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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A bibliography of Mennonites in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A list of over 120 monographs, serials, journal articles, newspaper articles and unpublished works, including theses and private papers relating to the Mennonite and Amish.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:A descriptive summary and analysis of the changing settlement and occupational patterns
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study by a Mennonite of settlement patterns and trends in Wilmot Township, the only area of Ontario settled by both Amish and Mennonites. The author surveys the whole township for the period from ...Keywords: Wilmot TownshipNew HamburgBadenMennonitesPennsylvania GermansAmishEducationOccupationsAgricultureBirthsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1860-1980Export options: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:A profile of the life and work of Edna Breithaupt
Type: ThesisAbstract: A brief biography of the Berlin-born woman who devoted much of her life to the promotion of art and the development of community centres. The author describes her travels, ranging from visits to the ...Keywords: WomenAssociations and clubsTeachersBiographiesArt and artistsBreithaupt Martha Edna (1885-1963)Berlin (Ontario)Grand RiverKitchenerYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1885-1963Export options:Descendants of Jacob Donnenworth (b. 1798 Alsace, Fr.; d. 19.09.1870) and his wife, Catharina Milhausner (b. 1800 Alsace, Fr.; d. 3.5.1872) of Waterloo and Wilmot Townships, Waterloo Co., Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with biographical sketches of Jacob and Catharina, farmers who settled first in Williamsburg and later Mannheim. It refers to Thomas Woods and Margaret Donnenworth who lived on a ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchChurches LutheranFarmersSchoolsSports BasketballDonnenworth JacobDonnenworth Catharina Milhausner (m. Jacob)Donnenworth MichaelDonnenworth Elizabeth Rickert (m. Michael)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1988Export options:Dorothea Schlote and her family: a remembrance
Type: BookAbstract: An anecdotal family history celebrating the 100th birthday of Dorothea Herbst Schlote. The book includes descriptions of the family's emigration from Germany, farming in Ontario at the end of the ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyFarmersSettlers GermanGerman languageGermansDiseasesWorld War IIDepressionsSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1830-1988Export options:Dr Mylius and the gunpowder plot
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biographical sketch of the Berlin physician, including an anecdote about the doctor's wood supply in 1865.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1837-1902Export options:Eby, Benjamin
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of one of the most influential early Mennonite leaders of Waterloo Township. Eby was a bishop, an author, a teacher and a farmer. He gave financial support to the first ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesClergyPennsylvania GermansIndustriesNewspapersSchoolsEby BenjaminPublishersBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1815-1853Export options:E.W.B. Snider, 1842-1921: an appreciation
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of the St Jacobs mill owner and promoter of hydro-electric power, by his granddaughter. On 14 May 1956, a memorial to E.W.B. Snider was erected in St Jacobs by the Ontario Hydro ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1842-1921Export options:From my window
Type: BookAbstract: Memoirs including an account of a trip to Kitchener to discover the author's ancestral roots. His great-grandparents were Jacob Wagner of Albany, NY, and Margaret Hailer, daughter of Jacob Hailer of ...Keywords: BiographiesAuthorsWagner GordonWagner familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1849-1987Export options: