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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Ancestors and descendants of Moses Hostetler
Type: ReportAbstract: An updated version of the 1912 Hostetler family history by Harvey Hostetler, including brief biographical information on the descendants of Moses Hostetler, a Mennonite who settled in Wilmot Township ...Keywords: GenealogyHostetler familyHostetler MosesHostetler Margaret Latshaw (m. Moses)AmishTunkersMennonitesSettlersReunionsIndigenous peoplesYear of publication: 1955Historical Period: 1820-1955Export options:Brubacher family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of four generations of Brubachers in North America from about 1710, including a family tree, locations of family members in Pennsylvania and Waterloo County, many given names and ...Keywords: FamiliesGenealogyBiographiesMennonitesPennsylvania GermansSwissBrubacher JohnEby BenjaminErnst AnnaBuckwalter AbrahamYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:Deaths, 1955: prominent people die in 1955
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of Waterloo County people who died in 1955: Albert Breithaupt, Milton H. Good, George W. Gordon, Sr, E.G. Heise, James W. Henderson, John Charles Iredale, David Knipfel, Frederick E. Macklin, ...Year of publication: 1955Historical Period: 1858-1955Export options:Hannah's albums
Type: ReportAbstract: Copies of 95 photographs from two albums of Hannah Erb Howse, with an index of people portrayed, Hannah's captions, and the name of the photographer if known. Among Waterloo County people are Thomas ...Keywords: PhotographsHawkesvilleBadenFloradaleErbsvilleWaterlooElmiraGaltBerlin (Ontario)New HamburgYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1857-1923Export options:Nachbar an de Schtroas
Type: BookYear of publication: 1955Export options:President's address: Early settlement in Upper Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement in Waterloo in the context of early Upper Canada.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUnited Empire LoyalistsIndigenous peoplesYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:The Eby family as related to the Brubachers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief history of the Eby family's migrations from Switzerland to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County. The author explains the Ebys' original connection with the Brubachers through the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansSwissMennonitesEby Ezra E.Eby TheodorusEby ChristianMayer ElizabethBricker CatherineYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:The Wideman family in Canada and the United States: a genealogical record, 1803-1955
Type: BookAbstract: The second chapter lists descendants of Jacob Wideman and Barbara Lichty who settled in Woolwich Township in 1822. Others of the family settled in Markham Township.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesWoolwich TownshipElmiraWideman familyWideman JacobWideman Barbara Lichty19th centuryYear of publication: 1955Historical Period: 1822-1955Export options: