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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Genealogical resources: land records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of the information available from land deeds and wills at Registry Offices, with a description of the research procedures used at the Kitchener Registry Office. The author also refers to ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1805-1985Export options:Hallman Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6703): Conc. 11, Lot 31, North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 62 markers on the one-acre plot originally deeded by Adam Unger in 1847 in trust to Jacob Detweiler for a meeting house and burying ground. The introduction notes that services ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1847-1900Export options:Harvie Cemetery (CC#4492): Concession 8, Lot 2, North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 15 markers in the small burial ground on the old Harvie homestead. The introduction notes that the stones were moved to Doon Heritage Crossroads in the early 1980s. Many ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyInscriptionsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1828-1894Export options:Hillside (CC#4530) and Conservative Mennonite (CC#4545) Cemeteries: East Concession, IX, lot 1, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with an index, of over 100 stones. A short history of the cemeteries explains that the property was first used by an Evangelical church and later by a Mennonite congregation.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1833-1987Export options:History and genealogy of Jacob and Lydia (Leonard) Brenneman family, 1843-1963
Type: BookAbstract: Jacob Brenneman, the son of an Amish Mennonite pioneer family, grew up in Wilmot Township. He settled in South Easthope Township at the time of his marriage about 1840. An account of each of the ten ...Keywords: GenealogyReligious dissensionFarmersSettlers IrishSettlers GermanMennonitesAmishSouth Easthope TownshipBrenneman familyHelmuth familyYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1843-1963Export options:History and genealogy of Joseph and Anna (Kauffman) Roth 1851-1966
Type: BookAbstract: A history of an Amish Mennonite family of French origin who settled mainly in Oxford and Perth Counties. Three families are shown on a map as owning land in Wilmot Township: Edwin and Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchMennonitesAmishFarmersOxford CountyPerth CountyRoth familyRoth JosephRoth Anna Kauffman (m. Joseph)Year of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1896-1966Export options:Holy Family Roman Catholic Cemetery, New Hamburg (CC#4559): South Bleams Road, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 200 markers. The introduction notes that the cemetery land was bought in 1892, local Catholic burials having previously been in the St Agatha cemetery. Other ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1892-1990Export options:Index to marriages from the record book
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to over 500 marriages, listing names of spouses with dates of the marriages.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1839-1847Export options:Introduction: the Jantzi/Yantzi/Yancey family from Lorraine, France to Lewis County, New York and Ontario, Canada with smaller contingents soon moving on to Iowa and Illinois; Supplement: additions and corrections to Family history and genealogy of John Jantzi and Elizabeth Gerber by Mrs Menno W. Kuepfer and Lorraine Roth, 1974 and to The family history and genealogy of Joseph and Catherine (Boshart) Jantzi, Christian and Catherine (Boshart, Jantzi) Riser, John and Anna (Jausi) Ulrich by Ruth Yantzi Ryan and Lorraine Roth, 1982
Type: ReportAbstract:Background material on the French origins of the family with additions and corrected information, though the contemporary genealogy has not been updated. Both books mentioned in the title are ...
Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1830-1991Export options:John and Barbara (Schultz) Oesch family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A substantial genealogy of the descendants of John, a Bavarian who bought lot 15 of Wilmot Township and later moved to Huron County. He and his wife Barbara had fourteen children who survived ...Keywords: Settlers GermanGenealogyMennonitesOesch JohnOesch familyGerber JohnGerber Veronica Oesch (m. John)Kropf DavidKropf Magdalena Oesch (m. David)Kropf JacobYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1820-1960Export options: