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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:Canadian ancestral roots of Arthur Thomas Kloepfer and Philomena Agnes Gilker
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family's progenitors and descendants. Arthur and Philomena came to the Maryhill area from Germany early in the nineteenth century. There are maps of the family farms, located on lots ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersFamiliesMapsSettlers PennsylvaniaKloepfer familyKloepfer JacobKloepfer Monica Winter (m. Jacob)Kloepfer Jacob A.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1810-1988Export options:Descendants of Jacob Donnenworth (b. 1798 Alsace, Fr.; d. 19.09.1870) and his wife, Catharina Milhausner (b. 1800 Alsace, Fr.; d. 3.5.1872) of Waterloo and Wilmot Townships, Waterloo Co., Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with biographical sketches of Jacob and Catharina, farmers who settled first in Williamsburg and later Mannheim. It refers to Thomas Woods and Margaret Donnenworth who lived on a ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchChurches LutheranFarmersSchoolsSports BasketballDonnenworth JacobDonnenworth Catharina Milhausner (m. Jacob)Donnenworth MichaelDonnenworth Elizabeth Rickert (m. Michael)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1988Export 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: