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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A Good family genealogy: a detailed record of the descendants of Menno Good (1838- 1919)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Good family, members of which emigrated to North America in the early 18th century. Particular emphasis is given to the descendants of Menno Good and Joanna Martin and their seven ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipGood familyGood MennoGood ChristianGood AbrahamGood PeterYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1800-1979Export options:A plea for peoplehood: religious and ethnic identity, continuity, and change among the Mennonites of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the ethnic identity of the Mennonites, with particular reference to the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Topics include religious divisions, the amalgamation of church conferences, and the ...Keywords: MennonitesEthnic identityGermanCultural identityAcculturationKitchenerWaterlooWaterloo RegionMennonite Central CommitteeInter-Mennonite ConferenceYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1989Export options:Benjamin Eby: pioneer Ontario bishop- teacher-writer
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical account of Benjamin Eby, focusing on his books, the marriage certificates he signed, and the fraktur inscriptions of the Eby meeting house hymnals. There is a modern transcription of ...Keywords: MennonitesFolk artClergyGerman languageChurches MennoniteSchoolsWritersTeachersPublishersBiographiesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options:Conrad Grebel College genealogical resources
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of genealogical resources available at Conrad Grebel College Library which collects materials relating to Mennonites, especially Canadian Mennonites. The bibliography includes books, microfilm ...Keywords: MennonitesBibliographiesGenealogyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1989Export options:Family history of Daniel B. Hoffman 1837- 1979
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a son of Samuel and Veronica Bricker of Woolwich Township.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaHoffman familyHoffman Daniel B.Woolwich Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1802-1979Export options:Family history of Jacob R. Brubacher
Type: BookAbstract: A detailed account of the ancestors and descendants of Jacob B. Brubacher (1855- 1937), the oldest son of John Martin Brubacher and grandson of John Weber Brubacher. Jacob B. and his wife, Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissMennonitesFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBrubacher familyBrubacher HansBrubacher AbrahamBrubacher Abraham H.Brubacher John E.Year of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1855-1978Export options:Family tree of Daniel and Barbara Brenneman up to June 1979
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Mennonite family who farmed south of New Hamburg. Both parents died of tuberculosis, leaving their three children, Peter, Elizabeth and Daniel, orphans at an early age. Biographical ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesNew HamburgBrenneman familySt AgathaWilmot Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1835-1979Export options:Hallman Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6703): Conc. 11, Lot 31, North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 62 markers on the one-acre plot originally deeded by Adam Unger in 1847 in trust to Jacob Detweiler for a meeting house and burying ground. The introduction notes that services ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1847-1900Export options:Harvey W. Taves: one of Christ's men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical tribute to the achievements of Harvey Taves (1926-1965), the last director of the Canadian headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee in Kitchener which closed in 1964, and one of ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1926-1965Export options:Kingwood Reformed Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4535): West Concession III, Lot 3, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 120 stones in the small cemetery located just west of the crossroads hamlet formerly known as Goosetown. The cemetery served the Reformed Mennonites connected with a ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1860-1988Export options: