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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical history of the Gottschall family: descendants of the Rev. Jacob Gottschall with the complete record of the descendants of William Ziegler Gottschall
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, members of which intermarried with the Clemens, Hunsberger, Bergey, Detweiler, Bean, Ziegler and Reiff families of Waterloo County. A name index to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGottshall FamilyClemens familyHunsberger familyBergey familyDetweiler familyUmstead Josiah G.Bean familyYear of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1924Export options:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz: pioneer of Russian Mennonite immigration to Manitoba
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of Shantz's family background and varied business activities in farming, contracting, milling and manufacturing. His role in the Russian Mennonite migrations to Manitoba in the 1870s is ...Keywords: BiographiesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesEthnic groupsRussian MennonitesShantz Jacob Y.ManitobaBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1909Export options:Schnitz and plum pudding: a family history of the Brake-Break-Brech, the Cosens, the Kraft, the Wismer families
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family with Pennsylvania Dutch and English origins. Many of its members came first to Waterloo County, moving on to Michigan. Autobiographical details of the author, reminiscences of ...Keywords: GenealogyFood customsMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesImmigrationCustoms and traditionsBreslau (Ontario)Wilmot TownshipBlairYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1806-1992Export options:Some 'plain' people of Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A general account of pioneer settlement by Mennonites, Amish and Tunkers, especially in Waterloo and Wilmot Townships but with references to their significance in western Canada.Year of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1870Export options:The early settlement of Waterloo Township
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An annotated reprint of a series of articles which appeared in "The Galt Reformer" and "Waterloo Advertiser" on 20 October 1869. Lorna Bergey, who provides detailed annotations and appropriate ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options:The trail of the Conestoga
Type: BookAbstract: An historical novel based on fact about the migration of Pennsylvania German Mennonites from Lancaster County to the Waterloo area at the beginning of the 19th century. The 1924 edition contains a ...Year of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1830Export options: