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A Benjamin Eby letter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Transcript of an letter to Jacob Groff from Benjamin Eby written in 1851. Eby writes that Abraham C. Weber was ordained as preacher and that Joseph E. Schneider, Jacob J. Schneider, and Johannes C. ...Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1850-1851Export options:A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: early settlers and their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint of the first chapter in Eby's book which is indexed in detail in the WRP database. There is a biographical sketch of Eby as one of the earliest local historians. The Pennsylvania Mennonite ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesIndigenous peoplesWar 1812Military conscriptionPennsylvania GermansWaterloo TownshipEby Ezra E.Sherk JosephBetzner SamuelYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1799-1861Export options:A genealogical record of the descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a family with combined German and Scottish ancestry. Those who settled in Waterloo County include the families of Philip Zeller who lived near Breslau, Elmer Zeller McIntyre who bred ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansWaterloo CountyZeller familyWilmot TownshipBreslau (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1987Export options:A Longhouse genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of a German family who settled first in the Genesee region of New York State and later in Markham Township. Peter Longhouse, a farmer, moved to Waterloo County where he held land in ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansMarkham TownshipHespelerLonghouse familyLonghouse PeterBergey MichaelLonghouse Catharine Letson (m. Peter)Longhouse HenryLetson JacobYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-1986Export options:A record of the ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A history and genealogy of a Swiss Mennonite family who settled in Waterloo County. Isaac's grandfather, Samuel Moyer, came to the Vineland district of Ontario from Pennsylvania in 1800. The ...Keywords: GenealogySwissMennonitesPennsylvania GermansMoyer familyMoyer IsaacMoyer Esther Weber (m. Isaac)Moyer SamuelMoyer Magdalena Houser (m. Samuel)Moyer Sarah Snider (m. Isaac)Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1860-1970Export options:A tribute
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A eulogy for Dr George Elmore Reaman, author and founder of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario.Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1940-1969Export options:An old Ontario letter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Transcript of a letter to Jacob Groff from Johannes Baer of Preston, written in 1858. Baer tells of receiving the monthly Mennonitsche Blatter from Danzig in west Prussia and gives the name and ...Keywords: NewspapersMennonitesChurches MennoniteFuneralsGerman languageFamiliesClergyCorrespondenceGermansBaer JohnYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1857-1858Export options:Anderson family plot (CC#6336): Concession 10, Lot 4, North Dumfries Township (formerly Beverly Township, Wentworth County)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of two stones in a family plot on the rear edge of the Cambridge Golf and Country Club. Two young girls are reported to have died of cholera.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyDiseases CholeraYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1834-1843Export options:Aunt Hannah
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reminiscences of a Groh family visit by wagon to Aunt Hannah Baer, daughter of Levi Snyder, at Owen Reist's farm. There is genealogical information on the Baers, some of whom built bridges at ...Keywords: GenealogyCustoms and traditionsMennonitesPrestonHespelerWest MontroseFreeportGroh familyGroh IvanGroh OscarYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1845-1920Export options:Becker family plot (CC#6325): Conc. North Bleams Road, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the two gravestones in the burial plot beside the barn on the Becker family farm on North Bleams Road.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1842-1947Export options: