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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A reflection on the collective biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of a project that gathered data on 547 councillors, summarizing some of the collective results derived from the data including information on religion, occupation, political party and sex ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export 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:Ancestor charts
Type: ReportAbstract: Five-generational charts compiled for their families by early members of the branch. Principal family names connected with Waterloo County are Bauman, Blundell, Buehler, Clemmer, Cook, Cornell, ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1950Export options:Ancestor charts, Volume 2
Type: ReportAbstract: Five-generational charts compiled for their families by early members of the branch. Principal family names connected with Waterloo County are Brox, Dare/Doerr, Kieffer, Kriesel and Moyer. There is ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1800-1970Export 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:David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of David Bergey who taught at various schools in Waterloo and Wilmot townships, combining teaching with farming until 1900. He later continued the Bowman cheesemaking tradition of his wife ...Keywords: TeachersSchoolsMennonitesWaterloo TownshipWilliamsburgWaterlooMannheimBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1866-1878Export 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:Ephraim Weber's letters home 1902-1955: letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Transcripts of letters from a teacher in western Canada to a Berlin High School friend with a mutual interest in the Christian Science Church, Herbert Leslie Staebler. The editors note in their ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesAssociations and clubsEthnic identityEthnic groupsMusicWritersChurches Christian ScientistTeachersCorrespondenceYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1902-1955Export options:Evidence of Grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1995Export options:Factorial ecology, Kitchener-Waterloo
Type: ThesisAbstract: A spatial analysis of socio-economic and demographic factors in familial and ethnic trends, with many of the results presented in tabular form.Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1961Export options: