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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Grassroots government: biographies of Waterloo Township councillors
Type: ReportAbstract: Biographies and summary tables of 135 men elected to the township council or employed as clerk or treasurer from 1850 to 1972, as well as some of the officials before the township's incorporation in ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1820-1972Export options:Guide to historical resources in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Type: BookAbstract: A very useful guide to primary source materials on the Waterloo region, compiled mainly from responses to a questionnaire sent to businesses, churches, voluntary organizations of all kinds, ...Keywords: Archive recordsReligious buildingsAssociations and clubsSchoolsWomen's InstitutesWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Hagey Mennonite Cemetery (CC#5431): Beasley's Broken Front Concession, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with plan and index, of some 450 stones. The cemetery dates from 1824 and is now located on Fountain Street North, across from the Preston Cemetery and beside Park Lawn Cemetery. The ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1824-1987Export options:Hallman Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6703): Conc. 11, Lot 31, North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 62 markers on the one-acre plot originally deeded by Adam Unger in 1847 in trust to Jacob Detweiler for a meeting house and burying ground. The introduction notes that services ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1847-1900Export 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:Harvey W. Taves: one of Christ's men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical tribute to the achievements of Harvey Taves (1926-1965), the last director of the Canadian headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee in Kitchener which closed in 1964, and one of ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1926-1965Export options:Heimbecker family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A brief history, with genealogical charts, of the descendants of George and Margaret Hoffman, who emigrated from the Alsfeld region of Hessen-Darmstadt of Germany in 1841. There are notes on the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesGermansHeimbecker familyHeimbecker JohnHeimbecker GeorgeHeimbecker Anna Juliana Demmer (m. Johannes)Heimbecker Margaret Hoffman (m. George)Heimbecker FrederickWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1841Export options:Herbert Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family tradition of cheesemaking and retailing continued by Herbert Bergey, youngest child of David and Louisa. Herbert made Farmers Cheese at his farm near New Hamburg from 1930 ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1913-1963Export options:Hermann Boeschenstein: eine Biographie
Type: BookYear of publication: 1995Export 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: