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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A brief history and genealogy of the Brubacher families in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy tracing the family back to John Weber Brubacher (1803-1886) who arrived in 1825 and settled two miles west of St Jacobs.Keywords: GenealogyBrubacher familyBrubacher John W.Brubacher Catherine MartinWoolwich TownshipMennonitesYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1825-1895Export options:Descendants of Jacob and Maria Burckhart, a genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised version of a genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, including references to Peter Burkhard and Barbara Good Burkhard.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansClergyMennonitesBurkhard familyBurkhard PeterBurkhard Barbara Good (m. Peter)Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1820-1970Export 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:Jacob Foster Eby, local hero
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the tragic accident at the Kitchener sewer plant in 1930, in which the engineer, Jacob Eby, died in trying to save other workers overcome by a deadly gas. The authors also provide ...Keywords: DisastersSeweragePublic utilitiesGenealogyMennonitesEby Jacob F.Eby CarlEby Isabelle MyersEby SamuelStevenson JackYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1930-1931Export options:Kloepfer family data
Type: BookAbstract: The background to a genealogical study of the Kloepfer family who emigrated to the Maryhill area from Germany in the first half of the 19th century. Lists of the descendants of many branches of the ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanKloepfer familyKloepfer JacobKloepfer Monica Winter (m. Jacob)Waterloo TownshipMaryhillNew GermanyYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1810-1990Export options:Mennonite settlement: the Bucks County caravan
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the migration of the families of John Biehn and George Bechtel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1800. The author notes that, contrary to most historical sources, these Mennonite ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansLand ownershipImmigrationGenealogyMennonitesWaterloo TownshipBiehn JohnSchoerg JosephBetzner Samuel JrBechtel GeorgeYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1798-1800Export options:St Clement's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#4499): Speedsville Road, Cambridge, formerly Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of nearly 600 markers. The introduction notes that the parish of St Clement in Preston dates from about 1847, and that the Jesuits from Guelph had charge until 1889. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1847-1987Export options:St John's Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg (CC#4537): Concession VI, Lot 6, Eastern Section, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index and plan of about 130 markers. The introduction notes the association with St John's Lutheran Church (Canada Synod), founded in 1852 with the present stone church built in ...Keywords: CemeteriesBuildings StoneGenealogyYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1872-1973Export options:Strasburg Lutheran Cemetery (CC#6480): Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 13 markers with an index. The introduction notes that the first log church was built in 1847-48 and the cemetery was officially established in 1850, though some burials occurred ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1845-1910Export 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: