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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options:David Klassen and the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children, including biographical notes on William Hespeler and Jacob Y. Shantz of Waterloo County who helped Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba in the 1870s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1813-1900Export options:History and a partial genealogy of Michael and Magdalena (Lichti) Roth and history and full genealogy of John and Catherina (Boshart) Roth
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the family of John and Catherine and the descendants of their five married children. Michael and Magdalena, the parents of John, were French Amish Mennonites who bought land in Wilmot ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesFarmersAmishRoth familyRoth JohnRoth Catherine Boshart (m. John)Roth MichaelRoth Magdalena Lichti (m. Michael)Roth Christian B.Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1835-1972Export options:Norman Christoph Schneider: presented lovingly by his children on the occasion of his 70th birthday, December 9, 1958.
Type: BookAbstract: A scrapbook compiled by his family as a tribute to the son of the founder of J.M. Schneider, Ltd. The volume contains copies of personal documents, poems, correspondence, newspaper clippings and ...Keywords: BiographiesGermansSportsPoliticiansSchneider Helena R. Ahrens (m. J.M.)Schneider Norman C.Schneider familySchneider J.M.Ahrens familyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1888-1960Export options:The descendants of Samuel B. Hoffman 1839- 1904, George B. Hoffman 1842-1927, Joseph B. Hoffman 1845-1938
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the families of three of the five children of Samuel Hoffman and Veronica Bricker, settlers of Woolwich Township. Their daughter Barbara never married, and the descendants of their son ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipGerman Company TractHoffman familyHoffman SamuelHoffman Veronica Bricker (m. Samuel)Hoffman BarbaraYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1802-1982Export options: