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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 facile pen: John Motz and the Berliner Journal, 1859-1911
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biographical appraisal of the roles of Motz as writer, editor and business manager of the "Berliner Journal" and of the newspaper's influence in preserving German culture. The author presents a ...Keywords: NewspapersGerman languageBerlin (Ontario)Berliner JournalBiographiesMotz JohnMotz familyRittinger FriedrichRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1859-1911Export options:A history of the Diebel family, tracing the descendants of Johann Heinrich Diebel, born March 18, 1736, died October 18, 1813, and his wife Anna Katherine Glebe, born May 5, 1744, died April 20, 1798
Type: BookAbstract: An updated version of the 1936 genealogy. John Diebel, a shoemaker, arrived in Bridgeport in 1855 and later moved to Wellington County. While most descendants settled in Wellington County, some ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyDiebel JohnEydt familyKnechtel familyOppertshauser familyBridgeportWaterloo CountyWellington CountyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1855-1990Export options:A Mennonite draft dodger in Canada: a memoir
Type: BookAbstract:"Sam Steiner reflects on his journey from a small Mennonite community in eastern Ohio to political radicalization in the 1960s at Goshen College in Indiana. Following expulsion from college for ...
Year of publication: 2022Export 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:Adam Wettlaufer family
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Adam and Nancy Kaercher of Blyth, some of whom settled in Waterloo County.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1884-1990Export options:Amish Mennonites commemorate 200 years in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:On Sept. 30, Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 120 people met at Steinmann Mennonite Church in Baden to hear David G. Neufeld speak on "What stories have we not been telling," and ...
Keywords: Indigenous peoplesChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options:Another Fischer family history
Type: BookAbstract: An illustrated genealogy of the descendants of Michael Fischer (1821-1882) and his two wives, Regina Zettel and Catharine Hohenadel. Michael and Regina were married at Maryhill, and later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesFischer familyFischer Michael 1821-1882SettlersGermansFarmersFischer Regina ZettelFischer Catherine HohenadelMaryhillYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1821-1991Export options:Archaeology Division, Regional Municipality of Waterloo: results of the 1989 field season
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Short descriptions of excavations at the Helmuth, Nuhrgang, Morningside, and Solomon Sites, as well as investigations of corduroy roads at Bleams Road and Columbia Street.Keywords: ArchaeologyRoads CorduroyYear of publication: 1991Export options: