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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Place names in historical geography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the value of place names as an indicator of ethnicity in the area shown on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map.Keywords: Place namesEthnic groupsGermansGermanYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Rushes Presbyterian Cemetery (CC#4536): Wellesley Township, East Concession IV Lot 13, with index to minute and account book, 1878-1921
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 270 markers that date from as early as 1848. The report includes an index to the minute book of Rushes Cemetery, and a facsimile and decoded inscription of the " ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1848-1986Export options:Shade, Absalom
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the businessman and politician who managed the settlement of William Dickson's lands in Dumfries Township, around Shade's Mills (later renamed Galt). The author describes the varied ...Keywords: Shade AbsalomDickson WilliamBusinessmenFlour mill industryBiographiesShade's MillsGaltDumfries TownshipYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1816-1862Export options:Sir Adam Beck - the human dynamo (1857- 1925)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of the Baden-born organizer of the Hydro Electric Power Commission, noting Beck's other achievements and relating the influence of his father, Jacob Beck, on his interest in water ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1857-1925Export options:Steinmann Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4570): Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Lot 18, South Snyder's Road
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 340 markers preceded by a history and guide to the cemetery, a plan of the cemetery and an index. The introduction explains that the cemetery's origins are obscure but that it ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesAmishYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1860-1986Export options:The descendants of Henry S. Bauman
Type: ReportAbstract: The third edition of a 1965 mimeographed report listing the descendants of Henry S. Bauman (1867-1935). It was also revised in 1979. Henry, the fifth son of Martin H. Bauman, first married Judith ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1867-1987Export options:The descendants of John Ingold Gascho
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle of a German Amish Mennonite family who came from Bavaria to Huron County before 1850. Some descendants settled in Waterloo County and Joseph, son of John, married Barbara Erb of Wilmot ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyAmishGascho familyGascho JosephGascho Barbara Erb (m. Joseph)Gascho John I.Gascho Veronica Steckly (m. John I.)Meyer JohnMeyer Leah Gascho (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1916-1987Export options:The downfall of Dr Vardon
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of Hawkesville's Dr William H. Vardon, including his custody battle with his second wife, Elvina, over their daughter Nellie.Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1856-1886Export options:The Emile and Susanna (Ebersol) Arthaud family, 1765-1987: with allied families of Blank/Plank, Lebold, Neuhauser, Schwartzentruber and Zwalter
Type: BookAbstract: History of the descendants of Emil Arthaud, a French Mennonite who migrated to Canada in 1833 and married Susanna Ebersol of Wilmot Township. The couple bought one hundred acres of land in Zorra ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesWilmot TownshipFrenchZorra TownshipOxford CountyArthaud familyEbersole familyZwalder familyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1833-1987Export options:The family history of Jonas Good and Elizabeth Snyder Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogies and tributes to Jonas, Elizabeth and their seven children. Jonas' father, Daniel Good, came from Pennsylvania to Waterloo in 1826. Jonas and Elizabeth began farming south of the Baden ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesFarmersWilmot TownshipNew HamburgGood familyGood JonasGood Elizabeth Snyder. (m Jonas)Snyder SamuelYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1826-1976Export options: