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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 Longhouse genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of a German family who settled first in the Genesee region of New York State and later in Markham Township. Peter Longhouse, a farmer, moved to Waterloo County where he held land in ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansMarkham TownshipHespelerLonghouse familyLonghouse PeterBergey MichaelLonghouse Catharine Letson (m. Peter)Longhouse HenryLetson JacobYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-1986Export options:Anderson family plot (CC#6336): Concession 10, Lot 4, North Dumfries Township (formerly Beverly Township, Wentworth County)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of two stones in a family plot on the rear edge of the Cambridge Golf and Country Club. Two young girls are reported to have died of cholera.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyDiseases CholeraYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1834-1843Export options:Becker family plot (CC#6325): Conc. North Bleams Road, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the two gravestones in the burial plot beside the barn on the Becker family farm on North Bleams Road.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1842-1947Export options:Biehn/Bean family of Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Ontario, Canada, 1700-1986
Type: BookAbstract: A family history including a reprint of Samuel U. Bean's work on the Bean family in Canada, with the addition of information from the "Mennonite Quarterly Review" of 1939 and 1929. The genealogical ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Catherine Litt and Peter Alles family
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of documents about Peter Alles (1829-1892), a German immigrant to Wilmot Township who became an Evangelical preacher, and his descendants. Peter and his wife Catherine later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyGermansSourcesWomenCorrespondenceWilmot TownshipAlles Peter Rev.Alles Catherine Litt (m. Peter)Alles ValentineYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1829-1987Export options:Descendants of Hans Jacob Bechtel of Pottstown, PA and George III to Ont. 1929, Rev. Joseph to Ont. 1802
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical chart of the descendants of the four members of the Bechtel family who came to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania, Abraham, Joseph, George and George B.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBechtel GeorgeBechtel familyBechtel AbrahamBechtel Hans Jacob Rev.Bechtel LeviWaterloo CountyUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1802-1987Export 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: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:Maple View Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4532): Wellesley Township, West Concession II, Lot 11
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 336 stones, with index and plan. The introduction notes that a corner of the lot was first used by the McKee family as a burial ground. Half an acre was deeded in 1870 by ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1887-1987Export options: