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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A letter: 1846
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A letter written to Samuel and Elizabeth Bechtel of Hespeler from Christian and Elizabeth Bauman (Bowman) of Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1846.Keywords: CorrespondencePennsylvania GermansSettlersHespelerWaterloo TownshipMennonitesBechtel familyYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1846Export options:An addition to the history of the Hallman family in Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A continuation of the work published in 1906, with a drawing of the family crest, information on the names Hallman and Heilman by Dr Bergey, a description of the second Hallman reunion held in Berlin ...Year of publication: 1912Historical Period: 1800-1912Export options:Excerpts from letters by Abraham Sherk
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Observations about the roles of Jacob Bechtel and the Sherks in the pioneer settlement of Waterloo Township.Keywords: Indigenous peoplesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesLand ownershipEmigrationWaterloo TownshipSherk AbrahamBuckler LucyBreithaupt William Henry (1857-1944)Bechtel JacobYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1799-1944Export options:Mennonite settlement: the Bucks County caravan
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the migration of the families of John Biehn and George Bechtel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1800. The author notes that, contrary to most historical sources, these Mennonite ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansLand ownershipImmigrationGenealogyMennonitesWaterloo TownshipBiehn JohnSchoerg JosephBetzner Samuel JrBechtel GeorgeYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1798-1800Export options:My family tree
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the author's eight great- grandparents, of the Groh, Wanner, Bechtel and Clemens families who settled near Preston and Hespeler in the first two decades of the 19th century. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGroh familyGroh JohnGroh Susannah WannerWanner TobiasWanner Catharine StryckerBechtel SamuelBechtel Barbara BaumanYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Pioneers of Waterloo (1799 to 1889)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Fictionalized biographies of Jacob Engle, John Winger, Martin Baer, David Gingrich, Jacob Bechtel, Samuel Bricker, Benjamin Eby, Ephraim Weber and other pioneers. Some of the material on the earliest ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1942Export options:Recollections of early Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch of farm life of the Pennsylvania German pioneers, the Mennonite church, education, German newspapers and bridges over the Grand River.Keywords: SettlersPennsylvania GermansMennonitesNewspapersEducationAgricultureWar 1812BridgesSchoolsGerman languageYear of publication: 1915Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Statement of losses, Block No. 2 residents, War of 1812
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A document showing the losses sustained by several of the early inhabitants of Block Number 2, while they were employed in military transport work during the War of 1812. Names of those people and ...Keywords: War 1812Military serviceGermansMennonitesBechtel GeorgeBricker JohnSnyder JacobErb PeterWieler GerhartChisholm JohnYear of publication: 1928Historical Period: 1812-1813Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century, including the families of Schoerg, Eby, Erb, Betzner, Brubacher, Baumann, Bechtel, Biehn, Bergey, ...Keywords: SettlersWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesScotsAmishEby Ezra E.Young JamesSherk A.B. Rev.Beasley RichardYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1800-1856Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the migration to North America by ten different European religious groups, notably the Mennonites. The references to Waterloo County (pp. 108-113 and 122-124) relate initial ...Keywords: SettlersGermansPennsylvania GermansAgricultureAmishLutheransMennonitesTunkersEthnic identityMapsYear of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1800-1830Export options: