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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:Abandoned cemetery (CC#4525): Wellesley Township, east concession VII, lot 8
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 15 markers dating from between 1860 to 1887. An introduction explains that Henry and Susannah Ernst in 1864 sold one acre to Daniel Martin, trustee of the Religious ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyTrusteesMennonitesYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1860-1887Export options:Descendants of Christian Erb II, 1734- 1810, and Maria Scherch, 1737-1814, (12 children) who came to Ontario, 1808 (bu. at Blair)
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical charts of the descendants of Christian and Maria Erb, who migrated to Canada to be with their daughter, Elizabeth Erb Schneider. The Erbs married into the Eby, Schneider and Sherk ...Keywords: GenealogyErb FamilySherk familyErb ChristianErb Maria ScherchErb JacobErb Salome GraybillEby familySchneider familySchneider ChristianYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1808-1984Export options:Family history and genealogy of Benjamin S. and Barbara (Lichti) Roth, Anna Roth and Christian Lichti, Catherine Roth and Rudolph Schwartzentruber, John E. and Annie (Kropf) Lichti
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Roth, Erb, Brenneman and Lichti families. Many of the Roths lived in Perth County, but because John F. Roth married Catherine Brenneman, they had a farm next to the Brennemans' in ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAmishFarmersPerth CountyRoth familyBrenneman DanielBrenneman familyErb FamilyRoth John F.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1827-1984Export options:Genealogical information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society
Type: ReportAbstract: Translations from the German, arranged alphabetically by family name and providing information on births, deaths and marriages.Keywords: GenealogyGerman languageFamiliesBirthsDeathsMarriageMennonitesAssociations and clubsLibrariesYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1726-1965Export options:Grandmother Kaufman: Mary Ratz Kaufman, December 14, 1856 - December 24, 1943
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Recollections of Mary Kaufman by the youngest of her grandchildren, who describes her practicality in the household and her dedication to her church and to community causes such as the Y.W.C.A.Keywords: Kaufman Mary Ratz (m. Jacob)BiographiesChurches EvangelicalCharitiesFamiliesOccupationsAssociations and clubsWomenZion Evangelical Church KitchenerKitchener Y.W.C.A.Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1931-1943Export options:Index to A partial history of the Cressman-Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman family, by the History Committee of Mechanicsburg PA
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to names mentioned in the Cressman family history.Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Index to The Eydt and Eidt families in Canada, 1835-1985
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to approximately 2,500 personal names.Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1835-1985Export options:Irish Palatine communities in nineteenth-century Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: The Irish Palatines are one of Ontario's forgotten ethnic groups. Forced to flee the German Palatinate in 1709, many settled in England first with the expectation of being sent to America. A small ...Year of publication: 1990Export options:Jacob Shantz (c1710-1781) and his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the three of Jacob's children whose families came to Waterloo County: Isaac who married Barbara Reiff, Esther who married Abraham Bergey, and Christian who married Hannah Paul.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaShantz IsaacShantz Barbara ReiffBergey AbrahamBergey Esther Shantz (m. Abraham)Shantz ChristianShantz Hannah Paul (m. Christian)Shoemaker Mary ShantzYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1808-1983Export options: