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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A family history of David Rife, formerly Reiff, beginning about 1751: also a history of Michael Troyer, beginning about 1706
Type: BookAbstract: A combined genealogy of the Rife family, some of whom settled in Waterloo County, and the Troyer family in Vaughan County. Articles, obituaries, wills and photographs relating to the families are ...Keywords: GenealogyObituariesFarmersRife DavidRife Ophelia Lochead (m. David)Troyer familyRife familyPanabaker FamilyWaterloo CountyHespelerYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:Family history and genealogy of Joseph C. Zehr and Barbara Wutherick, Henry Oakley and Katherine Yoder, Joseph C. Zehr and Katherine Yoder
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Oxford County about 1860 and later in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships. Biographical sketches have been included for the second generation.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesClergyFrenchMennonitesAmishOxford CountyWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipPunkeydoodle's CornerYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1896-1980Export options:Family history of Anthony Wilhelm II
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogical chart of seven generations of the Wilhelm family, German farmers who bought portions of Bechtel's Tract and Heistand's Tract in Waterloo County in the mid-19th century. A list of land ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersReinhart familyWilhelm AnthonyWilhelm familyWilhelm Anthony JrWilhelm MargaretWilhelm Margaret Wendling (m. Anthony Jr)Wilhelm Mary Tauss (m. Anthony Jr)Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1850-1980Export options:Family history of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder Shantz, 1710-1980
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the progenitors and descendants of Jonas C. Shantz (1813-1898) and Hannah Snyder and their eight children. There is a biography of each of the children, apart from Magdalena who died in ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyBiographiesShantz familyShantz MosesShantz LeviShantz Wendel S.Shantz Jonas C.Shantz ChristianShantz MagdalenaYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1813-1980Export options:Family record of Anson Beeshy Brubacher, 1863-1926
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of the Brubacher family, with particular attention to the families of Anson B. Brubacher and Magdalena Bowman.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesBrubacher Anson B.Brubacher Magdalena Bowman (m. Anson B.)Brubacher familySwissWaterloo TownshipWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1863-1967Export options:Family records of the descendants of pioneer Joseph Bauman, also some records of David and Henry Bauman
Type: BookAbstract: A revised edition of Angus S. Bauman's {Family records} (1940). The genealogical charts and the name index are updated to 1967, but the family history at the front of the book, the essay "Glimpses of ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyBauman JosephBauman HenryBauman DavidBauman familyTransportationRoadsSettlers PennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1967Export options:History of Daniel E. Cressman family
Type: BookAbstract: A brief account of the ancestors and descendants of a Mennonite farmer, Daniel, (1847-1925) and his wife, Hannah Shantz (1848-1940), who settled in Oxford County. Some of the family later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesCressman familyCressman Daniel E.Cressman Hannah Shantz (m. Daniel E.)Schmitt EmanuelSchmitt Elmina Cressman (m. Emanuel)Axt familyWilmot TownshipKitchenerYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1847-1967Export options:History of the descendants of Daniel M. Weber, 1836-1888
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including biographical notes on many family members.Keywords: GenealogySettlersPennsylvaniaWeber familyMennonitesBiographiesWeber Daniel M.Lancaster County Pennsylvania19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1967Export options:Kitchener Mount Hope Cemetery walking tours
Type: BookAbstract: A guide to three suggested walking tours, following a brief historical sketch of the cemetery administered by the City of Kitchener since 1958. Markers date from 1812. The Town of Berlin bought two ...Keywords: CemeteriesBiographiesTour guidesYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1812-1980Export options:Pannabecker - Panabaker: a family history by the late Cornelius Arthur Panabaker about 1960
Type: BookAbstract: Short biographies of members of the Panabaker family, including the author, descendants of pioneer settlers in the Hespeler area in 1810. Many of the family were farmers and some were later ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaTemperance movementChurches MethodistFarmersWomenTextile IndustryWar 1812World War IPanabaker FamilyPannebecker Nancy Detweiler (m. Cornelius)Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1810-1966Export options: