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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The County of Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A concise history of the county with profiles of the communities of Galt, Kitchener, Waterloo, Preston, Hespeler, Elmira and Doon. Short biographies are included for prominent citizens such as Robert ...Keywords: Art and artistsDiseasesFestivalsIndustriesReligious buildingsSchoolsPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesMusicYear of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1800-1951Export options:The Cress connection, part 2: a record of Jacob Cress (1804-1881) and Magdalena Eby (1813-1883), their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical details on the descendants of Jacob, the eldest son of Simon, who moved with his family from St Jacobs to Port Elgin. There is introductory biographical information about the Eby and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesCress familyCress JacobCress Magdalena Eby (m. Jacob)David JohnDavid Barbara Cress (m. John)Puttock Veronica Cress (m. David)Puttock DavidCress SimonYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The family history and genealogy of Nicolaus and Barbara (Roth) Schlegel
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of a French Mennonite family who emigrated to the East Zorra area in 1839, with the main focus on Perth and Oxford Counties. There are introductory biographies of each ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesSchlegel familyRoth familyPerth CountyOxford CountyEast Zorra TownshipWilmot TownshipSt AgathaYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1986Export options:The family history of John Hahn
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with a brief biographical introduction to two brothers, John and Henry, who left Hesse Darmstadt in Germany in 1853 to settle near Heidelberg in Waterloo County. The genealogy charts the ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesLutheransGermansBiographiesHahn FamilyHahn JohnHahn HenryWagner JacobHahn Elizabeth Sippel (m. John)Year of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1853-1952Export options:The family tree of Heinrich (Henry) and Phillipine Grube
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German emigrant couple who settled in Wilmot Township, and the families of their thirteen children. Henry was a shoemaker in New Hamburg, but later farmed in Logan Township. ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFootwear industryGrube familyGrube HenryGrube Phillipine Ritz (m. Henry)Ritz JacobWillert familyWilhelm John S.Wilhelm Louisa Grube (m. John S.)Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1815-1986Export options:The floodgate: random writings of our ain folk
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of anecdotes about the Doon, Hespeler and Galt areas. The author relates personal encounters with artist Homer Watson and describes people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds ...Keywords: ReminiscencesArt and artistsMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaSettlers EnglishSettlers IrishSettlers ScottishSettlers GermanRailwaysPublishersYear of publication: 1952Historical Period: c1800-1952Export options:The Friedrichs of Waterloo
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of the family (also spelled Friederich or Frederick) and related families: the Deverells, the Baltzers, the Bergeys, the Kehls and the Bortzs. Certificates, census information, photographs ...Keywords: GenealogyWaterlooFriedrich familyFriedrich Fritz J.Friedrich Susannah BaltzerFriedrich Carl A. CharlesDeverell familyBaltzer familyBergey familyKehl familyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1834-1986Export options:The lively little saint of St Jacobs
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief sketch of Dr Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe, born in 1823 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who practised in St Jacobs from 1853 to 1857. He later built up a lucrative practice in Cincinnati and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1888Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options:Three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads in Ontario: the families and their way of life
Type: BookAbstract: Illustrated accounts of three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads, including the Shantz family homestead in Wilmot Township. Each family is described with its crops, livestock and farm buildings, ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobShantz Amos Y.Shantz Noah S.Shantz Walter C.AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMapsFood customsFolkloreYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1781-1955Export options: