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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Type: BookAbstract: A list of over 120 monographs, serials, journal articles, newspaper articles and unpublished works, including theses and private papers relating to the Mennonite and Amish.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:A survey of the place names of Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the current and former names of communities, including information about location, time of settlement, reasons for adoption of the place name and, in some cases, the first industries. The ...Keywords: Place namesIndigenous peoplesEthnic groupsGermansPennsylvania GermansScotsArchitectureWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Canadian ancestral roots of Arthur Thomas Kloepfer and Philomena Agnes Gilker
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family's progenitors and descendants. Arthur and Philomena came to the Maryhill area from Germany early in the nineteenth century. There are maps of the family farms, located on lots ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersFamiliesMapsSettlers PennsylvaniaKloepfer familyKloepfer JacobKloepfer Monica Winter (m. Jacob)Kloepfer Jacob A.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1810-1988Export options:Died in 1962
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of some notable people of Waterloo County who died in 1961-2, including Winfield Brewster, Albert E. Broome, Robert A. Dietrich, Mrs Elizabeth Feick, Mrs Mathilda Hahn, Irvin C. Hallman, Mrs ...Keywords: BiographiesObituariesMennonitesLutheransPoliticiansAssociations and clubsSchoolsGermansPrestonCrosshillYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1861-1962Export options:Elfriede and company: a tale of two families
Type: BookAbstract: The chronicle of the Janzen family, Russian Mennonites who fled to Waterloo County in 1924. The story includes the Neufeld family, for Eliese Neufeld married Rev. Jacob H. Janzen, and both had ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesRussian MennonitesGenealogyMusicArt and artistsSocial conditionsEducational exchangesChildrenSettlers UkrainianYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1903-1979Export options:Ephraim Weber
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family of Ephraim Weber, a writer from Waterloo County who later moved to Alberta.Keywords: GenealogyAuthorsMennonitesTeachersBiographiesKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)BadenFreeportPrestonYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1895-1962Export options:Mount View Cemetery (CC#4495): 80 Blenheim Road, Cambridge, formerly Galt, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plans and indexes of markers in the large public cemetery that dates from 1867. Originally called the Galt Cemetery, the name was changed in 1886. When the old Strang Burying ...Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1867-1985Export options:Oppertshauser family tree, 1837-1988
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle of the descendants of Conrad Oppertshauser, a German emigrant to Waterloo County who became a wagonmaker. He and his wife, Katharine Lippert, were married in Waterloo County, but later ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanCarriages and wagons industryOppertshauser ConradOppertshauser familyOppertshauser Katharine Lippert (m. Conrad)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1838-1988Export options:Pepplers and their cousins
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with some biographical notes about a German family who migrated to North America about 1840. Among the many Waterloo County descendants are those of George and Ludwig, original immigrants ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogySettlersGermansWaterlooSt JacobsBerlin (Ontario)Woolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipPeppler familyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1985Export options:Pioneering with John Weicker
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a German family who settled in Perth, Oxford and Waterloo Counties, with a description of pioneer life in the first half of the 19th century based on Waterloo County historical sources.Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansWeicker JohnWeicker family19th century20th centuryPerth CountyOxford CountyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1830-1962Export options: