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New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (CC#4498): 235 Cooper Street, Cambridge, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and indexes of the markers with the cemetery plans. Separate areas for a Potters Field and a Sons of England section are designated.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyWar memorialsYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1867-1991Export 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:Park Lawn Cemetery Cambridge (Preston) (CC#4504): Fountain Street North, Cambridge (Preston), Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions with a master index of personal names, a plan of the cemetery and a brief history. The land was bought from Charles Whittington in 1944 and the first burial was in 1947.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1947-1993Export options:Saint Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery or Central Woolwich Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4583): Village of St Jacobs, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of over 300 markers with a plan and a name index.Keywords: CemeteriesInscriptionsGenealogyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1856-1990Export 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:St Teresa Roman Catholic Cemetery, Elmira (CC#4594): German Company Tract, Lot 92, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 160 markers in the cemetery that was the original churchyard of St Theresa's parish before the church moved into Elmira. The land was originally deeded by Joseph ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1990Export options:The Kraemer-Spetz families: early settlers in Waterloo County, 1827-1961
Type: ReportAbstract: Family histories and genealogies of the Kraemer and Spetz families, Catholics of Waterloo County who intermarried. Information about St Jerome's College and early priests of Waterloo County is given ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchBrewery industrySettlers GermanKraemer GeorgeKraemer Johanna Spetz (m. George)Kraemer familySpetz FamilyKroetsch JohnKroetsch Mary Ann Spetz (m. John)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1827-1961Export options:The Weishar family, 1818-1983
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the ancestors and descendants of Andrew Weishar and Margaretha Zinger. Andrew, a native of Alsace- Lorraine, farmed in Waterloo Township from 1863 to 1871, when he and his family moved ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersBiographiesWeishar familyWeishar AndrewZinger ChrysostumWeishar Margaretha Zinger (m. Andrew)Brohman LeonardAlsace-LorraineWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1860-1983Export options:Wanner Mennonite Cemetery : CC# 6479, 2320 Old Maple Grove Road, Concession B, Lot 1, Beasley's Old Survey, Cambridge, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, (formerly) Woolwich Township (formerly Waterloo Township), Waterloo County / reread 2016 by Lorrie Snider, George Winfield, Paul Gross, Cynthia Stapells, Lyle Catt ; transcription updated by Lorrie Snider, Paul Gross
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesCemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 2017Export options:Wanner Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6479): Concession B, Lot 11, Beasley's Old Survey, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County (formerly Waterloo Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 950 names. The cemetery, dating from 1814 on Wanner family land, was enlarged in 1880 to serve the larger community.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1814-1988Export options: