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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A letter: 1846
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A letter written to Samuel and Elizabeth Bechtel of Hespeler from Christian and Elizabeth Bauman (Bowman) of Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1846.Keywords: CorrespondencePennsylvania GermansSettlersHespelerWaterloo TownshipMennonitesBechtel familyYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1846Export options:Brief biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Notes on 22 Waterloo County residents who died in 1948: Henry Wolfhard, Mrs S.C. Tweed, Charles R. Phelps, Louis D. Merrick, Dr R.L. Shields, John E. Vogt, George Karges, Mary Weber, Mrs Minerva Dart ...Keywords: ObituariesBiographiesOccupationsWolfhard Henry DrVogt John E.Karges GeorgeWeber MaryDart Minerva MrsShantz Nelson G.Swartz Percy W.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1850-1948Export options:Canadian Society for German Relief Bulletin
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A bulletin published in co-operation with the Göttingen Research Committee into the Refugee and Expellee Problem, an organization devoted to the alleviation of suffering in Germany and Austria. The ...Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1948-1953Export options:Died in 1969
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people who died in 1969: Amos B. Bowman, Miss Isabella C. Deans, Mrs Aaron Y. Haist, Henry H. Johnson, Miss Margaret P. McKenzie, William H. Milroy, Dr Alex O. Potter, Dr George ...Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1865-1969Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Catherine (Roth) Schwartzentruber, 1835-1969
Type: BookAbstract: A record of an Amish Mennonite couple who were married in Wilmot in 1835 and farmed there and later in Perth County. Biographies of their nine married children are included with genealogies of their ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesAmishMennonitesPerth CountySchwartzentruber familySchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine Roth (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1835-1969Export options:Family records of the Gingrich descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of eight generations of descendants of John Gingrich and Anna Hackman, who came from Pennsylvania and settled on a farm south of Elmira.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipGingrich JohnGingrich Anna Hackman (m. John)Gingrich Moses H.Gingrich Susannah Martin (m. Moses)Gingrich Susannah Brubacher (m. Moses)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Genealogical history of the Clemens family and descendants of the pioneer, Gerhart Clemens
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania family, mentioning Abraham S. Clemens and Abraham O. Clemens whose families came to Waterloo Township in 1825 and 1855 respectively.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1825-1948Export options:History as related by early Canadian newspapers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A shoKeywords: NewspapersHistorical sourcesYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1844-1947Export options:Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical and contemporary portrait of the relationship between the two cities. The author reports that the Kitchener metropolitan area (which included Waterloo) had the fastest rate of growth in ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Kristli's trees
Type: BookAbstract: A fictional story for children about an Old Order Mennonite boy coming to terms with his uncompromising religion and way of life. The book is illustrated by Selwyn Dewdney.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: c1940-1948Export options: