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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Betzner, Samuel D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler who, with Joseph Schoerg, explored the valley of the middle and upper Grand River and bought land in 1800 close to the site of Blair. After some years as a ...Keywords: MennonitesSettlers PioneerFarmersBiographiesBetzner Samuel D.Schoerg JosephBlairWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1816Export options:Gilbert Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the eldest son of David Bergey and chief assistant to his mother in the family cheese business. He and his wife marketed cheese and other farm produce at the Stratford Farmers' Market ...Keywords: AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMusicTunkersMennonitesBergey GilbertStratfordPrestonBerlin (Ontario)New DundeeYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1897-1946Export options:Herbert Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family tradition of cheesemaking and retailing continued by Herbert Bergey, youngest child of David and Louisa. Herbert made Farmers Cheese at his farm near New Hamburg from 1930 ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1913-1963Export options:Ida (Bergey) Millar era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family tradition of cheesemaking and retailing was continued by Ida, second youngest child of David and Louisa Bergey. When her husband Fred Millar was unemployed during the ...Keywords: MennonitesFarmers' marketsCheese industryBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Millar Ida Bergey (m. Frederick B.)Millar Frederick B.Galt Farmers' MarketGuelph Farmers' MarketKitchener Farmers' MarketYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1932-1937Export options:Milo Shantz, entrepreneur
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Milo Shantz, as founder of Hybrid Turkeys Inc., the non-profit foundation Mersynergy, the Mennonite interpretation centre known as The Meeting Place in St Jacobs, The Stone Crock ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1953-1994Export options:Ontario rural society 1867-1930: a thematic index of selected Ontario agricultural periodicals
Type: BookAbstract: A bibliography of Ontario farming journals with an author index and a subject index that is divided into three sections: land, people, and organizations and institutions. It is a valuable aid to ...Keywords: BibliographiesFarmersAgricultureYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1867-1930Export options:Salute to Eldon D. Weber
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the man best known to local historians for his new edition of Ezra E. Eby's biographical history of Waterloo Township (1895-6) in 1971, and for his genealogies of Henry H. Weber's ...Keywords: MennonitesAssociations and clubsTeachersAgricultureGenealogyFarmersBiographiesWaterloo CountyCentrevilleGerman MillsYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1913-1995Export options:The family of Johann Georg Hahn and Elizabeth Herber
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of George Hahn, a German farmer who settled near Bamberg in 1860. Among his descendants was Lewis Hahn, an entrepreneurial carpenter who founded the Hahn Furniture Company ...Keywords: GenealogyFamiliesBiographiesChurches LutheranSettlers GermanFarmersHahn FamilyHahn George SrHahn Elisabeth Herber (m. George Sr)Voll Henry A.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1860-1985Export options:The Gerber family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an introductory biographical sketch of Michael and Veronica Jantzi, Mennonite farmers near Shingletown. John Gerber, Michael's father, settled in Wilmot Township in 1838. A list of ...Keywords: GenealogyGerman languageBiographiesMennonitesWilmot TownshipShingletownBadenSt AgathaGerber familyGerber JohnYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A special issue of the publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, with a collection of stories of business activity among Mennonites who have sometimes been wrongly assumed ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options: