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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Rushes Presbyterian Cemetery (CC#4536): Wellesley Township, East Concession IV Lot 13, with index to minute and account book, 1878-1921
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 270 markers that date from as early as 1848. The report includes an index to the minute book of Rushes Cemetery, and a facsimile and decoded inscription of the " ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1848-1986Export options:Steinmann Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4570): Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Lot 18, South Snyder's Road
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 340 markers preceded by a history and guide to the cemetery, a plan of the cemetery and an index. The introduction explains that the cemetery's origins are obscure but that it ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesAmishYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1860-1986Export options:The descendants of Henry S. Bauman
Type: ReportAbstract: The third edition of a 1965 mimeographed report listing the descendants of Henry S. Bauman (1867-1935). It was also revised in 1979. Henry, the fifth son of Martin H. Bauman, first married Judith ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1867-1987Export options:The descendants of John Ingold Gascho
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle of a German Amish Mennonite family who came from Bavaria to Huron County before 1850. Some descendants settled in Waterloo County and Joseph, son of John, married Barbara Erb of Wilmot ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyAmishGascho familyGascho JosephGascho Barbara Erb (m. Joseph)Gascho John I.Gascho Veronica Steckly (m. John I.)Meyer JohnMeyer Leah Gascho (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1916-1987Export options:The downfall of Dr Vardon
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of Hawkesville's Dr William H. Vardon, including his custody battle with his second wife, Elvina, over their daughter Nellie.Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1856-1886Export options:The Emile and Susanna (Ebersol) Arthaud family, 1765-1987: with allied families of Blank/Plank, Lebold, Neuhauser, Schwartzentruber and Zwalter
Type: BookAbstract: History of the descendants of Emil Arthaud, a French Mennonite who migrated to Canada in 1833 and married Susanna Ebersol of Wilmot Township. The couple bought one hundred acres of land in Zorra ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesWilmot TownshipFrenchZorra TownshipOxford CountyArthaud familyEbersole familyZwalder familyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1833-1987Export options:The first physicians in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A chart showing 27 communities, the first physicians who practised in them, the year the practices began and, if available, the next locality to which the physicians moved.Keywords: PhysiciansWaterloo CountyGermansMennonitesKlinckhardt Edward DrHeil F. DrHazelius A.D. DrBean Samuel DrEbert DrKaiser A. DrYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1824-1914Export options:The golden Bible looking-glass
Type: BookAbstract: A translation of the autobiography of the Elmira resident who considered himself to be the Second Moses. The work focuses on his life's experiences, but also includes passages from the Bible and ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: c1868-1913Export 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: