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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Methodist baptisms: Preston Circuit (St Paul's United Church) 1907-1915
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical and chronological lists of persons baptized between 1907 and 1915 at the German Methodist Church which became St Paul's United Church in 1933.Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1907-1915Export options:Methodist burials: Preston Circuit (St Paul's United Church), 1908-1929
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical and chronological lists of persons buried between 1908 to 1929, from the German Methodist Church which became St Paul's United Church in 1933.Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1908-1929Export options:North Woolwich Conservative Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4589): German Company Tract lot 90, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of more than 500 stones, with an index and an introduction that includes a short history of the church and cemetery. It notes that many of the burials in the cemetery are not Mennonite.Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1880-1988Export 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:Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg (CC#4593): German Company Tract Lot 13, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 450 markers in the cemetery located a little east of Heidelberg. The introduction notes that the cemetery adjoined the original log church erected in 1851 and the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1851-1990Export options:Sandhills Baptist Cemetery (CC#4598): German Company Tract Lot 63, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 57 markers in the German Baptist churchyard also known as North Woolwich Baptist Church. No other records survive of the church or cemetery.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1860-1900Export options:Schwartz/Swartz
Type: ReportAbstract: The history of a German Mennonite family who emigrated to Pennsylvania early in the 18th century. Christian Schwartz and his wife Sophia Ruth moved from Pennsylvania and settled near Preston about ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansPrestonSchwartz familySchwartz AbrahamSchwartz ChristianSchwartz Sophia Ruth (m. Christian)Ruth familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1880Export options:Some notes on the background of this unique centre, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: a short series of articles of interest
Type: ReportAbstract: A brief account of Pennsylvania German culture in the Waterloo area, including farming, art and cooking.Year of publication: 0Historical Period: 1800-c1970Export options:St Boniface's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill (CC#4580): German Company Tract, Lot 81, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of nearly 700 markers, 119 of which are inscribed in German script and 90 of which are crosses. A suggested walking tour is included.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1851-1985Export options: