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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a family with combined German and Scottish ancestry. Those who settled in Waterloo County include the families of Philip Zeller who lived near Breslau, Elmer Zeller McIntyre who bred ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansWaterloo CountyZeller familyWilmot TownshipBreslau (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1987Export options:Cambridge: the making of a Canadian city
Type: BookAbstract: A popular history of Cambridge to 1987, and of the three separate industrial towns that were amalgamated in 1973: Galt, Preston, and Hespeler. The author presents a general historical overview, ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1775-1987Export 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:Doon Pioneer Tower Cemetery (CC#5016): BF East of Grand, Lot 12, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 21 stones, preceded by an index. The introduction notes that the Doon Pioneer Tower was erected on this site (part of the old Betzner homestead) partly because of the existence of ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1806-1875Export 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:History and genealogy of Andrew and Lydia (Getz or Goetz) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a poor Swiss Amish family who arrived in Wilmot Township about 1850. Andrew was a weaver whose twin brother Jacob migrated to Wilmot before him. The five children of Andrew and Lydia, ...Keywords: AmishSettlers SwissWeaving industryGenealogyKuepfer familyKuepfer AndrewKuepfer Lydia Goetz (m. Andrew)Kennel familyEiman familySchweitzer EdwardYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1850-1974Export options:Moser families of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogies of several Moser families who settled in Hespeler, Bamberg, Heidelberg and Berlin, and near Paradise Lake. Genealogical information is also given on the Musselmans who intermarried with ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaMoser familyMusselman familyMusselman DavidMusselman FrederickFrey Anna Musselman (m. Christian)Musselman Esther Martin (m. David)Moser MichaelYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1987Export 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: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 origins of Canadian settlers in southern Michigan, 1820-1850
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A preliminary survey, based mainly on Michigan sources, that provides some context for understanding the substantial flows of Waterloo County people to Michigan in the nineteenth century.Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1780-1850Export options: