-c1950Export options:Canadian ancestral roots of Arthur Thomas Kloepfer and Philomena Agnes Gilker
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family's progenitors and descendants. Arthur and Philomena came to the Maryhill area from Germany early in the nineteenth century. There are maps of the family farms, located on lots ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersFamiliesMapsSettlers PennsylvaniaKloepfer familyKloepfer JacobKloepfer Monica Winter (m. Jacob)Kloepfer Jacob A.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1810-1988Export options:Descendants of Jacob Donnenworth (b. 1798 Alsace, Fr.; d. 19.09.1870) and his wife, Catharina Milhausner (b. 1800 Alsace, Fr.; d. 3.5.1872) of Waterloo and Wilmot Townships, Waterloo Co., Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with biographical sketches of Jacob and Catharina, farmers who settled first in Williamsburg and later Mannheim. It refers to Thomas Woods and Margaret Donnenworth who lived on a ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchChurches LutheranFarmersSchoolsSports BasketballDonnenworth JacobDonnenworth Catharina Milhausner (m. Jacob)Donnenworth MichaelDonnenworth Elizabeth Rickert (m. Michael)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1988Export options:Dorothea Schlote and her family: a remembrance
Type: BookAbstract: An anecdotal family history celebrating the 100th birthday of Dorothea Herbst Schlote. The book includes descriptions of the family's emigration from Germany, farming in Ontario at the end of the ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyFarmersSettlers GermanGerman languageGermansDiseasesWorld War IIDepressionsSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1830-1988Export options:From Stambach to Berlin (Ontario) and the descendants of Rev. John W. Stoeckle/Steckle (JJJ4), 1802-1879
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of the Rev. John W. Steckle, his wife Esther Bleam and their six grown children. Copies of newspaper clippings, wedding announcements, obituaries and family correspondence are ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesStoeckle familySteckle familyMennonitesStoeckle John W.Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerWaterloo TownshipStambachYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1802-1986Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:Hawkesville Cemetery (CC#4529): Concession 12, Lot 1, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index, of at least 500 stones. The 3-page introduction by Grace Ogram summarizes the founding and history of Hawkesville, noting that the cemetery dates from the 1840s and that ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyCommunity historiesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1848-1985Export options:History and descendants of Josiah Martin and Sarah Clemmer
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Mennonite family who first farmed near Floradale, later moving to Iowa with other Stauffer Mennonites from Woolwich Township. Josiah was an ordained minister and the grandson of Peter ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaFarmersClergyReligious dissensionMartin familyMartin PeterMartin Anna Zimmerman (m. Peter)Martin DavidYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1819-1988Export options: