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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Henry B. Steckle family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including information on many family members born in the county. Numerical references correspond to Ezra E. Eby's notations in {Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other ...Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1820-1967Export options:The Henry Baer family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Henry Baer (1842-1927) and Leah Bowman (1847- 1937), Mennonite farmers of Wilmot Township. There is a biographical introduction for each of the fourteen children ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesFarmersBiographiesSettlers PennsylvaniaBaer HenryBaer Leah Bowman (m. Henry)Baer FamilyEby DanielEby Angeline Baer (m. David)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1842-1977Export options:The old Amos Weber Farm
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the owners of German Company lot 24, from Peter Holl in 1805 to Michael and Joan Wolf in 1992. Particular attention is given to the family of Amos Weber.Keywords: FarmersIce harvestingFarmers' marketsWeber familyHoll PeterWeber AmosWeber EmanuelBricker JohnBricker JacobBricker Judith Baumann (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1805-1992Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century, including the families of Schoerg, Eby, Erb, Betzner, Brubacher, Baumann, Bechtel, Biehn, Bergey, ...Keywords: SettlersWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesScotsAmishEby Ezra E.Young JamesSherk A.B. Rev.Beasley RichardYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1800-1856Export options:The Weber family: a historical novel [WRP]
Type: BookAbstract: An unpublished historical novel telling of the migrations of the Anabaptists from Switzerland to the Palatinate, then to Pennsylvania and lastly to Canada in 1819. Based on the experiences of the ...Keywords: Weber familyMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)SettlersFolkloreSocial life and customsLiteratureGenealogyWaterloo CountyWellesley TownshipYear of publication:Historical Period: 1819-1905Export options:The Wenger book: a foundation book of American Wengers including variant spellings such as Winger, Wanger, Whanger, Wegner, Wengert, Wengerd, Wingart, Wingard, Wingert, Wangerd, Wengar, Wencker, and names spelled with "V" rather than "W"
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family in America, particularly descendants of Christian Wenger and Eve Graybill who came to Pennsylvania in 1727. Among those who came to Waterloo County were Elizabeth Zimmerman ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesTunkersBiographiesWenger familyPennsylvaniaWaterloo County19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1825-1978Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options:Waterloo Township, German Company Tract lot number 16
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A portrait of the Weber family who settled in Waterloo Township in 1805. The author defines German Company Tract lot 16, which was owned by various members of the Weber family from 1805 to 1853. In ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1805-1853Export options:Weber families in Waterloo and Bruce Counties (non-Mennonite)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with some added handwritten notes, linking this family of Webers to the Mennonite Webers in Martin's earlier work on John Anton Weber. Most families mentioned here were Lutherans or ...Keywords: GenealogyWeber familyWeber ChristopherWeber Christian B.Weber JacobWeber AdamWeber DanielWeber JohnWeber LouisWeber Carl J.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1830-1991Export options:Weber family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyWaterlooWebber familyYear of publication: 2013Export options: