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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants of Joseph Laschinger, Abraham Nash and Gwer Merner
Type: ReportAbstract: A family history of the author's forebears, the Laschingers of New Hamburg, who intermarried with the Nash and Merner families. Reminiscences of the author's childhood in New Hamburg and memories of ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyCarriages and wagons industryChildrenFarmersPoliticiansPost officesChurches EvangelicalWar 1861-1865 American CivilMerner FamilyYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1819-1966Export options:A history of the ancestors and descendants of Peter P. Martin, also a short sketch of the Daniel M. Brubacher family
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the two Waterloo County families from 1650 to 1966. Biographical information about some family members is included, and there is an alphabetical index of names.Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesMartin familyMartin Peter P.Brubacher Daniel M.Waterloo CountyPennsylvania Berks CountyPennsylvania Lancaster CountyYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1800-1966Export options:Cholera: it swept this area like a scythe
Type: BookAbstract: A copy of an article from the "Kitchener- Waterloo Record" of 21 November 1963 by Laurie Jennings, with additional information on members of the Hembling family who were Bridgeport cholera victims, ...Keywords: Diseases CholeraFarmersSanitationGenealogyTelfer JohnMiller Robert DrCushman JosiahScott John DrGaukel Marie Roschang (m. Frederick)Gaukel HarryYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1813-1895Export options:Christian Litwiller genealogy 1848-1966
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Christian (1848-1924), youngest son of Peter and Elizabeth Lichti of Wilmot Township. Christian was ordained a minister of the Wilmot Amish Mennonite Church in 1877 ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyFarmersBiographiesChurches MennoniteAmishLitwiller familyLitwiller PeterLitwiller Elizabeth Lichti (m. Peter)Litwiller ChristianYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1829-1966Export 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: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:Emily Seibert 1907-1992
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A warm tribute to a teacher, principal, and local historian by a colleague. Emily was one of the original directors of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation. Her family home and garden on Madison ...Keywords: BiographiesAssociations and clubsArchitectureWomenTeachersSeibert EmilyMurray BruceOgram RobertEby GeorgeLamb Kathryn HansuldYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1907-1992Export options:Family Documents Re-united in University Archives
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article about a recent addition to the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. A significant part of the donation is the birth- ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1807-1856Export options:Family record of the descendants of Jacob Eby (1815-1896) and Mary "Polly" Bingeman (1820-1915)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Waterloo Township Mennonite couple who moved to Indiana in the 1850s. The first chapter contains information on their ancestors, who included members of the Bechtel, Bingeman, Bergey ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesEby JacobEby Mary Bingeman Polly (m. Jacob)Eby DavidBechtel familyBingeman JohnBergey familyEby familyWaterlooYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1815-1992Export options:Family tree of Urias Buehler, Leah Brubacher, Mary (Kilmer) Brubacher and a sketch of Abraham Buehler and Julian Beaty;
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy that should be used in conjunction with William A. Schmidt's 1988 report.Keywords: GenealogyBuehler UriasBuehler Leah Brubacher (m. Urias)Buehler Mary KilmerBuehler Abraham Z.Buehler Julian Beatty (m. Abraham Z.)Waterloo TownshipMennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1900Export options: