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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:25th anniversary, Niagara United Mennonite Church, 1938-1963
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesNiagara-on-the-LakeYear of publication: 1963Export options:A partial history of the Crossman- Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman Family, first edition, by the History Committee, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1972
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an account of how the material was researched. One chapter gives reasons for the migration to Canada and the names of those who came to Waterloo County. Among those mentioned are ...Keywords: War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsPennsylvania GermansSettlersGenealogyCressman Eben C.Cressman Ella M.Cressman JohnYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options:Benjamin Devitt
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Personal recollections of Benjamin Devitt, Mayor of Waterloo and farmer, by his grandson.Keywords: BiographiesFestivalsCustoms and traditionsPoliticiansWaterlooDevitt BenjaminDevitt E. BlakeYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1875-1963Export options:Biographical directory of Waterloo County subscribers.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Lists of over 500 subscribers to the atlas, with brief details of occupation, public office, place and date of birth, and value and location of landed property. Some entries refer to businesses ...Keywords: BiographiesBusinessesCounty atlasesDirectoriesLandownersElitesWaterloo TownshipDumfries N TpWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1880-1881Export options:Biographical sketches
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Brief profiles of men who held office as county Warden or Reeve of a township or village, or represented North Waterloo or South Waterloo in the federal parliament or provincial legislature, or held ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1823-1881Export options:Descendants of Michael Zug and Ulric Zug
Type: ReportAbstract: Excerpts from the diary of Michael Zug of Pennsylvania, recording a trip to Waterloo County in 1883 and including genealogical information on the descendants of Elizabeth Zug and Abraham Stauffer who ...Keywords: GenealogyAgricultureDiariesMennonitesClergyZug familyStauffer familyFarmersPennsylvania GermansWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1805-1904Export options:Died in 1963
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people from Waterloo County who died in 1963, including Addison A. Armbrust, T. Marshall Aver, Charles Harry Boehmer, Martha Edna Breithaupt, Ewan Cameron, Roy B. Hemmerich, Charles ...Keywords: BiographiesObituariesWomenOccupationsAssociations and clubsMennonitesGermansKitchenerWaterlooHespelerYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1864-1963Export options:Emma R. Kaufman and the Tokyo YWCA
Type: BookAbstract: A biography mentioning the Kaufman family background in Berlin, Ontario and emphasizing Emma's life and accomplishments in Japan.Keywords: Kaufman Emma R.Kaufman familyBiographiesGermansBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYoung Women's Christian AssociationYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1881-1963Export options: