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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Mount View Cemetery (CC#4495): 80 Blenheim Road, Cambridge, formerly Galt, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plans and indexes of markers in the large public cemetery that dates from 1867. Originally called the Galt Cemetery, the name was changed in 1886. When the old Strang Burying ...Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1867-1985Export options:Nafziger, Christian
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the leader of the Amish settlement in the German Block of Wilmot Township. The author explains the role of Nafziger (1776-1836) in negotiating land grants for Amish families and the ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1836Export options:New Hamburg Independent
Type: BookAbstract: A weekly paper, founded in about 1878 by William Dawson, who sold it to Daniel Ritz. Kitchener Public Library holds microfilm copies from 1882 to the present and newspapers from 1917 to the present.Keywords: PublishersNewspapersYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1878-1992Export options:Noah and Annie (Nafziger) Schultz of Wellesley Township
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Schultz and Nafziger families, including genealogical charts and an index of nearly 200 names.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchultz familyNafziger familySchultz NoahSchultz Annie NafzigerWellesley TownshipSwissGermansYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1988Export options:Old Preston Cemetery master index (CC#6335)
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to all transcriptions of markers in all sections of the cemetery. The introduction notes that the oldest tombstone dates from 1846 and that the cemetery was still in use and maintained by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1846-1987Export options:Old Preston Cemetery Register of Interments (CC#6570)
Type: ReportAbstract: A transcription with index for the years 1859 to 1901, from the original register held in the City of Cambridge Archives. Some 557 interments are indexed by surname, with details of place of ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1859-1901Export options:Ontario Journal
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1917Export options:Ontario Journal (Kitchener)
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Keywords: GermansNewspapersKitchenerYear of publication: 1917Export options:Oppertshauser family tree, 1837-1988
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle of the descendants of Conrad Oppertshauser, a German emigrant to Waterloo County who became a wagonmaker. He and his wife, Katharine Lippert, were married in Waterloo County, but later ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanCarriages and wagons industryOppertshauser ConradOppertshauser familyOppertshauser Katharine Lippert (m. Conrad)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1838-1988Export options:Pepplers and their cousins
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with some biographical notes about a German family who migrated to North America about 1840. Among the many Waterloo County descendants are those of George and Ludwig, original immigrants ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogySettlersGermansWaterlooSt JacobsBerlin (Ontario)Woolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipPeppler familyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1985Export options: