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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Family history and genealogy of Jacob (Wagner) Gingerich and Veronica Litwiller, 1825-1975
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of over 2,000 descendants, introduced by a section on the German background, the early Amish Mennonite settlement of Wilmot Township, and the development of the Gingerich family farm in ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanMennonitesAmishFarmersLiquorReligious dissensionGingerich familyGingerich JacobGingerich Veronica Litwiller (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1825-1975Export options:The descendants of Frederick and Maria (Reichard) Bock: additions 1993-94
Type: BookAbstract: Additional information and corrections to the author's work published in 1991.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBock MosesBock Caroline Krupp (m. Moses)Blundell Evelyn Smith (m. Harvey)Bock EmersonWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1941-1994Export options:The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:The Jacob Lebold and Magdalena Blank family, 1800-1983, with allied families of Ebersol, Gascho, Neuhauser, Schwartzentruber and Zwalter
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Jacob and Magdalena Blank Lebold.Keywords: GenealogyFarmersAmishLebold JacobLebold Magdalena Blank (m. Jacob)Lebold familyEbersole familyGascho familyNeuhauser familySchwartzentruber familyYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options:The Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: a study of household and community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A comparative study of the experience of two groups of Mennonites-those of Swiss/south German origin who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County between 1800 and 1830, and the Dutch/North ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1890-1899Export options:The service
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of an address about the contribution of the Amish to Wilmot Township, given at the Waterloo Historical Society's meeting in June 1975, on the same day that a plaque was unveiled at Steinmann ...Year of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1824-1975Export options:Wilhelm cairn restored
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief history of the cairn, built in 1931 to commemorate German pioneers Michael and Margaret Wilhelm who settled in Wilmot Township in 1837.Keywords: Settlers GermanWilhelm MichaelWilhelm ValentineWilhelm Margaret Wettlaufer (m. Michael)Vogel HenryClaire George A.Clair CameronPannabecker GordDaniells FredDahmer CarlYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1837-1994Export options: