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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Assessment/Collector's roll 1859, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: A roughly alphabetical index to all persons recorded in the Collectors' Rolls. Details are given of the name, occupation, and concession and lot number of each assessed property-owner. Joel Clemens ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1858-1859Export options:Ayr Cemetery (CC#4489), Ayr village, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario,
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 2,000 markers in the cemetery which was established in 1877 to replace various smaller churchyards and rural burial grounds.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1877-1989Export options:B. Mabel Dunham, D.Litt.: a tribute
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of Mabel Dunham's accomplishments as librarian, writer, and leader in many organizations including the Waterloo Historical Society and the Kitchener- Waterloo University Women's Club.Keywords: BiographiesDunham B. MabelAuthorsMennonitesLibrariansWaterloo Historical SocietyKitchener-Waterloo University Women's ClubBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th centuryYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1908-1957Export options:Baptismal records, 1842-1980
Type: ReportAbstract: A compilation of all available baptismal records for Mennonites in Waterloo County to 1889, and then for Old Order Mennonites to 1980. The details, presented by year, were apparently transcribed from ...Keywords: Baptismal recordsChurches MennoniteMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Eby Benjamin B.Shantz Henry P.Hagey Joseph B.Martin Abraham W.Cressman Amos S.Weber Elias E.Year of publication: 198Historical Period: 1842-1980Export options:Bechtel family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: Bechtel familyGenealogyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:Beginnings in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the Mennonite migration to Ontario from Pennsylvania following the American Revolutionary War, and of the three settlements established in the Niagara, Waterloo and York districts.Keywords: MennonitesAmishImmigrationWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryPennsylvania GermansYork RegionNiagara RegionWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1783-1924Export options:Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options:Benjamin Devitt
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Personal recollections of Benjamin Devitt, Mayor of Waterloo and farmer, by his grandson.Keywords: BiographiesFestivalsCustoms and traditionsPoliticiansWaterlooDevitt BenjaminDevitt E. BlakeYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1875-1963Export options:Benjamin Eby, founder of Kitchener and the spirit of progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of the church and community leader in Waterloo Township who established Berlin's first church, school, newspaper and furniture factory and wrote and published two spelling books ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyTeachersObituariesSchoolsMennonitesNewspapersIndustriesPennsylvania GermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1785-1855Export options:Benjamin Eby: pioneer Ontario bishop- teacher-writer
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical account of Benjamin Eby, focusing on his books, the marriage certificates he signed, and the fraktur inscriptions of the Eby meeting house hymnals. There is a modern transcription of ...Keywords: MennonitesFolk artClergyGerman languageChurches MennoniteSchoolsWritersTeachersPublishersBiographiesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options: