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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of early settlers and their descendants in Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby 1895 & 1896; a supplement by Joseph P. Snyder 1931; plus an intensive index of all entries of all persons whose names are used throughout the volumes; an ordinal index of geography related to the numbered items; notes about some of the families and individuals; maps and other documents of interest
Type: BookAbstract:An introduction, notes, maps and set of indexes to accompany and update the reprinting of Ezra Eby's {Biographical history} of 1895-6 (qv) and Joseph B. Snyder's {Supplement} of 1931 (qv). Lists ...
Keywords: MennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaGenealogyLand ownershipMaps18th century19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1798-1970Export options:And now we are many: a history and genealogy of the Brohman family
Type: BookAbstract: A detailed work, tracing the family from the migration of Gottlieb Brohman to New Germany (Maryhill) from Alsace in the late 1820s. He married Catherine Lauber and the succeeding generations to 1970 ...Keywords: GenealogyFolk medicineDiseasesFood customsAlsace-LorraineGermansBrohman familyBrohman JosephBrohman GottliebLauber CatherineYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1833-1968Export options:Breithaupt origins
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family's 1843 migration from Germany to Buffalo, and later to Berlin. The author briefly surveys the generations of Waterloo County Breithaupts and their contributions to the ...Keywords: PoliticiansIndustriesGermansImmigrationBerlin (Ontario)Breithaupt familyBreithaupt LiboriousBreithaupt Louis (1827-1880)Breithaupt Catharine Hailer (m. Louis)Hailer JacobYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1843-1976Export options:Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:Ephraim Baer family 1876-
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Ephraim (1876-1953) and Lovina Nahrgang (1881-1956) and their sixteen children. There are minutes of the 1971 reunion and handwritten notes updating the information ...Keywords: GenealogyBaer FamilyNahrgang familyBaer EphraimBaer Lovina Nahrgang (m. Ephraim)MennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1876-1976Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical summary of the ancestors and descendants of a Swiss Anabaptist farming family in Wilmot Township. Biographical sketches introduce the families of the ten children. The 1861 census ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissFarmersBiographiesWilmot TownshipKuepfer familyKuepfer John L.Kuepfer Magdalena Jantzi (m. John L.)Kuepfer Jacob L.Kuepfer Veronica Buerge (m. Jacob L.)Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1820-1976Export options:Family history of Joseph Y. Shantz and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Shantz
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy introduced by reminiscences of Joseph and Elizabeth's twelve children. Joseph owned a sawmill on Plum Creek and founded the Haysville Cheese Factory, the first in Waterloo County. The ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesSchoolsMennonitesNew HamburgHaysvilleWilmot TownshipShantz Joseph Y.Shantz Elizabeth Stauffer (m. Joseph Y.)Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1971Export options:Family history of Karl Edler and his descendants, 1775-1975
Type: BookAbstract: An illustrated chart of the eight generations descended from Karl Edler of Dresden, Germany, whose three sons George, Karl and Frederick emigrated to Canada and the United States. George Edler ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1825-1975Export options:History of the ancestors and descendants of Daniel H. Weber (1797-1864)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite who emigrated to Waterloo County with his brothers Abraham, Benjamin and Henry. An introduction briefly explains the reasons for the emigration from Lancaster ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaWeber familyWeber Daniel H.Weber Anna Martin (m. Daniel H.)Weber BenjaminWeber AbrahamWeber HenryYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1797-1971Export options:History of the John C. Shantz descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy with some biographical notes on a Pennsylvania Mennonite family who migrated to Waterloo County in 1806. The family farmstead was located where Kitchener's Sunnyside Home now stands.Keywords: GenealogyShantz familyShantz John C.BiographiesSettlersPennsylvaniaFarmersMennonitesBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1806-1970Export options: