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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A family history of David Rife, formerly Reiff, beginning about 1751: also a history of Michael Troyer, beginning about 1706
Type: BookAbstract: A combined genealogy of the Rife family, some of whom settled in Waterloo County, and the Troyer family in Vaughan County. Articles, obituaries, wills and photographs relating to the families are ...Keywords: GenealogyObituariesFarmersRife DavidRife Ophelia Lochead (m. David)Troyer familyRife familyPanabaker FamilyWaterloo CountyHespelerYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:David Klassen and the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children, including biographical notes on William Hespeler and Jacob Y. Shantz of Waterloo County who helped Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba in the 1870s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1813-1900Export options:The Bickel book, including genealogies of the following main branches: Boettger, Buck, Heipel, Helwig, and Kalbfleisch lines
Type: ReportAbstract: A looseleaf binder containing information about the ancestors, descendants and relations of Mathias Bickel (1822-1906), a pioneer German immigrant who settled near Neustadt, Ontario. Many members of ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1850-1982Export options:The differential growth rates of urban centres in Waterloo County, 1800-1910
Type: ThesisAbstract: An assessment of ethnicity, railway systems, technological change and industrialization as factors in the growth of Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Preston, Ayr, Elmira and New Hamburg.Keywords: SettlersEthnic identityWaterloo TownshipWellesley TownshipWoolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipDumfries North TownshipBerlin (Ontario)HespelerPrestonYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1910Export options:The Stager family in Canada since 1846
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes about a German family who settled near Preston in 1848. Their descendants later moved to farms near Hespeler and New Dundee. The family name was also spelled Stege ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansBiographiesStager familyFarmersPrestonHespelerNew DundeeWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1848-1980Export options:The Wilkins family: in New England from 1630 and in Ontario from 1868
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, with biographical notes on Charles Perkins Wilkins, a textile man who moved to Hespeler from New England in 1882 to install twelve new looms at the woollen mill. Many of his descendants ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1882-1980Export options: