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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Amish and Amish Mennonite genealogies
Type: BookAbstract: A comprehensive list of the first Amish immigrants to North America and their descendants to 1850. For Amish who migrated to Waterloo County between 1815 and 1850, 91 surnames are listed. These ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1815-1850Export options:Bethel United Church Cemetery (CC#4553): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 30, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 58 markers by numbered rows, with an index of all names. The introduction summarizes the history of the church which was built in 1861 as part of a circuit based in Bright, Oxford ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1861-1986Export options:Checklist of parish registers
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of all registers held at the Public Archives of Canada that are on microfilm. Records listed for Waterloo County locations include Ayr, Baden, Berlin, Breslau, Cambridge, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Church recordsBirth registersDeathsMarriage registersBirthsMarriageChurches PresbyterianChurches CatholicChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1834-1951Export options:Early Mennonite migrations from Pennsylvania and subsequent settlements in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A useful summary of settlement in what became Waterloo, Woolwich and Wilmot Townships, in the context of Upper Canada generally. The author recounts the dealings with Richard Beasley and other ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Family history and genealogy of Joseph C. Zehr and Barbara Wutherick, Henry Oakley and Katherine Yoder, Joseph C. Zehr and Katherine Yoder
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Oxford County about 1860 and later in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships. Biographical sketches have been included for the second generation.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesClergyFrenchMennonitesAmishOxford CountyWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipPunkeydoodle's CornerYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1896-1980Export options:Family history of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder Shantz, 1710-1980
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the progenitors and descendants of Jonas C. Shantz (1813-1898) and Hannah Snyder and their eight children. There is a biography of each of the children, apart from Magdalena who died in ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyBiographiesShantz familyShantz MosesShantz LeviShantz Wendel S.Shantz Jonas C.Shantz ChristianShantz MagdalenaYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1813-1980Export options:History of John and Barbara Nafziger Oesch and their descendants by a great- granddaughter
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of John and Barbara who migrated from France in 1857 and settled near Philipsburg. They had three children, John N., Barbara and Anna. This second edition contains ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAmishSettlers FrenchOesch familyOesch JohnOesch Barbara Nafziger (m. John)Oesch John N.Oesch Magdalena Boshart (m. John N.)Erb Christian G.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1857-1986Export options:Jacob and Barbara (Boshart) Schmidt genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A list of the descendants of Jacob and Barbara of Mornington Township, with an introduction giving background information on the family. Jacob's parents, John and Barbara Schwartzentruber, arrived in ...Keywords: GenealogySquattersSaw mill industryFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesSchmidt familySchmidt JamesSchmidt JohnSchmidt John B.O.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1835-1980Export options:Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, formerly Biehn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4554): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 24, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of about 50 markers. The introduction notes that the Nith Valley Mennonite Church, formerly Biehn Mennonite Church, was originally built in 1870 on land given by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1870-1986Export options:Old Baden Mennonite Burying Ground (CC#4563): Lot 13 North Snyder's Road Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 12 markers, with index, for the Genealogical Committee of the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. The introduction notes that the ground was conveyed to Nicholaus Klein and ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyTrusteesMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1840-1887Export options: