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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Archaeological resource assessment of a proposed subdivision, Graystone Properties Limited, City of Kitchener
Type: ReportAbstract: Report on Lot 37, German Company Tract, Block F, a property formerly owned by A. Ruby who settled there in 1838 and was an assessor between 1872 and 1878.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1838-1878Export options:Canadian ancestral roots of Arthur Thomas Kloepfer and Philomena Agnes Gilker
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family's progenitors and descendants. Arthur and Philomena came to the Maryhill area from Germany early in the nineteenth century. There are maps of the family farms, located on lots ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersFamiliesMapsSettlers PennsylvaniaKloepfer familyKloepfer JacobKloepfer Monica Winter (m. Jacob)Kloepfer Jacob A.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1810-1988Export options:Koch: some ancestors and descendants of David Ludwig Koch, 1801-1889, and Barbara Reist, 1801-1890
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the family of an early settler of Woolwich Township who was ordained a minister for the Conestogo Mennonite Meeting House in 1845. There is information on Ludwig's ancestors and the ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers GermanFarmersChurches MennoniteBiographiesClergyConestogo Mennonite ChurchGerman CompanyWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1823-1988Export options:Schneider, Joseph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler, sawmill owner and community leader, whose property, Lot 17 of the German Company Tract, became the site of Berlin. The authors explain the church and community ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndustriesBiographiesBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipMuseumsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1843Export options:The descendants of Samuel B. Hoffman 1839- 1904, George B. Hoffman 1842-1927, Joseph B. Hoffman 1845-1938
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the families of three of the five children of Samuel Hoffman and Veronica Bricker, settlers of Woolwich Township. Their daughter Barbara never married, and the descendants of their son ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipGerman Company TractHoffman familyHoffman SamuelHoffman Veronica Bricker (m. Samuel)Hoffman BarbaraYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1802-1982Export options:Trinity Lutheran Church, Shantz Station Cemetery (CC#4595): German Company Tract Lot 85, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich)
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical index to about 520 burials since 1862. The author notes that Trinity Lutheran Church was organized in 1860 by the Rev. Immanuel Wurster and that the cemetery was dedicated in 1863. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyInscriptionsYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1860-1982Export options: