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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A representative list of holdings for the use of genealogical workers
Type: BookAbstract: A select bibliography of genealogical works for the Waterloo-Wellington area held by the libraries of Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University or University of Guelph ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:An example of an Amish Mennonite family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the author's families, the Gaschos who settled east of Baden and in Wellesley and the Nafzigers who farmed in Perth County. Both families were members and clergy of Amish Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyReligious dissensionClergyMennonitesAmishSettlers FrenchNafziger familyGascho familyGascho ChristianGascho Christina Petersheim (m. Christian)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1981Export options:Bechtel family, originator: Hans Jacob Bechtel, 1720
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, some members of which came to Canada in 1817 and settled in Wilmot Township and Roseville. There are transcripts of 18th century wills and a household ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1817-1981Export options:Daniel Schrag genealogy, 1813-1964
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of a German farmer who became the minister of the East Zorra Mennonite Church in 1849. Many of his descendants settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships. Introductions to ...Keywords: MennonitesClergyCheese industryAmishSchrag familySchrag DanielSchrag Elizabeth Gingerich (m. Daniel)Schrag Magdalena Steinman (m. Daniel)Lichti familySchrag ChristianYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1813-1964Export options:Descendants of pioneer HH214 Henry Hershey Weber (1793-1862) and Salome (Baer) Bauman (1791-1868): ordained 1824 as first minister for Martin's Mennonite Church....
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy that uses a numbering system to identify each generation and the order of children's births. The entries are interspersed with short anecdotes and illustrated with photographs and ...Keywords: Weber familyBauman familyGenealogyMennonitesBiographiesMartin's Mennonite MeetinghouseWaterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1800-1981Export options:Detailed history of the Henry B. Bowman descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the Bowman family from Wendel Baumann's emigration to America in the early 18th century, with a general introduction and an index.Year of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1800-1963Export options:Family history of Gottfried Reinhart
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Gottfried Reinhart and Anna Marie Bruder who owned a farm near Berlin, south of the Grand Trunk Railway. A description of their farmhouse and a history of the farm ...Keywords: Settlers GermanFarmersGenealogyReinhart familyReinhart MartinReinhart Theresa Wolpert (m. Martin)Reinhart Henry B.Reinhart GottfriedReinhart Anna Marie Bruder (m. Gottfried)Galt ThomasYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1824-1981Export options:Gingrich family genealogy: with limited historical and other data of the Ulrich Gingrich family
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of Pennsylvania Mennonite Abraham Gingrich and his wife Barbara Hunsicker, who settled in Waterloo Township in 1801.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1801-1981Export options:History of the descendants of Christian B. Martin 1834-1912
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Woolwich Township Mennonite farmer who married Maria Bauman and had seven children. Both American ancestors and descendants are noted, with an introduction describing Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaMartin familyMartin Christian B.Martin Maria Bauman (m. Christian B.)Martin ManassahMartin Christian G.Martin Anna Bauman (m. Christian G.)Martin DavidYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1834-1964Export options:John and Barbara (Schultz) Oesch family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A substantial genealogy of the descendants of John, a Bavarian who bought lot 15 of Wilmot Township and later moved to Huron County. He and his wife Barbara had fourteen children who survived ...Keywords: Settlers GermanGenealogyMennonitesOesch JohnOesch familyGerber JohnGerber Veronica Oesch (m. John)Kropf DavidKropf Magdalena Oesch (m. David)Kropf JacobYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1820-1960Export options: