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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Ontario's history in maps
Type: BookAbstract: A fine volume of early maps, reproduced with explanatory text and annotations and including several showing the Waterloo County area. A 1792 plan of the Six Nations Indian lands is reproduced on page ...Keywords: MapsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1792-1850Export options:Our story = Onse Jeschicht: The story of the Low German Mennonites who moved from Canada to Mexico
Type: BookAbstract:Originally broadcast to Low German radio listeners to inform them about their own Mennonite history, identity, and migrations.
Year of publication: 2017Export options:Pastoral ordination in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Rene Baergen was ordained at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, on Feb. 12. His work is primarily with the Hispanic community that gathers on Saturday evenings, often with food, and always to sing ...
Keywords: Churches MennoniteClergyYear of publication: 2017Export options:Peter G. Martin letters - English
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of letters from Peter G. Martin of St Jacobs to friends in other parts of Canada and the United States. The letters have been transcribed and, where necessary, translated from German ...Keywords: CorrespondenceMennonites (Old Order)Diseases TyphoidDiseases InfluenzaFarmersMartin Peter G.Martin familySt JacobsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1872-1899Export options:Pioneers of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the settlement of the townships in the Waterloo region from the time of the Six Nations Indians to 1850, with an appraisal of the three main ethnic groups, the Scots, the Pennsylvania- ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersPennsylvania GermansGermansMennonitesScotsImmigrationAmishOccupationsEthnic groupsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Reunions and anniversaries: the Schiedel reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the reunion of the descendants of Martin and Susannah Ries, Mennonites who came to Breslau from Pennsylvania in 1825. Some genealogical notes are included.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesGenealogyBreslau (Ontario)Schiedel familySchiedel MartinSchiedel Susannah Ries (m. Martin)Schiedel JohnYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1825-1984Export options:Romanus-Buchlain (little Romani or Gypsey book): an 18th-century collection of mystical or sympathetic folk charms donated to Waterloo Historical Society in 1930-1931
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: 18th centuryYear of publication: 2017Historical Period: 1700sExport options:Russian Mennonites mark 60th anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the arrival in 1924 of 800 Russian Mennonites in the Kitchener- Waterloo area.Keywords: Russian MennonitesKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1923-1924Export options:Saint Agatha Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4568), Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 192 markers, preceded by a plan and index. The introduction notes that the land for a school house and burying ground was conveyed by Nicholas Lichti in 1845 but that a log school ...Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1834-1984Export options:Schneider, Snider and Snyders: the descendants of Hannes, 1534 and Catherine (Haus) of Berne Switzerland and Jacob, 1764- 1853 (Bloomingdale)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, based on historical sources, of the ancestors and descendants of the three Schneider brothers, Jacob, Joseph and Christian, who came to Waterloo County early in the 19th century. Jacob ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBloomingdaleDoonBerlin (Ontario)Berne SwitzerlandSchneider familySnider FamilySnyder familyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options: