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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:A partial history of the Crossman- Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman Family, first edition, by the History Committee, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1972
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an account of how the material was researched. One chapter gives reasons for the migration to Canada and the names of those who came to Waterloo County. Among those mentioned are ...Keywords: War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsPennsylvania GermansSettlersGenealogyCressman Eben C.Cressman Ella M.Cressman JohnYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Abraham and Elizabeth (Zug) Stauffer
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes on a family who left Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for Waterloo County in 1805. The family intermarried with many other well- known Waterloo County pioneers.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndigenous peoplesBiographiesZug familyStauffer familyPrestonBreslau (Ontario)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1805-1970Export options:Biographical sketches
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Brief profiles of men who held office as county Warden or Reeve of a township or village, or represented North Waterloo or South Waterloo in the federal parliament or provincial legislature, or held ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1823-1881Export options:Christian B. Jantzi and Anna Lichty
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Christian and Anna, some of whom still live in Waterloo County. Christian was the eldest son of Michael and Marie Boshart who farmed near Baden. Handwritten ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesFrenchJantzi familyJantzi JohnJantzi MichaelJantzi Marie Boshart (m. Michael)Jantzi Christian B.Jantzi Anna Lichty (m. Christian B.)Nafziger PeterYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1837-1973Export options:Descendants of John Wismer and his wife Agnes Honsberger of Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada
Type: BookAbstract: An account concentrating on the history of the family in Pennsylvania and the Vineland area, with biographical notes on descendants who moved to Waterloo County, especially Kitchener.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyWismer familyBiographiesWaterloo CountyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener20th centuryYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1907-1974Export options:Descendants of Manassah Martin
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of Manassah, son of David and Rebecca Shantz. Manassah and his wife, Magdalena Shantz, had nine children. A name index for this work was added in 1991 by ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:Descendants of Michael Zug and Ulric Zug
Type: ReportAbstract: Excerpts from the diary of Michael Zug of Pennsylvania, recording a trip to Waterloo County in 1883 and including genealogical information on the descendants of Elizabeth Zug and Abraham Stauffer who ...Keywords: GenealogyAgricultureDiariesMennonitesClergyZug familyStauffer familyFarmersPennsylvania GermansWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1805-1904Export options:Family history and genealogy of John Jantzi and Elizabeth Gerber
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of an Amish Mennonite family who migrated from France to New York State and then settled in Wilmot Township. The biographical sketches which introduce the families of each of John and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers FrenchAmishFarmersBiographiesJantzi familyJantzi JohnJantzi Elizabeth Gerber (m. John)Kuepfer familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1832-1974Export options:Family records of the descendants of Moses M. Weber, 1847-1937
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a family who moved to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1816. Moses' first wife was Barbara Horst and the second was Lydia Gingrich.Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWeber familyWeber Moses M.Weber Barbara Horst (m. Moses M.)Weber Lydia Gingrich (m. Moses M.)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1816-1937Export options: