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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Record of the ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including the Waterloo families of John Brubacher and Elizabeth Burkhart, John Shelley Brubacher and Anna Edy, Jacob Shelley Brubacher and Anna Martin, and Samuel Kurtz Brubacher and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSwissPennsylvania GermansBrubacher Elizabeth Burkhart (m. John)Brubacher AnnaBrubacher familyBrubaker familyBrubacher HansBrubaker Jacob S.Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1807-1974Export options:Record of the ancestors and descendants of Jacob Sherk Brubacher (D-67) and his brother Daniel Sherk Brubacher (D-71)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including the Waterloo families of John Brubacher and Elizabeth Burkhart, John Shelley Brubacher and Anna Edy, Jacob Shelley Brubacher and Anna Martin, and Samuel Kurtz Brubacher and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBrubacher familyBrubacher Elizabeth Burkhart (m. John)Brubacher AnnaBrubaker familyBrubacher HansBrubaker Jacob S.Brubaker Daniel S.Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1807-1974Export options:Russian Mennonite immigration and settlement in Waterloo County, 1924-1925
Type: ThesisAbstract: A description of the efforts of local Waterloo Mennonites and others to help Russian Mennonites adjust to life in Canada. Initially, Waterloo County was seen as a temporary refuge for the overflow of ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1924-1925Export options:Schwartz/Swartz
Type: ReportAbstract: The history of a German Mennonite family who emigrated to Pennsylvania early in the 18th century. Christian Schwartz and his wife Sophia Ruth moved from Pennsylvania and settled near Preston about ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansPrestonSchwartz familySchwartz AbrahamSchwartz ChristianSchwartz Sophia Ruth (m. Christian)Ruth familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1880Export options:Supplement to Henry B. Bowman descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A supplement to the author's earlier detailed study, listing names and birth and death dates of the descendants and noting the generation of each individual.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1965-1979Export options:Swiss Mennonite ancestors and their relationship from 1775
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy referring mainly to the South Dakota Swiss Mennonites. Waterloo County names occurring in this genealogy are indexed in the WRP database. These are the Albrecht, Gerin, Graber, Kaufman, ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:The ancestry in Germany and the descendants in Canada and the United States of Caspar Otterbein and his wife Margaret Hahn, and of Jakob Braun and the wife Wilhelmina Prankert
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of two German families who came to Woolwich Township. Other related families include the Strohs, Oswalds, Stefflers and Israels. A name index to this work was produced by Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanOtterbein familyHahn FamilyBraun FamilyIsrael familyOtterbein Johann CasparStroh familyOswald familySteffler familyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1974Export options:The Cornelius Jansen family history 1822- 1973
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Russian Mennonite family who were exiled in 1873 and stayed briefly in Berlin before moving to the United States in 1874. Quotations from Margaretha's diary refer to making maple sugar ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1873-1874Export options:The differential growth rates of urban centres in Waterloo County, 1800-1910
Type: ThesisAbstract: An assessment of ethnicity, railway systems, technological change and industrialization as factors in the growth of Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Preston, Ayr, Elmira and New Hamburg.Keywords: SettlersEthnic identityWaterloo TownshipWellesley TownshipWoolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipDumfries North TownshipBerlin (Ontario)HespelerPrestonYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1910Export options:The family history of Enoch Clemens Erb and Catharine Stauffer Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the seven children and a niece who were raised by Enoch Clemens Erb (1842-1917) and his wife Catherine. Background biographical information is included about the Erb family.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyFamiliesSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesBerne SwitzerlandGermany PfalzWilmot TownshipErb FamilyErb EnochYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options: