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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of early settlers and their descendants in Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby 1895 & 1896; a supplement by Joseph P. Snyder 1931; plus an intensive index of all entries of all persons whose names are used throughout the volumes; an ordinal index of geography related to the numbered items; notes about some of the families and individuals; maps and other documents of interest
Type: BookAbstract:An introduction, notes, maps and set of indexes to accompany and update the reprinting of Ezra Eby's {Biographical history} of 1895-6 (qv) and Joseph B. Snyder's {Supplement} of 1931 (qv). Lists ...
Keywords: MennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaGenealogyLand ownershipMaps18th century19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1798-1970Export options:A brief family history : Prange, Prong, Grauel : from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany to Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, 1858
Type: BookYear of publication: 2004Export options:A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes on a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, including Dillman Ziegler and his sister Hetty Detweiler, children of Elizabeth Kolb and Jacob Ziegler, who came to Waterloo ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansKolb familyZiegler DilmanZiegler Kate Schwartz (m. Dilman)Detweiler JacobDetweiler Hetty Ziegler (m. Jacob)Upper CanadaWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1816-1895Export options:A history of the Shantz family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of Isaac and Barbara Reiff, particularly of Peter Erb Shantz, the author's grandfather. There are charts, biographies, reunion notes, information on the P.E. Shantz Foundry ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesShantz familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1850-1994Export options:Another Fischer family history
Type: BookAbstract: An illustrated genealogy of the descendants of Michael Fischer (1821-1882) and his two wives, Regina Zettel and Catharine Hohenadel. Michael and Regina were married at Maryhill, and later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesFischer familyFischer Michael 1821-1882SettlersGermansFarmersFischer Regina ZettelFischer Catherine HohenadelMaryhillYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1821-1991Export options:As the tree grows so do the branches: Huestis/Mills genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A family history that includes a section on the Hoffmans of Berlin. This refers to Adele Clara Hoffman, daughter of John S. Hoffman and Emma Medland, who married Jesse Stinson Mills.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyBiographiesMennonitesBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerHoffman family19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1836-1937Export options:Barth and Schneider (Snyder) families: the ancestors and descendants of Michael Barth and his wife, Anna Marie Dittus and Johann Theobald Schneider and his wife, Helene Magdalene Scholl, immigrants to the New World mid-1800's
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of the descendants of Johann Theobald Schneider, a shoemaker who came to Wellesley from Alsace. Some of his children later migrated to Nebraska.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchneider familySnyder familyBarth familySchneider Johann TheobaldWellesley19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1850-1970Export options:Christian Lebold history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Lebold family of Wilmot Township whose progenitor, Jacob, arrived from Germany about 1835. Christian (1836- 1903) was Jacob's eldest child who inherited the family farm north of ...Keywords: GenealogyLand ownershipFarmersAmishMennonitesLebold familyLebold ChristianWilmot TownshipPunkeydoodle's Corner19th centuryYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1835-1991Export options:Christian Schwartzentruber: Magdalena Shoenbeck 1743-1956
Type: BookAbstract: The history of a German couple, two of whose four sons, Jacob and Michael, came to Canada. Jacob married Catherine Schmucker and moved to Waterloo County towards the end of his life, while Michael ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansImmigrantsSchwartzentruber MichaelSchwartzentruber Barbara OswaldSchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine SchmuckerWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1823-1956Export options:Descendants of pioneer HH214 Henry Hershey Weber (1793-1862) and Salome (Baer) Bauman (1791-1868): ordained 1824 as first minister for Martin's Mennonite Church....
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy that uses a numbering system to identify each generation and the order of children's births. The entries are interspersed with short anecdotes and illustrated with photographs and ...Keywords: Weber familyBauman familyGenealogyMennonitesBiographiesMartin's Mennonite MeetinghouseWaterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1800-1981Export options: