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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Amish and Amish Mennonite genealogies
Type: BookAbstract: A comprehensive list of the first Amish immigrants to North America and their descendants to 1850. For Amish who migrated to Waterloo County between 1815 and 1850, 91 surnames are listed. These ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1815-1850Export options:An archaeological investigation of the side porch, the Shantz site, AiHe-33, Township of Wilmot
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the site, consisting of a Euro-Canadian domestic midden found during renovations of a house located in the southwest quarter of Lot 14, north of Erb Road.Keywords: ArchaeologyArtifactsSettlers PioneerYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1850-1900Export options:Bethel United Church Cemetery (CC#4553): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 30, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 58 markers by numbered rows, with an index of all names. The introduction summarizes the history of the church which was built in 1861 as part of a circuit based in Bright, Oxford ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1861-1986Export options:Checklist of parish registers
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of all registers held at the Public Archives of Canada that are on microfilm. Records listed for Waterloo County locations include Ayr, Baden, Berlin, Breslau, Cambridge, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Church recordsBirth registersDeathsMarriage registersBirthsMarriageChurches PresbyterianChurches CatholicChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1834-1951Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Early Mennonite migrations from Pennsylvania and subsequent settlements in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A useful summary of settlement in what became Waterloo, Woolwich and Wilmot Townships, in the context of Upper Canada generally. The author recounts the dealings with Richard Beasley and other ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:History of John and Barbara Nafziger Oesch and their descendants by a great- granddaughter
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of John and Barbara who migrated from France in 1857 and settled near Philipsburg. They had three children, John N., Barbara and Anna. This second edition contains ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAmishSettlers FrenchOesch familyOesch JohnOesch Barbara Nafziger (m. John)Oesch John N.Oesch Magdalena Boshart (m. John N.)Erb Christian G.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1857-1986Export options:Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, formerly Biehn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4554): Canada Company Block A, Concession 3, Lot 24, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of about 50 markers. The introduction notes that the Nith Valley Mennonite Church, formerly Biehn Mennonite Church, was originally built in 1870 on land given by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1870-1986Export options:Old Baden Mennonite Burying Ground (CC#4563): Lot 13 North Snyder's Road Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 12 markers, with index, for the Genealogical Committee of the Mennonite Historical Society of Ontario. The introduction notes that the ground was conveyed to Nicholaus Klein and ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyTrusteesMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1840-1887Export options:Pinehill Cemetery (CC#4549): Canada Company Block A, Concession 1, Lot 14 and 15, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plan and index of about one hundred markers in the cemetery located on Huron Road (County Road #2) about four kilometres east of Haysville. The introduction notes that the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1841-1939Export options: