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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Eby report
Type: BookAbstract: Articles, charts, illustrations and documents pertaining to the Eby family in America. Three issues were published: volume I, no. 1 in 1975, volume I, no. 2 in the summer of 1976, and volume II, no. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvania GermansSwissWaterloo TownshipBiographiesFrakturEby familyEby TheodorusYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1800-1978Export options:The Eidt and Eydt families in Canada, 1835-1985
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an introduction describing the arrival of the Eidt and Eydt families in Woolwich Township from Germany in 1835. The authors explain the connections between the two families, their ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansEidt ConradEidt CasparEidt John C.Eidt familyDoering familyEydt familyWilmot TownshipPhilipsburgYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1835-1985Export options:The Emile and Susanna (Ebersol) Arthaud family, 1765-1987: with allied families of Blank/Plank, Lebold, Neuhauser, Schwartzentruber and Zwalter
Type: BookAbstract: History of the descendants of Emil Arthaud, a French Mennonite who migrated to Canada in 1833 and married Susanna Ebersol of Wilmot Township. The couple bought one hundred acres of land in Zorra ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesWilmot TownshipFrenchZorra TownshipOxford CountyArthaud familyEbersole familyZwalder familyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1833-1987Export options:The Enos M. Bauman family
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogical chart of the descendants of Enos M. Bauman and Elizabeth Lichty Martin, to the fourth generation.Keywords: GenealogyBauman familyBauman Enos M.Bauman Elizabeth L. Martin (m. Enos M.)Bauman EdwinBauman ElamBuehler Lavina Bauman (m. William)Martin Adeline Bauman (m. Simon)Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1871-1989Export options:The {Evening Reporter} celebrates its 125th anniversary, 1846-1871
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the founding and development of the newspaper, with excerpts of some notable stories.Keywords: NewspapersWomenWarsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1846-1971Export options:The exceptional Vera Good : a life beyond Polka Dot Door / Nancy Silcox
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesChurches MennoniteBiographiesYear of publication: 2017Export options:The exodus to Canada: Moyer family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Accounts of three different groups of pioneers journeying from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada at the very end of the 18th century.Year of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1799-1868Export options:The experiences of Low German-Speaking Mennonite men in alternative education programs in Southwestern Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The tradition of leaving high school and finding full-time employment after grade 8 has put Low German-speaking (LGS) Mennonites in rural Southwestern Ontario in a vulnerable economic position. ...
Keywords: EducationGerman languageMennonitesEconomic conditionsQualitative researchCultural identityYear of publication: 2017Export 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 book
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the Mennonite tradition of keeping a family book, an account book in which were recorded the expenses of the children once they reached their late teens.Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1883Export options: