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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Family history of Mervin Bechtel and Adelia Brighton, compiled by their daughter, Ruby Bechtel Poth, copied from the original in her collection, 1983
Type: ReportAbstract: A collection of copied documents relating to the Bechtel family, including copies of marriage certificates, obituaries, photographs, genealogical charts and newspaper clippings. It also contains ...Keywords: GenealogyPhotographsFarmersBrighton AaronBrighton Catherine Hymmen (m. Aaron)Snider FamilyWalker GottliebWalker Catherine Hymmen Brighton (m. Gottlieb)Bechtel MervinBechtel Adelia Brighton (m. Mervin)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1803-1983Export options:Family register of Jacob and Magdalena Bender and their children to the sixth generation: from the year of our Lord 1832 to 1925
Type: BookAbstract: The second edition of a genealogy with a brief introduction noting that the Amish Mennonite family settled near New Hamburg about 1832 after first coming to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from Hessen ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyAmishNew HamburgWilmot TownshipBender familyBender JacobBender Magdalene BrennemanYear of publication: 1925Historical Period: 1832-1925Export options:Father Louis Funcken's Contribution to German Catholicism in Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes Louis Funcken's ministry in the Catholic Church of Waterloo County, Ontario, emphasizing relationships among various ethnic groups in his congregation, especially Germans and Poles.Year of publication: 1983Export options:Genealogy of the Bergey family: a record of the descendants of John Ulrich Bergey and his wife, Mary
Type: BookAbstract: An encyclopedic history of the Bergey family in North America from 1719 to 1925. The book is divided by generations, with many details of individuals and places of residence and a comprehensive index ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBergey John UlrichBergey Mary (m. John Ulrich)Bergey familyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1925Historical Period: 1815-1925Export options:Genesis of Grove's The adventure of Leonard Broadus : a text and commentary : first publication of the complete text of the only juvenile novel by Fr
Type: BookYear of publication: 1983Export options:German-Alsatian Iron Gravemarkers in Southern Ontario Roman Catholic Cemeteries
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: CatholicismTombstonesCemeteriesYear of publication: 1983Export options:Kanada, Ihre neue Heimat: Handbuch für Auswanderer
Type: BookAbstract: A handbook for German-speaking Europeans intending to emigrate to Canada. Chapter 4 describes the Region of Waterloo, especially the Old Order Mennonites.Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1977-1983Export options:Kitchener: an illustrated history
Type: BookAbstract: A study of Berlin/Kitchener in which the themes of economic growth, population and ethnicity, the urban landscape, and social and political life are discussed in six broad eras. These are the early ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1799-1979Export options:List of Mennonists, Quakers and Tunkers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of those who paid 10 shillings as tax exemption money, including Peter Lammer, Joseph Lichte, Michael Roth, Jacob Miller, John Erb, Christian Moyer, John Lugibihl, David Geiger, Jacob Gingrich ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1836Export options:Martins of Waterloo County: the descendants of David and Peter the pioneers
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the migration of the Martins' ancestors to Pennsylvania and of David and Peter Martin to the Waterloo area in the early nineteenth century, with a comprehensive list of all their ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesMartin familyMartin DavidMartin PeterWaterloo CountyLancaster County PennsylvaniaYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options: