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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Uncle Hannes and Levi
Type: BookAbstract: A description of a week's events in the life of a Mennonite boy who lived near Hespeler at the end of the nineteenth century. Two of the main characters and their families are fictitious but most are ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Why the Bechtel, Biehn, Betzner and Gingrich families chose the Beasley Tract in 1800
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A partly fictionalized account of how the early Pennsylvania Mennonite and Tunker settlers came to Waterloo Township and paid Richard Beasley forty thousand dollars for sixty thousand acres. The ...Keywords: FictionTunkersLand ownershipAgricultureCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansSettlersUpper CanadaWaterloo TownshipGerman languageYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1804Export options:Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener (CC#4510): Arlington Boulevard, formerly in Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with indexes and plans of markers in the various sections of the 50- acre cemetery that contains a Roman Catholic Mausoleum and a Protestant Mausoleum as well as the main ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyPrisonsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1926-1991Export options:Zion United Church Cemetery, Maple Grove, formerly Wesleyan Methodist (CC#4503): Broken Front Concession, Lot 31, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of more than 100 stones in the cemetery which was associated with the Wesleyan church established by 1855.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyChurches MethodistYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1855-1975Export options: