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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Biehn/Bean family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada, 1700-1986
Type: BookAbstract: A family history including a reprint of Samuel U. Bean's work on the Bean family in Canada, with the addition of information from the "Mennonite Quarterly Review" of 1939 and 1929. The genealogical ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:I found Waterloo County in Hesse
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of life for peasants in Hesse, Germany, from which significant numbers emigrated to Waterloo County in the 1830s and 1840s. The article is based on research done on the author's trip ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1830-1850Export options:Impressions of a German immigrant
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article, based on comments made by Waterloo County newcomers in letters to European relatives in the 1830s, about the availability of food, low taxes, free hunting and good pay.Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1840Export options:Mennonite settlement: the Bucks County caravan
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the migration of the families of John Biehn and George Bechtel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1800. The author notes that, contrary to most historical sources, these Mennonite ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansLand ownershipImmigrationGenealogyMennonitesWaterloo TownshipBiehn JohnSchoerg JosephBetzner Samuel JrBechtel GeorgeYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1798-1800Export options:Origin of names in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of place names including Philipsburg, Rummelhardt, Weissenburg and Roseville, with a note on the derivation of some family names such as Eby, Brubacher and Lichty.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:The wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export options: