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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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 broken bowl
Type: BookKeywords:Year of publication: 1997Export 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 house of dreams: two Waterloo county young people from very different backgrounds struggle to build their own home
Type: BookKeywords: Schwantz familySchwantz Paul 1846-1929Grody Elizabeth 1855-1934BiographiesHespelerPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1997Export 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. M. Fire and Storm [Insurance]: Simplicity in a Strongly Amish Institution
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A group of primarily Old Order Amish and Mennonite churches in Ontario successfully maintain the Amish Mennonite Fire and Storm Aid Union that insures their members against natural disaster without ...Keywords: OntarioAssociations and clubsMennonites (Old Order)InsuranceAmish Mennonite Fire and Storm Aid UnionAmishYear of publication: 1997Historical Period: 1872-1997Export options:'A Raw and Hopeful Field': Nineteenth-Century Baptist Evangelism and Church Planting among Ontario's Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reviews Baptist work among German immigrants in Ontario. Revival efforts are exemplified in the lives of three men: August Rauschenbusch, Heinrich Schneider, and Johannes Stumpf. These men faced ...Keywords: ClergyEvangelismBaptistsYear of publication: 1997Export 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:Adler auf dem Ahornbaum: Studien zur Einwanderung, Siedlung, Kultur- und Literaturgeschichte der Deutschen in Kanada
Type: BookYear of publication: 1997Export options: