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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:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export 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:Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4587), sometime called Snyder's, Road 67A, Woolwich Township, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 500 markers, most of which date from after 1900.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesMennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1990Export options:Calvary Conservative Mennonite Church Cemetery: German Company Tract Lot 124, Regional Road #21, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 110 markers. An introduction notes that the church to which the cemetery is attached was originally Evangelical when built in 1868 and that it was bought by the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1868-1990Export 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 record of the descendants of Jacob Eby (1815-1896) and Mary "Polly" Bingeman (1820-1915)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Waterloo Township Mennonite couple who moved to Indiana in the 1850s. The first chapter contains information on their ancestors, who included members of the Bechtel, Bingeman, Bergey ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesEby JacobEby Mary Bingeman Polly (m. Jacob)Eby DavidBechtel familyBingeman JohnBergey familyEby familyWaterlooYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1815-1992Export 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:Family tree of Urias Buehler, Leah Brubacher, Mary (Kilmer) Brubacher and a sketch of Abraham Buehler and Julian Beaty;
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy that should be used in conjunction with William A. Schmidt's 1988 report.Keywords: GenealogyBuehler UriasBuehler Leah Brubacher (m. Urias)Buehler Mary KilmerBuehler Abraham Z.Buehler Julian Beatty (m. Abraham Z.)Waterloo TownshipMennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1900Export options: