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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Barth and Schneider (Snyder) families: the ancestors and descendants of Michael Barth and his wife, Anna Marie Dittus and Johann Theobald Schneider and his wife, Helene Magdalene Scholl, immigrants to the New World mid-1800's
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of the descendants of Johann Theobald Schneider, a shoemaker who came to Wellesley from Alsace. Some of his children later migrated to Nebraska.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchneider familySnyder familyBarth familySchneider Johann TheobaldWellesley19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1850-1970Export options:David E. Eby - Leah Eby family history
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the families of David and Leah and their ten children, with reminiscences and biographical information for each family. David and Leah farmed in Wellington County but they are buried in ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesWritersSchoolsSettlers PennsylvaniaFarmersWorld War IBiographiesEby familyEby SamuelYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1804-1978Export options:Edward Halter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Halter (1834-1917), prominent citizen of New Germany, justice of the peace, reeve of Waterloo Township in 1879, and active promoter of the Hopewell Creek Fire Insurance Company.Keywords: CatholicismFrenchBiographiesHalter EdwardSharbach MaryHalter MarySharbach JosephHalter AndrewHalter ClementKloepfer Catherine Halter (m. Gregory)Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1834-1917Export options:John Bricker Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the business partner of John Shuh in a Waterloo general store and later owner of the Graybill Manufacturing Company which produced office and school furniture. Family information about ...Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1840-1917Export options:John George Reiner: autobiography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short autobiography by the owner of many Wellesley businesses, including the woollen mill, flour mill, saw mill, general store, and a stave and heading plant.Keywords: Settlers GermanBiographiesRevolutionary War 1848FoundriesFurniture industrySaw mill industryTransportationDamsTextile IndustryFlour mill industryYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1832-1917Export options:John Lehman Wideman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Wideman (1833-1917), Woolwich Township Clerk for 32 years, postmaster of St Jacobs for 44 years, and a director of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company.Keywords: BiographiesObituariesPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipMarkhamBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerSt JacobsWideman John L.Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1833-1917Export options:John Zryd
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Zryd (1835-1917), one of the last of Hespeler's pioneer businessmen. He had a hardware and tinsmith business and was town clerk for thirteen years.Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1835-1917Export options:Reminiscences of Grandmother Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of a Mennonite family in Waterloo County over a period of nearly 150 years, based on the recollections of the author's mother-in-law. Births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, ...Keywords: BiographiesFood customsElectricityFarmersFuneralsGenealogyGerman languageMennonites (Old Order)Settlers PennsylvaniaTransportationYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1967Export options:Stauffer genealogy of America and history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Stauffers in the United States. It contains an introduction to the Canadian branch and quotes an article from the "Galt Daily Reporter" of 25 August 1904, describing a centennial ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesStauffer familyStauffer AbrahamBlair19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1803-1917Export options:Stauffer genealogy of America and history of the descendants of Jacob Stauffer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Stauffers in the United States. It contains an introduction to the Canadian branch and quotes an article from the "Galt Daily Reporter" of 25 August 1904, describing a centennial ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesReunionsNewspapersStauffer familyStauffer DanielStauffer AbrahamStauffer Elizabeth Zug (m. Abraham)Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1803-1917Export options: