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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
On the Mennonites who have come from Mexico to southern Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the trend since the mid-1950s of seasonal migration from Mexico to Ontario by Old Colony, Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference, Sommerfelder and Church of God Mennonites. The author ...Keywords: EmploymentMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsAgricultureChurches MennoniteMexicoOntarioKitchenerElmiraYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1955-1974Export options:Pine Bush genealogy: something about the German people who came to Canada from 1850 on, and settled in "Pine Bush" a mile south of Hespeler, east of the Back Road, and of their descendents
Type: BookYear of publication: 1961Export options:Pine Bush genealogy: something about the German people who came to Canada from 1850 on, and settled in "Pine Bush" a mile south
Type: BookAbstract: Biographical and historical information about the first German families who settled in the Pine Bush area of Hespeler from about 1850. Most names were found in the records of births and deaths at St ...Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1850-1960Export options:Record of the ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including the Waterloo families of John Brubacher and Elizabeth Burkhart, John Shelley Brubacher and Anna Edy, Jacob Shelley Brubacher and Anna Martin, and Samuel Kurtz Brubacher and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSwissPennsylvania GermansBrubacher Elizabeth Burkhart (m. John)Brubacher AnnaBrubacher familyBrubaker familyBrubacher HansBrubaker Jacob S.Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1807-1974Export options:Record of the ancestors and descendants of Jacob Sherk Brubacher (D-67) and his brother Daniel Sherk Brubacher (D-71)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including the Waterloo families of John Brubacher and Elizabeth Burkhart, John Shelley Brubacher and Anna Edy, Jacob Shelley Brubacher and Anna Martin, and Samuel Kurtz Brubacher and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBrubacher familyBrubacher Elizabeth Burkhart (m. John)Brubacher AnnaBrubaker familyBrubacher HansBrubaker Jacob S.Brubaker Daniel S.Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1807-1974Export options:Rev. F.W. Bindemann, pioneer and preacher
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Bindemann (1790-1865) on the occasion of the demolition of his house.Keywords: BiographiesClergySettlers GermanChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranChurches MennoniteChurches SwedenborgianVeteransBindemann Frederick W. Rev. (1790-1865)Bindemann August GeorgeYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1830-1865Export options:Russian Mennonite immigration and settlement in Waterloo County, 1924-1925
Type: ThesisAbstract: A description of the efforts of local Waterloo Mennonites and others to help Russian Mennonites adjust to life in Canada. Initially, Waterloo County was seen as a temporary refuge for the overflow of ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1924-1925Export options:Schwartz/Swartz
Type: ReportAbstract: The history of a German Mennonite family who emigrated to Pennsylvania early in the 18th century. Christian Schwartz and his wife Sophia Ruth moved from Pennsylvania and settled near Preston about ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansPrestonSchwartz familySchwartz AbrahamSchwartz ChristianSchwartz Sophia Ruth (m. Christian)Ruth familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1880Export options:The ancestry in Germany and the descendants in Canada and the United States of Caspar Otterbein and his wife Margaret Hahn, and of Jakob Braun and the wife Wilhelmina Prankert
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of two German families who came to Woolwich Township. Other related families include the Strohs, Oswalds, Stefflers and Israels. A name index to this work was produced by Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanOtterbein familyHahn FamilyBraun FamilyIsrael familyOtterbein Johann CasparStroh familyOswald familySteffler familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:The Cornelius Jansen family history 1822- 1973
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Russian Mennonite family who were exiled in 1873 and stayed briefly in Berlin before moving to the United States in 1874. Quotations from Margaretha's diary refer to making maple sugar ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1873-1874Export options: