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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a family with combined German and Scottish ancestry. Those who settled in Waterloo County include the families of Philip Zeller who lived near Breslau, Elmer Zeller McIntyre who bred ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansWaterloo CountyZeller familyWilmot TownshipBreslau (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1987Export options:A.R. Kaufman: the man behind the name
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of the Kitchener industrialist by a friend and former employee. The article relates anecdotes about Kaufman's relationships with his workers and his many outside interests, ...Keywords: EntrepreneursBiographiesKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)KitchenerBerlin (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1885-1979Export options:Augustus Jones, Upper Canada Public Land Surveyor
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of one of the earliest surveyors in Upper Canada, who surveyed the Grand River Indian land for Joseph Brant as well as eleven townships between Toronto and the Trent River. ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1786-1836Export options:Erb, Abraham
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler (1772- 1830) who migrated from Pennsylvania to the German Company Tract in 1806. The village of Waterloo eventually developed around the nucleus of Erb's water- ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansIndustriesSchoolsBiographiesErb AbrahamWaterloo TownshipGerman Company TractYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1806-1830Export options:Family history of Jacob and Elizabeth Eby Bergey
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated genealogy updating the 1925 work by Dr David Hendricks Bergey and including brief histories of the Bergey and Clemens families.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesBergey JacobEby ElizabethBergey familyClemens familyBirky familyBergey DavidYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1818-1987Export options:Father Louis Funcken's Contribution to German Catholicism in Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes Louis Funcken's ministry in the Catholic Church of Waterloo County, Ontario, emphasizing relationships among various ethnic groups in his congregation, especially Germans and Poles.Year of publication: 1983Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz: Mennonite businessman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the financial fortunes of Shantz (1822-1909), from his farming and sawmill business enterprises in the 1850s, the founding of the Dominion Button Works and other industries in the 1870s ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesBusinessesEntrepreneursSaw mill industryFarmersButton industryShantz Jacob Y.Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1843-1914Export options:John Weicker family: 1830 pioneers of South Easthope Tsp., Perth County, East Zorra Township, Oxford County
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of family trees, reunion reports, photographs, biographies and reminiscences relating to the Weicker family, German Lutherans who settled mostly in Perth County. Some of the family ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansObituariesBiographiesMapsWaterloo CountyPerth CountyWeicker familyWeicker JohnWeicker Catherine Zinkan (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Memories of yesteryears
Type: BookAbstract: The autobiography of Lorne Shantz, born in 1906 on a farm near Philipsburg, describing his childhood and farm life. There are also genealogical charts and photographs of the Shantz family.Keywords: Shantz LorneShantz familyBiographiesFarmersGenealogyPhilipsburgWilmot Township20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1906-1987Export options:Minerva Hoffman Martin and Simeon Eby Martin: two Swiss-German Mennonite folk artists of the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: BookYear of publication: 1983Export options: