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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
City-building processes in Berlin/Kitchener and Waterloo, 1870-1930
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study in urban history, organized thematically to include chapters on urban- industrial development in southern Ontario between 1870 and 1930, the urban ethos, a prosopographical analysis of ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1830-1930Export options:Families and communities of Waterloo Township in 1861
Type: ReportAbstract: A reconstitution of Waterloo Township society by unique linkage of three sources -- the 1861 census manuscripts, the township assessment rolls for 1861, and Tremaine's map. An introductory essay ...Keywords: Census recordsEthnic identityGermansLand ownershipMennonitesOccupationsSchoolsWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1860-1861Export options:Founding families of Waterloo Township, 1800-1830
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles and tables of nearly 170 families who came to Waterloo Township -- mainly Mennonites from southeastern Pennsylvania. An introductory essay surveys the main phases in migration and early ...Keywords: Ethnic identityAgricultureGenealogyGermansImmigrationLand ownershipMarriageMennonitesOccupationsSettlersYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1798-1840Export options:Grassroots government: biographies of Waterloo Township councillors
Type: ReportAbstract: Biographies and summary tables of 135 men elected to the township council or employed as clerk or treasurer from 1850 to 1972, as well as some of the officials before the township's incorporation in ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1820-1972Export options:Localities of landowners: assessment roll evidence, 1861-1951
Type: ReportAbstract: Indexes and tables of social and land use data for assessed property-owners in ten sample localities of the township at 10-year intervals between 1861 and 1951. Introduced by an essay describing each ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1861-1951Export options:Waterloo County councillors: a collective biography
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles of the 545 men and two women who served on the Waterloo County Council between 1852 and 1972 (when the county was succeeded by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo). The introductory essay ...Keywords: PoliticiansWaterloo CountyAyrBadenBambergBerlin (Ontario)BlairBloomingdaleBranchtonBreslau (Ontario)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options:Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History
Type: BookAbstract: Annotated bibliographic references to about 890 books, 620 booklets, 540 reports, 290 theses, and 1,850 articles and notes, as well as newspapers, chapters in books, directory series, gazetteers and ...Keywords: BibliographiesIndexesAgricultureArchitectureArchive recordsBiographiesBusinessesCemeteriesChurchesUrbanizationYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1800-1990Export options:Weber's write-up: history and heritage, Johannes Weber and Elisabeth Muench: a compilation of papers published on and for the descendants of Johannes Weber and Elisabeth Muench who settled in Ontario in 1854
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of issues of a family journal published quarterly in California from 1981 to 1984. The collection contains genealogical information, mostly in charts, about the Weber family who came to ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesGermansWaterloo CountyWeber JohnWeber Elisabeth MuenchWeber familyPflug HaroldOberthauser familyKalbfleisch familyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1854-1984Export options:Weber's write-up: history and heritage, Johannes Weber 1807-1877 and Elisabeth Muench 1813-1904: a compilation of papers published
Type: BookAbstract: An eclectic collection of quarterly publications on the Weber family from Summer 1981 to Spring 1984 that includes information from many different sources. The family came from Hessen, Germany and ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1984Export options:Weber's write-up: history and heritage, Johannes Weber 1807-1877 and Elisabeth Muench 1813-1904: a compilation of papers published on and for the descendants of Johannes Weber and Elisabeth Muench who settled in Ontario in 1854
Type: BookAbstract: An eclectic collection of quarterly publications on the Weber family from Summer 1981 to Spring 1984 that includes information from many different sources. The family came from Hessen, Germany and ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanWeber familyWeber JohannesWeber Elisabeth Muench (m. Johannes)Kaufman Caroline Hillgartner (m. Daniel)Pflug HaroldWilmot TownshipHessen GermanyYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1984Export options: