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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Schwartz/Swartz
Type: ReportAbstract: The history of a German Mennonite family who emigrated to Pennsylvania early in the 18th century. Christian Schwartz and his wife Sophia Ruth moved from Pennsylvania and settled near Preston about ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansPrestonSchwartz familySchwartz AbrahamSchwartz ChristianSchwartz Sophia Ruth (m. Christian)Ruth familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1880Export options:The Amishman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief history of the origins of the Amish religion with reference to the settlement of Wilmot Township by Christian Nafziger and his followers in 1822.Year of publication: 1919Historical Period: 1799-1913Export options:The ancestry in Germany and the descendants in Canada and the United States of Caspar Otterbein and his wife Margaret Hahn, and of Jakob Braun and the wife Wilhelmina Prankert
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of two German families who came to Woolwich Township. Other related families include the Strohs, Oswalds, Stefflers and Israels. A name index to this work was produced by Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanOtterbein familyHahn FamilyBraun FamilyIsrael familyOtterbein Johann CasparStroh familyOswald familySteffler familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:The Cornelius Jansen family history 1822- 1973
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Russian Mennonite family who were exiled in 1873 and stayed briefly in Berlin before moving to the United States in 1874. Quotations from Margaretha's diary refer to making maple sugar ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1873-1874Export options:The forgotten names and places
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short description of lost or renamed villages including Mudge's Mills (renamed Ayr), Jedburgh, Nithvale and Black Horse Corners (at the crossroads of Highway 97 and Ayr Road), Kossuth, Freiburg, ...Keywords: Place namesVillagesGermanYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1816-1900Export options:The spatial variation and spatial distribution of the population age structure
Type: ThesisAbstract: A geographical study of age-groups, as a basis for planning schools and housing. Twenty demographic variables such as ethnic status, sex, occupation, education and income are considered.Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1960-1961Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: BookYear of publication: 1974Export options:They found a home in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A collection of reminiscences of Russian Mennonites who came to Waterloo County in the 1920s. The stories of painter Woldemar Neufeld, Herbert and Marie (Warkentin) Enns, Herman and Agnes (Wiens) ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: c1924-1974Export options:Transcript of original deed for the German Company Tract, Waterloo Township
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of the 1805 deed of sale by Richard and Henrietta Beasley of 60,000 acres of Block Number Two to Daniel and Jacob Erb for 10,000 pounds.Year of publication: 1919Historical Period: 1804-1805Export options:Waterloo County births as recorded in 1872 and 1873
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of all births by townships and villages, with details of date, name of child, names of father and mother, father's occupation, place of residence and accoucheur (doctor or midwife). ...Keywords: BirthsChildrenOccupationsStatisticsYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1872-1873Export options: