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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:A Separate and Peculiar People-Fieldwork and the Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The following is an account of fieldwork experience in the Old Order Mennonite community of Waterloo County, Ontario. The language spoken here is Pennsylvania German & this paper focuses on ...Year of publication: 2007Export options:Early life & times in the Twenty including the life & legacy of Samuel Fry
Type: BookYear of publication: 2007Export 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:From Strasburg to Strasburg
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the European background of Waterloo County's village of Strasburg, from the Amish settlers led by Christian Nafziger in the 1820s to Alsatians who came between the 1830s and 1850s.Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1820-1850Export 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:Lorna L. Bergey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of Lorna L. Bergey, pioneer descendant, historian, archivist, and president of the Waterloo Historical Society from 1970 to 1971.Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1959-1971Export options:Mennonite children in Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Reprinted from the "Canadian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology" (1969), a psychosocial study of 460 10-year-olds from traditional, transitional and progressive Mennonite backgrounds. Children ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1967-1968Export options:Midwife-Healers in Canadian Mennonite Immigrant Communities: Women Who 'Made Things Right'
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2007Historical Period: 1878-1968Export options: