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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A Benjamin Eby letter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Transcript of an letter to Jacob Groff from Benjamin Eby written in 1851. Eby writes that Abraham C. Weber was ordained as preacher and that Joseph E. Schneider, Jacob J. Schneider, and Johannes C. ...Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1850-1851Export options:An old Ontario letter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Transcript of a letter to Jacob Groff from Johannes Baer of Preston, written in 1858. Baer tells of receiving the monthly Mennonitsche Blatter from Danzig in west Prussia and gives the name and ...Keywords: NewspapersMennonitesChurches MennoniteFuneralsGerman languageFamiliesClergyCorrespondenceGermansBaer JohnYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1857-1858Export options:Breslau (Cressman) Mennonite Church: some obituary extracts relating to interments in the Breslau (Cressman) Cemetery, Breslau, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Information taken from obituaries to 1978, for which a name index has been prepared by Paul Pepper. Transcriptions of two land deeds of 1837 and 1858 in which Christian C. Snyder gave land to the ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1834-1978Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:Index to Pine Bush genealogy (Hespeler, Ontario) by Winfield Brewster
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to some 650 personal names mentioned in Brewster's book.Year of publication: 1987Export options:Index to The beginning of things in Wellington and Waterloo Counties with particular reference to Guelph, Galt and Kitchener (1935)
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to A.E. Byerly's history that includes nearly 3,000 entries, most of them personal names.Keywords: IndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1816-1870Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz, 1822-1909, promoter of the Mennonite settlements in Manitoba
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the Berlin farmer- businessman and community leader, emphasizing his role in helping Russian Mennonites to migrate to Manitoba in the later nineteenth century.Keywords: BiographiesRussian MennonitesBusinessesImmigrationFarmersIndustriesMennonitesShantz Jacob Y.Berlin (Ontario)ManitobaYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1822-1909Export options:Name/subject index to Waterloo County diary by Bill Moyer
Type: ReportAbstract: Index of nearly 500 entries, mainly persons, mentioned in Moyer's book.Keywords: IndexesWaterloo CountyGermansYear of publication: 1986Export options:Old Preston Cemetery master index (CC#6335): 751 Fountain Street North, Lot 26, Beasley's Broken Front Concession, Cambridge (Preston), Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: This index is a revision of one done in 1987 by Dona Madill.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1846-1995Export options:Waterloo and Wellington Counties book index volume II
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation of indexes to seven books: {The floodgate}; {Hespeler, New Hope, C.W.}; {Hespeler yarns}; {La rue de commerce}; {Lot six in the third of Waterloo}; {Pine Bush genealogy}; and {Waterloo ...Keywords: Historical sourcesIndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1857-1957Export options: