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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Church register of H.W. Peterson, 1833-1835
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcribed and indexed extracts from the record book kept in Berlin in the early 1830s. Details are provided of about 125 births, baptisms, confirmations and burials conducted by visiting clergymen ...Keywords: Baptismal recordsBirthsBurialsChurchesClergyDeathsFuneralsGerman languageMarriage registersYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1833-1835Export options:Early history of the County of Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of an address outlining the history of Waterloo County and mentioning local historians Ezra Eby, A.B. Sherk, James Young and Gottlieb Bettschen.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGermansScotsSettlersImmigrationMennonitesSchoolsReligious buildingsWaterloo CountyGerman Company TractYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1799-1913Export options:First settlements of Pennsylvania Mennonites in Upper Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the settlements in the Niagara region, Waterloo County and Markham, with brief references to notable Mennonites and their descendants. There are biographical sketches of Benjamin Eby, ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesWar 1812War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryAmishPennsylvania GermansNiagara RegionWaterloo CountyMarkhamSettlersYear of publication: 1926Historical Period: 1795-1925Export options:Fugitive slaves and free Americans in Canada West before 1860
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of research sources used in the author's thesis about black settlement and experience in the Queen's Bush. Most fugitive slaves were illiterate, and their settlement is marked only by ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:Historical notes on the Grand River
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An address given at Chicopee on August 2, 1930 on the history and prehistory of the river, its geographical characteristics and various inhabitants and explorers since the seventeenth century.Year of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1600-1930Export options:History of the Thaler family: tracing the descendants of George Adam Thaler, born September 11, 1785, died December 11, 1865
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, biographical notes and reunion reports relating to a German family who settled near Breslau about 1820. An expanded second edition was published in 1966.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1960Historical Period: 1820-1960Export options:History of the Thaler family: tracing the descendants of George Adam Thaler, born September 11, 1785, died December 11, 1865, second edition
Type: BookAbstract: A revised and expanded edition of the Thaler genealogy published in 1960. The family emigrated from Germany about 1820 and farmed near Breslau. Biographical notes and reunion reports are included ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1820-1966Export options:History of Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline history of the county's settlement by various ethnic groups and of industrial development, electrification, publishing and printing, and cultural activities such as music and singing ...Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1798-1926Export options:In search of freedom: early blacks in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An analysis of black settlement with biographies of notable personalities such as the barber and politician Peter Edward Susand, teacher John Frederick Augustus Sykes Fayette, and Robert Sutherland ...Keywords: Black peopleTeachersEducationProperty rightsJubileesSchools PublicLawyersClergyPoliticiansElections MunicipalYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1834-1900Export 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: