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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Breslau Mennonite (Cressman) Cemetery Breslau (CC#4579): GCT East of Grand, Lot 115, Woolwich Township (formerly Waterloo Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: A transcript of the inscriptions with an index to all personal names, done with reference to the version done in 1984 by the Genealogical Committee of the Mennonite Historical Society.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1834-1994Export options:Burkholders with roots in Ontario: the first three generations
Type: BookAbstract: The Burkholders of Waterloo Township discussed in this book are the fourth line of that name, a line that is also referred to as the "widow's branch" since the widow of Christian Burkholder brought ...Keywords: GenealogyWaterloo TownshipBurkholder familyBurkholder ChristianBurkholder Elizabeth Baumann (m. Christian)Livergood PeterBurkholder DanielBurkholder BenjaminBurkholder SamuelBurkholder SalomeYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1818-1883Export options:Hillside (CC#4530) and Conservative Mennonite (CC#4545) Cemeteries: East Concession, IX, lot 1, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with an index, of over 100 stones. A short history of the cemeteries explains that the property was first used by an Evangelical church and later by a Mennonite congregation.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1833-1987Export options:Local man has icy Niagara Falls adventure
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An article reprinted from The Elmira Signet, describing how the honour of being the first person to descend Niagara Falls on ice belongs to a Waterloo County boy. This was a younger brother of Isaac ...Year of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1893-1893Export options:Memory Gardens (CC#5464): Hwy. #7 near Breslau, Woolwich Township (formerly Waterloo Township), Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of markers with a master index of over 7,000 names. Maps show the location of the cemetery and the cemetery sections.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyInscriptionsMapsYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1951-1994Export options:Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, sometimes known as Oswald or Hoffer Cemetery (CC#4582): German Company Tract lot 52, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 83 memorials with translations of the kirkenbuch entries and a history of this vanished church. A name index is also included.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1853-1935Export options:The Bernhardt family: from Alsace to Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Bernhardt family, founded by Philip Jacob and Barbara Rupp who came to Waterloo Township in 1841 and to Preston in 1855. Members of this family range from brewers and hotel keepers ...Keywords: PoetryArt and artistsLutheransGermansGenealogyPrestonAlsace-LorraineWaterloo TownshipBernhardt familyYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1841-1994Export options:The black experience in the Queen's Bush Settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley Township and ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsSettlers BlackSettlement processSchoolsChurches MethodistYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:The Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: a study of household and community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A comparative study of the experience of two groups of Mennonites-those of Swiss/south German origin who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County between 1800 and 1830, and the Dutch/North ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1890-1899Export options:The missionaries in the black settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: Part of a larger study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsMissionariesSchoolsChurches MethodistSettlers BlackYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options: