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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a family with combined German and Scottish ancestry. Those who settled in Waterloo County include the families of Philip Zeller who lived near Breslau, Elmer Zeller McIntyre who bred ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansWaterloo CountyZeller familyWilmot TownshipBreslau (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1987Export options:A geographic study of the Mennonite settlement in Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: A comprehensive study of early history, population, Mennonite churches and Mennonite farmsteads, and the economic and cultural patterns of Mennonite life. Charts, graphs and tables provide concise ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1800-1961Export options:A history of the Diebel family, tracing the descendants of Johann Heinrich Diebel, born March 18, 1736, died October 18, 1813, and his wife, Anna Katherine Glebe, born May
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical information on family members, many of whom moved to Michigan, Wellington and Bruce Counties. Some descendants reside in Waterloo County.Year of publication: 1936Historical Period: 1855-1936Export options:A Longhouse genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of a German family who settled first in the Genesee region of New York State and later in Markham Township. Peter Longhouse, a farmer, moved to Waterloo County where he held land in ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansMarkham TownshipHespelerLonghouse familyLonghouse PeterBergey MichaelLonghouse Catharine Letson (m. Peter)Longhouse HenryLetson JacobYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-1986Export options:A long-neglected son of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Ephraim Weber (1870- 1956), writer, teacher, rancher, and correspondent with L.M. Montgomery.Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1870-1956Export options:Among the Editors of Ontario German Newspapers, 1835-1918
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: NewspapersGermanGermansYear of publication: 1961Export options:Anderson family plot (CC#6336): Concession 10, Lot 4, North Dumfries Township (formerly Beverly Township, Wentworth County)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of two stones in a family plot on the rear edge of the Cambridge Golf and Country Club. Two young girls are reported to have died of cholera.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyDiseases CholeraYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1834-1843Export options:B. Mabel Dunham, D.Litt.: a tribute
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of Mabel Dunham's accomplishments as librarian, writer, and leader in many organizations including the Waterloo Historical Society and the Kitchener- Waterloo University Women's Club.Keywords: BiographiesDunham B. MabelAuthorsMennonitesLibrariansWaterloo Historical SocietyKitchener-Waterloo University Women's ClubBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th centuryYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1908-1957Export options:Becker family plot (CC#6325): Conc. North Bleams Road, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the two gravestones in the burial plot beside the barn on the Becker family farm on North Bleams Road.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1842-1947Export options:Benjamin Eby, founder of Kitchener and the spirit of progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of the church and community leader in Waterloo Township who established Berlin's first church, school, newspaper and furniture factory and wrote and published two spelling books ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyTeachersObituariesSchoolsMennonitesNewspapersIndustriesPennsylvania GermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1785-1855Export options: