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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Deutsche Ortsgründungen und Ortsnamen in der Grafschaft Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief histories of communities with German names in each township of Waterloo County, with notes of their connections with German-speaking migrants from Europe and Pennsylvania.Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1916Export options:Deutschkanadische Bibliographie. Eine Auswahl
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A select German-Canadian bibliography listing publications in German on literature, the press, education, settlement, travels in Canada by Germans from the late 19th and the 20th centuries, German ...Keywords: BibliographiesGermansGerman languageEthnic groupsEthnic identitySettlersPennsylvania GermansPublishersEducationAssociations and clubsYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1970Export 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:Presidential address: some German settlers of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief sketches of some influential European settlers, including Peter N. Tagge, Jacob Beck, Otto Klotz, Jacob Hailer, Jacob Hespeler and John Motz.Keywords: Upper CanadaWaterloo CountyIndigenous peoplesSettlersGermansSchoolsIndustriesGerman languageNewspapersPlace namesYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1800-1911Export options:Supplement to the 1961 edition of the Noah B. Martin family history
Type: BookAbstract: Additions and corrections to the Martin genealogy compiled in 1961. Additional information on the early Martin family in Canada and the United States is included from Isaac W. Martin, Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMartin familyMartin Noah B.Martin Catharine Martin (m. Noah B.)Martin AbrahamMartin AndrewMartin PeterYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1820-1973Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Isaac Bricker, 1718-1973
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of Isaac Bricker (1835-1926) who farmed in Blenheim Township and was a grandson of Samuel Bricker, one of the organizers of the German Company, and the son of Peter and Susannah Erb ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBricker JacobBricker PeterBricker SamuelBricker IsaacBricker Susannah Erb (m. Peter)Bricker Lydia Snyder (m. Isaac)Blenheim TownshipYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1802-1973Export options:The importance of local history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short address to the Waterloo Historical Society, mentioning Ezra Eby's biographical dictionary of the Mennonite settlers of Waterloo County, the work of Hon. James Young and W.H. Smith's gazetteer ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1806-1913Export options:The Jacob A. Sauder genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the descendants of Jacob N. Sauder (1809-1875) and Barbara Funk (1822- 1899), German Mennonites who settled in Wellesley Township in the mid-nineteenth century. Their twelve children and ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1846-1973Export options:The Petworth Emigration Committee: Lord Egremont's assisted emigrations from Sussex
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the colonization project, financed by Lord Egremont and directed by the Rev. Thomas Sockett, by which emigrants from southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:The story of the counties of Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A popular account of all the counties of Ontario, including a brief history of Waterloo County with many references to the Township of Dumfries from James Young's book.Keywords: MennonitesGermansSettlersDiseasesOntarioYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1805-1913Export options: