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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Place names in the Kitchener-Stratford area as indicators of national origin
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An article criticizing McKay's attempt to interpret place names in terms of the ethnicity of settlers in the area depicted on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map which includes all of Waterloo ...Year of publication: 1968Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Presidential address: some German settlers of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief sketches of some influential European settlers, including Peter N. Tagge, Jacob Beck, Otto Klotz, Jacob Hailer, Jacob Hespeler and John Motz.Keywords: Upper CanadaWaterloo CountyIndigenous peoplesSettlersGermansSchoolsIndustriesGerman languageNewspapersPlace namesYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1800-1911Export options:Profile of the life and work of Edna Breithaupt
Type: ThesisYear of publication: 1988Export options:Readers' ancestry
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An illustrated genealogy of the family of Aden Eby and his wife, Ruby Winger. The family is descended from Benjamin Eby, a leading Mennonite of Waterloo Township, and John Winger, founder of the ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansTunkersEby familyEby AdenEby Ruby Winger (m. Aden)Eby ElizabethEby MalcolmEby DwightYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1806-1988Export options:Rev. F.W. Bindemann, pioneer and preacher
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Bindemann (1790-1865) on the occasion of the demolition of his house.Keywords: BiographiesClergySettlers GermanChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranChurches MennoniteChurches SwedenborgianVeteransBindemann Frederick W. Rev. (1790-1865)Bindemann August GeorgeYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1830-1865Export options:Richard Roschman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Roschman migrated from Germany to Berlin in 1871 and established a button-making factory at Waterloo in 1878.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1848-1906Export options:Robert Arthur Dietrich
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of Henry A. Dietrich, founder of the Berlin bakery and city councillor.Keywords: BiographiesBaking industryPoliticiansDietrich Robert A.Dietrich Henry A.Dietrich's Bakery BerlinBerlin City CouncilSt Mary's Roman Catholic Church BerlinSt AgathaBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1864-1926Export options:Schneider family collection
Type: BookKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication:Export options:Schneider, Joseph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler, sawmill owner and community leader, whose property, Lot 17 of the German Company Tract, became the site of Berlin. The authors explain the church and community ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndustriesBiographiesBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipMuseumsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1843Export options:Schneider, Snider and Snyders: the descendants of Hannes, 1534 and Catherine (Haus) of Berne Switzerland and Jacob, 1764- 1853 (Bloomingdale)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, based on historical sources, of the ancestors and descendants of the three Schneider brothers, Jacob, Joseph and Christian, who came to Waterloo County early in the 19th century. Jacob ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBloomingdaleDoonBerlin (Ontario)Berne SwitzerlandSchneider familySnider FamilySnyder familyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options: