This site is a work in progress. Tell us what you think.
German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Christian E. Boshart and Catherine Buerge family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships in 1834 and later moved to Nebraska and Oregon. Reminiscences and photographs complement the genealogical ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesFrenchCustoms and traditionsAgricultureBoshart familyBuerge familyWilmot TownshipWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1834-1978Export options:Christian Wagler family
Type: BookAbstract: A manuscript genealogy of the family of Christian and his wife, Anne Marie Wagler, who came from France in 1848 and settled on what later became the Livingston farm in Baden.Keywords: MennonitesAmishGenealogyWagler familyWagler ChristianWagler Anne Marie Wagler (m. Christian)Oesch ChristianLivingston John P.BadenWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1848-1975Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Family history and genealogy of John Jantzi and Elizabeth Gerber
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of an Amish Mennonite family who migrated from France to New York State and then settled in Wilmot Township. The biographical sketches which introduce the families of each of John and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers FrenchAmishFarmersBiographiesJantzi familyJantzi JohnJantzi Elizabeth Gerber (m. John)Kuepfer familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1832-1974Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Catherine (Roth) Schwartzentruber, 1835-1969
Type: BookAbstract: A record of an Amish Mennonite couple who were married in Wilmot in 1835 and farmed there and later in Perth County. Biographies of their nine married children are included with genealogies of their ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesAmishMennonitesPerth CountySchwartzentruber familySchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine Roth (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1835-1969Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical summary of the ancestors and descendants of a Swiss Anabaptist farming family in Wilmot Township. Biographical sketches introduce the families of the ten children. The 1861 census ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissFarmersBiographiesWilmot TownshipKuepfer familyKuepfer John L.Kuepfer Magdalena Jantzi (m. John L.)Kuepfer Jacob L.Kuepfer Veronica Buerge (m. Jacob L.)Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1820-1976Export options: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: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: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: