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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation of the Hammet site (AiHb-57), Melran Estates subdivision, City of Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Report of excavation of a site, part of Lots 10 and 11, Concessions 3 and 4, Beasley's Lower Block in the former Waterloo Township, just north of Hespeler. The property belonged first to Abraham ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Ayr Cemetery (CC#4489), Ayr village, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario,
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 2,000 markers in the cemetery which was established in 1877 to replace various smaller churchyards and rural burial grounds.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1877-1989Export options:Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4587), sometime called Snyder's, Road 67A, Woolwich Township, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 500 markers, most of which date from after 1900.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesMennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1990Export options:Calvary Conservative Mennonite Church Cemetery: German Company Tract Lot 124, Regional Road #21, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 110 markers. An introduction notes that the church to which the cemetery is attached was originally Evangelical when built in 1868 and that it was bought by the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1868-1990Export options:Clarence "Bud" Clair: Clair Creek conservationist
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The life story of a Waterloo mason who bought the Amos Weber farm and helped to conserve part of the Laurel Creek Watershed known now as Clair Creek. Members of the Clair family still live in the old ...Keywords: ConservationBiographiesLand developmentClair Clarence BudClair Betty Thaler (m. Clarence)Weber Amos SrWeber EmanuelClair George A.Clair Barbara (m. George A.)Clair familyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1916-1992Export 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:Drudge family history: Uriah Drudge family genealogy, other Drudge family lines, from John Drudge, 1774 emigrant to Canada to the present
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family represented in Waterloo County by Ben Drudge's family who lived between Bridgeport and Lexington.Keywords: FarmersGenealogyDrudge BenjaminDrudge Barbara Shirk (m. Benjamin)Drudge familyBridgeportLexingtonYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1972Export 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: