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Type: BookYear of publication: 1970Export options:Reminiscences and records of the family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical record of the couple's ancestors and descendants. Enoch and Hannah bought a farm on the boundary between Wellington and Waterloo Counties and were members of the Floradale Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAgriculturePennsylvania GermansSwissSt JacobsFloradaleElmiraWoolwich TownshipBurkhart familyYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1820-1970Export options:Reminiscences and records of the family of Enoch and Hannah (Eby) Burkhart, long-time residents of Peel Township, Wellington County, Rural Route #1, Drayton, Ontario, Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical record of the couple's ancestors and descendants. Enoch and Hannah bought a farm on the boundary between Wellington and Waterloo Counties and were members of the Floradale Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesReunionsFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBurkhart familySt JacobsFloradaleElmiraWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1820-1970Export options:Shoemaker pioneers: the early genealogy and history of the colonial Shoemaker families who came to America before the revolution
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Shoemaker family in the United States that mentions the families of John and Mary Schantz and George and Maria Detweller, both of which migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesShoemaker familyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1820-1864Export options:The Betzner family in Canada: genealogical and historical records, 1799-1970
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Betzners, some of whom migrated to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania in 1799. It contains biographical information on Samuel D. Betzner, general information about the early Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesWar 1812BiographiesDiseasesLawyersIndustriesPublishersPennsylvania GermansSettlersYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1799-1970Export options:The Eby report
Type: BookAbstract: Articles, charts, illustrations and documents pertaining to the Eby family in America. Three issues were published: volume I, no. 1 in 1975, volume I, no. 2 in the summer of 1976, and volume II, no. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvania GermansSwissWaterloo TownshipBiographiesFrakturEby familyEby TheodorusYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1800-1978Export options:The history and genealogy of the Brubacher Brubaker families in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A family history that begins with Hans Brubacher in mid-sixteenth-century Switzerland and traces his descendants to Pennsylvania and Waterloo County.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesBrubacher familyBrubaker familySwissWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1807-1975Export options:The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:The Jews of Toronto: A History to 1937
Type: ThesisYear of publication: 1975Export options:The Mennonites of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the religion, education, dress, architecture and farming techniques of Old Order Mennonites in Waterloo County. The authors discuss threats to this lifestyle from urbanization and ...Keywords: AcculturationEthnic groupsEthnic identityCustoms and traditionsMennonites (Old Order)ReligionMennonitesAgricultureGerman languageEducationYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1970Export options: