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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Brief biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Notes on 22 Waterloo County residents who died in 1948: Henry Wolfhard, Mrs S.C. Tweed, Charles R. Phelps, Louis D. Merrick, Dr R.L. Shields, John E. Vogt, George Karges, Mary Weber, Mrs Minerva Dart ...Keywords: ObituariesBiographiesOccupationsWolfhard Henry DrVogt John E.Karges GeorgeWeber MaryDart Minerva MrsShantz Nelson G.Swartz Percy W.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1850-1948Export options:Kristli's trees
Type: BookAbstract: A fictional story for children about an Old Order Mennonite boy coming to terms with his uncompromising religion and way of life. The book is illustrated by Selwyn Dewdney.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: c1940-1948Export options:Mid-European backgrounds of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the Mennonites and Amish of Waterloo County, including their religious background and the political, economic and religious reasons for emigrating to North America. The settlement ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1925Export options:Reichert: some ancestors and descendants of Joseph Reichert (1812-1863) and Katharina Ganshorn (1814-1893)
Type: BookAbstract: A descriptive genealogy of a Lexington family that intermarried with the Broedel, Koch, Musselman, Hallman and Snider families. There are many photographs of family members with reproductions of ...Keywords: WomenTextile IndustryGenealogySettlers GermanMartin Meeting House Cemetery St JacobsWaterloo Township SS 18 LexingtonReichert JosephReichert Katharina Ganshorn (m. Joseph)Hartman HelgaReichert CharlesYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1847-1993Export options:Schwind: some ancestors and descendants of Andreas Schwind (1822-1905) and Katharina Miller (1821-1886)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a German family who settled in the Lexington area in the mid-19th century and later moved north of Elmira. Andreas was a farmer and a stonemason who helped build the North Woolwich ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersCorrespondenceStonemasonsSchwind familySchwind AndreasSchwind Katharina Miller (m. Andreas)Schwind PeterSchwind Lucinda Strome (m. Peter)Schwind JohnYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1988Export options:Some 'plain' people of Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A general account of pioneer settlement by Mennonites, Amish and Tunkers, especially in Waterloo and Wilmot Townships but with references to their significance in western Canada.Year of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1870Export options:The family of Barbara Koch, 1831-1910, and Abraham Dettwiler, 1828-1912
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes and reminiscences of the descendants of Abraham, ordained a minister of the North Woolwich Mennonite Church in 1858. The family moved to Michigan in 1864, some ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersMennonitesClergyDettwiler AbrahamDettwiler Barbara Koch (m. Abraham)Dettwiler Abraham K.Dettwiler Veronica Sauder (m. Abraham K.)Woolwich TownshipFloradaleYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1828-1988Export options:The history of Waterloo County: a Story courage, vision, progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief historical outline to mark a century of county government. The author is most concerned with early settlement by Mennonites, Amish and European Germans before 1850, but she mentions the ...Year of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1800-1950Export options:The story of Conestoga
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the word Conestoga. First used to describe "the people of the forked roof poles" in what is now Virginia, the word has also become synonymous with the early migrations of the ...Year of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options: