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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants of Reinhardt Kalbfleisch, born 12 August 1812 in Germany, died 27 June 1894 near Elmira, Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with introductions to the families of Reinhardt and each of his eight children. A section on non-related Kalbfleisches indicates that this family is not connected with that of Joachim ...Keywords: GenealogyGerman languageFarmersSettlers GermanKalbfleisch familyKalbfleisch ReinhardtDiebel familyReist familyDietz familyBickel familyYear of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1812-1956Export options:Christian Schwartzentruber: Magdalena Shoenbeck 1743-1956
Type: BookAbstract: The history of a German couple, two of whose four sons, Jacob and Michael, came to Canada. Jacob married Catherine Schmucker and moved to Waterloo County towards the end of his life, while Michael ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansImmigrantsSchwartzentruber MichaelSchwartzentruber Barbara OswaldSchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine SchmuckerWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1823-1956Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob (Wagner) Gingerich and Veronica Litwiller, 1825-1975
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of over 2,000 descendants, introduced by a section on the German background, the early Amish Mennonite settlement of Wilmot Township, and the development of the Gingerich family farm in ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanMennonitesAmishFarmersLiquorReligious dissensionGingerich familyGingerich JacobGingerich Veronica Litwiller (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1825-1975Export options:German-Canadian Review: quarterly of the Canadian-German Society, Inc.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the quarterly "German- Review", published by the Canadian Society for German Relief in Manitoba. The format, place of publication and publisher all changed in 1956 when the Canadian ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1948-1956Export options:Historic settlement patterns by ethnicity
Type: ReportAbstract: A map showing the date of settlement, ethnic group, and predominant religion of locales in Waterloo Region. Accompanying documentation lists the township or town and gives an historical summary.Keywords: Ethnic groupsEthnic identitySettlersGermansPennsylvania GermansMennonitesLutheransAmishWaterloo CountyMapsYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:History and genealogy of John and Veronica Erb Schwartzentruber 1743-1956
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the ancestors and descendants of an Amish Mennonite couple who came from Pennsylvania in 1826 and settled in Wilmot Township. Their children married into the Steinman, Gardner, Gascho, ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesAmishMennonitesSettlersImmigrantsPennsylvaniaFarmersWilmot TownshipSchwartzentruber familyYear of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1826-1956Export options:Shoemaker pioneers: the early genealogy and history of the colonial Shoemaker families who came to America before the revolution
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Shoemaker family in the United States that mentions the families of John and Mary Schantz and George and Maria Detweller, both of which migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesShoemaker familyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1820-1864Export options:The Eby report
Type: BookAbstract: Articles, charts, illustrations and documents pertaining to the Eby family in America. Three issues were published: volume I, no. 1 in 1975, volume I, no. 2 in the summer of 1976, and volume II, no. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvania GermansSwissWaterloo TownshipBiographiesFrakturEby familyEby TheodorusYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1800-1978Export options:The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:Tracing the descendants of John and Mary Ruppel
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised edition of a 1971 genealogical chart, tracing the family of a German who came to Berlin in 1852 and settled in Elmira a year later.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanRuppel FamilyRuppel JohnRuppel Mary Huehn (m. John)Kress familyBorth familyPeters familyMilne FamilySchlitt familyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1827-1975Export options: