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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A partial history of the Crossman- Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman Family, first edition, by the History Committee, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1972
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an account of how the material was researched. One chapter gives reasons for the migration to Canada and the names of those who came to Waterloo County. Among those mentioned are ...Keywords: War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsPennsylvania GermansSettlersGenealogyCressman Eben C.Cressman Ella M.Cressman JohnYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options:Block number two (Waterloo Township) 1 Sept. 1805
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A manuscript map showing the names of landowners, including original owners of lots in the German Company Tract.Year of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options:Family records of the descendants of Moses M. Weber, 1847-1937
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a family who moved to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1816. Moses' first wife was Barbara Horst and the second was Lydia Gingrich.Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWeber familyWeber Moses M.Weber Barbara Horst (m. Moses M.)Weber Lydia Gingrich (m. Moses M.)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1816-1937Export options:Genealogy of Doering, Lenhardt, Schnarr, Zinkann, Schoen families
Type: ReportAbstract: A record of the author's forebears and relations, some of whom lived in Waterloo County.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanChurches SwedenborgianDoering familySchnarr familyZinkann familySchoen familyLenhardt familyWeiler ArmandFrank JackYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1830-1972Export options:Historical atlas of Waterloo & Wellington counties, including: Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo by H. Parsell & Co. (1881), County of Waterloo Directory, 1877- 78, by Armstrong & Co., and Illustrated Atlas
Type: BookAbstract: Waterloo County material in this edition consists of an historical sketch of the county and a description of its geology, drainage, development and government. There is a short account of each ...Keywords: BiographiesBoundariesBuildings ChurchBuildings FarmBuildings IndustrialBuildings PublicCounty atlasesDirectoriesDrainageEconomic conditionsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1881Export options:Historical Sketch of the County of Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A general survey of geology, topography and history to about 1880. Leading pioneers and enterprises are named and the importance of early mills, schools and roads is stressed. Though the author notes ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1881Export options:Kinzie genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A revised edition of a genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Dilman Kinzie, a Pennsylvania Mennonite who died in Doon in 1806. There is biographical information on family members, excerpts ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaKinzie familyKinzie DilmanKinzie Barbara BiehnDoonYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1972Export options:President's address: the Pennsylvania background of early Waterloo settlers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the material culture in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, based on a survey of the "estates of representative families" such as Panabaker, Tyson, Weber, Levering, Keyser, Shuler, Johnson ...Keywords: Settlers PioneerCulture MaterialYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1701-1800Export options:The early Mennonite settlements in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the reasons for Mennonite immigration to Ontario following the American Revolutionary War, with details about the Waterloo settlement including family names of early settlers, the ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUpper CanadaWaterloo CountyPioneers' Memorial Tower DoonBlairZurichMarkhamYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1795-1828Export options: