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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A letter: 1846
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A letter written to Samuel and Elizabeth Bechtel of Hespeler from Christian and Elizabeth Bauman (Bowman) of Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1846.Keywords: CorrespondencePennsylvania GermansSettlersHespelerWaterloo TownshipMennonitesBechtel familyYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1846Export options:Archaeological resource assessment of Kesmark Estates Ltd, City of Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Report on the property settled by Abraham Pannebecker in 1826, east part of Lot 8, Concession 4, Waterloo Township. The land was sold to Thomas Eskdale in 1856, then to Lewis Kribs in 1869 and to ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1826-1890Export options:Daniel Bender family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Daniel Bender family, Amish Mennonites who migrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1842. One chapter traces descendants of one son, Johannas D., who came to Canada and married ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1856-1985Export options:Eby, Benjamin
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer farmer, community leader, Mennonite bishop, educator and author.Keywords: MennonitesClergyPennsylvania GermansSchoolsPublishersBiographiesEby BenjaminWaterloo TownshipBerlin (Ontario)EbytownYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1810-1855Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Catherine (Roth) Schwartzentruber, 1835-1969
Type: BookAbstract: A record of an Amish Mennonite couple who were married in Wilmot in 1835 and farmed there and later in Perth County. Biographies of their nine married children are included with genealogies of their ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesAmishMennonitesPerth CountySchwartzentruber familySchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine Roth (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1835-1969Export options:Family records of the Gingrich descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of eight generations of descendants of John Gingrich and Anna Hackman, who came from Pennsylvania and settled on a farm south of Elmira.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipGingrich JohnGingrich Anna Hackman (m. John)Gingrich Moses H.Gingrich Susannah Martin (m. Moses)Gingrich Susannah Brubacher (m. Moses)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Globus
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A photocopy of an issue containing three articles relating to the achievements of German immigrants in Canada, including those who came to the Waterloo area. The articles are entitled "Die deutsche ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:John and Elizabeth Shupe and descendants: a family history of certain Shupes in North America from the early 18th century to the present; including notes on families of Dieffenbach, Munson, Overhold, Warner, Fulsom, Ahrens, Hirschy, Shantz & Bock
Type: BookAbstract: The life and times of the Shupe family who bought land near Freeport in 1810. Background information about the early settlement, the Tunkers and the War of 1812 is interwoven with biographical and ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesImmigrantsSettlersTunkersPennsylvaniaLand ownershipShupe familyWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1810-1984Export options:More pioneer hamlets of York
Type: BookYear of publication: 1985Export options:My family tree
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the author's eight great- grandparents, of the Groh, Wanner, Bechtel and Clemens families who settled near Preston and Hespeler in the first two decades of the 19th century. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGroh familyGroh JohnGroh Susannah WannerWanner TobiasWanner Catharine StryckerBechtel SamuelBechtel Barbara BaumanYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options: