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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:Impressions of a German immigrant
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article, based on comments made by Waterloo County newcomers in letters to European relatives in the 1830s, about the availability of food, low taxes, free hunting and good pay.Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1840Export options:John Weicker family: 1830 pioneers of South Easthope Tsp., Perth County, East Zorra Township, Oxford County
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of family trees, reunion reports, photographs, biographies and reminiscences relating to the Weicker family, German Lutherans who settled mostly in Perth County. Some of the family ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansObituariesBiographiesMapsWaterloo CountyPerth CountyWeicker familyWeicker JohnWeicker Catherine Zinkan (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Origin of names in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of place names including Philipsburg, Rummelhardt, Weissenburg and Roseville, with a note on the derivation of some family names such as Eby, Brubacher and Lichty.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Pioneering with John Weicker
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a German family who settled in Perth, Oxford and Waterloo Counties, with a description of pioneer life in the first half of the 19th century based on Waterloo County historical sources.Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansWeicker JohnWeicker family19th century20th centuryPerth CountyOxford CountyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1830-1962Export options:Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, sometimes known as Oswald or Hoffer Cemetery (CC#4582): German Company Tract lot 52, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 83 memorials with translations of the kirkenbuch entries and a history of this vanished church. A name index is also included.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1853-1935Export options:The forgotten names and places
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short description of lost or renamed villages including Mudge's Mills (renamed Ayr), Jedburgh, Nithvale and Black Horse Corners (at the crossroads of Highway 97 and Ayr Road), Kossuth, Freiburg, ...Keywords: Place namesVillagesGermanYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1816-1900Export options:Trinity Lutheran Church, Shantz Station Cemetery (CC#4595): German Company Tract Lot 85, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich)
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical index to about 520 burials since 1862. The author notes that Trinity Lutheran Church was organized in 1860 by the Rev. Immanuel Wurster and that the cemetery was dedicated in 1863. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyInscriptionsYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1860-1982Export options:Weicker family history [WRP]
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation, consisting mainly of genealogical charts but including also containing the description of John Weicker's pioneering days by Samuel Weicker.Keywords: ReunionsSettlers GermanGenealogyWeicker familyWeicker Catherine Zinkan (m. John)Weicker JohnWeicker SamuelWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1830-1966Export options: