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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Shoemaker pioneers: the early genealogy and history of the colonial Shoemaker families who came to America before the revolution
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Shoemaker family in the United States that mentions the families of John and Mary Schantz and George and Maria Detweller, both of which migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesShoemaker familyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1820-1864Export options:Stauffer genealogy of America and history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Stauffers in the United States. It contains an introduction to the Canadian branch and quotes an article from the "Galt Daily Reporter" of 25 August 1904, describing a centennial ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesStauffer familyStauffer AbrahamBlair19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1803-1917Export options:The Ahrens story
Type: ReportAbstract: A lively narrative of the life and times of the Ahrens family, German immigrants who were prominent in the development of Berlin/Kitchener and related to the J.M. Schneider family by marriage. The ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesAhrens familySettlersGermansBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerChurches Swedenborgians19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1803-1980Export options:The boundaries of ethnicity: German immigration and the language of belonging in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract:Benjamin Bryce considers what it meant to be German in Ontario between 1880 and 1930. For the Germans who make up the core of this study, the distinction between insiders and outsiders was often ...
Keywords: HistoryOntarioGermans19th century20th centuryEthnic identityGerman languageReligionSocial life and customsYear of publication: 2022Export options:The Brubacher genealogy in America
Type: BookAbstract: A pocket-sized genealogy of the descendants of John and Anna, the first American Brubachers, including identification of some family members who came to Waterloo County early in the 19th century.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBrubacher familyEby BenjaminEby Mary Brubacher (m. Benjamin)SettlersWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1884Historical Period: 1807-1884Export options:The diary of the Moravian Indian mission of Fairfield, Upper Canada, 1792-1813
Type: ThesisAbstract: This thesis an annotated translation from the original German of the official diary of the Moravian Indian mission of Fairfield, Upper Canada. The translated text is preceded by a thematic, five-part ...Keywords: FairfieldThamesvilleUpper CanadaMoravian GermansIndigenous peoplesDiariesMissionariesSettlers18th century19th centuryYear of publication: 1998Export options:The dual heritage of Berlin, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biography of L.J. Breithaupt, based on entries in his diaries spanning 35 years and ranging from his apprenticeship in his father's tannery to his later interests in the Breithaupt Leather Company ...Keywords: BiographiesDiariesBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerLeather industryBreithaupt Leather Co. BerlinEntrepreneursPoliticiansEvangelical ChurchYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1875-1910Export options:The family and childhood of Wilhelmine Ramsay Hogg Sias
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the migration of the Hogg family from Scotland in the 1830s, with a description of the Galt community up to 1850. The author also traces the history of her mother's family, the Breimers ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1835-1894Export options:The family history and genealogy of Michael B. Yantzi and Jacobena (Kennel) Yantzi
Type: BookAbstract: An account of Michael B. Yantzi (also spelled Jantzi and Yancey) and his wife, with individual genealogies for each of their children. Family lists and information about the Kennel and Ruby Families ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyBiographiesAmishYantzi familyYantzi Michael B.Yantzi Jacobena KennelBridgeportWilmot TownshipBadenYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1823-1991Export options:The family history and genealogy of Nicolaus and Barbara (Roth) Schlegel
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of a French Mennonite family who emigrated to the East Zorra area in 1839, with the main focus on Perth and Oxford Counties. There are introductory biographies of each ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesSchlegel familyRoth familyPerth CountyOxford CountyEast Zorra TownshipWilmot TownshipSt AgathaYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1986Export options: