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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export 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 partial history of the Crossman- Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman Family, first edition, by the History Committee, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1972
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an account of how the material was researched. One chapter gives reasons for the migration to Canada and the names of those who came to Waterloo County. Among those mentioned are ...Keywords: War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsPennsylvania GermansSettlersGenealogyCressman Eben C.Cressman Ella M.Cressman JohnYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1973Export 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 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: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:Adam Beck and apple pie
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An anecdote about how a friendly piece of apple pie given to Adam Beck later resulted in St Agatha's acquiring electricity long before its unincorporated status would have merited.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1867-1920Export 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:Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options: