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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A brief history and genealogy of the Brubacher families in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy tracing the family back to John Weber Brubacher (1803-1886) who arrived in 1825 and settled two miles west of St Jacobs.Keywords: GenealogyBrubacher familyBrubacher John W.Brubacher Catherine MartinWoolwich TownshipMennonitesYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1825-1895Export options:A record of the ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A history and genealogy of a Swiss Mennonite family who settled in Waterloo County. Isaac's grandfather, Samuel Moyer, came to the Vineland district of Ontario from Pennsylvania in 1800. The ...Keywords: GenealogySwissMennonitesPennsylvania GermansMoyer familyMoyer IsaacMoyer Esther Weber (m. Isaac)Moyer SamuelMoyer Magdalena Houser (m. Samuel)Moyer Sarah Snider (m. Isaac)Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1860-1970Export options:Blair Memorial Cemetery (CC#4501): old and new sections, Waterloo Township Lot #4, Beasley's Old Survey
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and plans of markers in both parts of the cemetery, with an index to about 900 names. The first burial is dated 1804.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1804-1975Export options:Comments on the Blair Cemetery records
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcription with plan of the old section only of the cemetery. This report replicates part of the report on the Blair Memorial Cemetery described in record D-1057.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1804-1920Export options:Family record of Anson Beeshy Brubacher, 1863-1926
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of the Brubacher family, with particular attention to the families of Anson B. Brubacher and Magdalena Bowman.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesBrubacher Anson B.Brubacher Magdalena Bowman (m. Anson B.)Brubacher familySwissWaterloo TownshipWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1863-1967Export options:Pennsylvania German dialect: Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, and Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings, and short conversations, with English translations: also the life story of a Pennsylvania German boy growing up, and what life is like as an Old Order Mennonite
Type: BookKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanMennonitesWaterloo CountyDictionariesProverbsFolkloreBiographiesDialectsYear of publication: 1977Export options:The history and genealogy of the Brubacher Brubaker families in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A family history that begins with Hans Brubacher in mid-sixteenth-century Switzerland and traces his descendants to Pennsylvania and Waterloo County.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesBrubacher familyBrubaker familySwissWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1807-1975Export options:The Old-Order Mennonite wedding and highlights of their social life
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of Old Order Mennonite weddings in Waterloo County, with particular reference to the author's marriage in 1922. Customs include the wedding feast, the hiding of the bride's shoes by ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1922-1977Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect and the Life of an Old Order Mennonite
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options: