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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Pequegnat story: the family and the clocks
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the large family of Ulysse and Francoise Pequegnat who arrived in Berlin from Switzerland in 1874. Various family members had clock and jewellery stores in Ontario towns and cities, ...Keywords: Pequegnat familySwissEntrepreneursGenealogyBiographiesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1874-1982Export options:The Peter G. Martin family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the American forebears and offspring of Peter (1816-1902), a Mennonite who came from Pennsylvania in 1820 with his parents. He later settled on a farm north of St Jacobs with his wife ...Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesMartin familyMartin Peter G.Martin Maria Bowman (m. Peter G.)Shantz Irvin Rev.St JacobsYear of publication: 1968Historical Period: 1820-1968Export options:The Pure Church Movement
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The “Pure Church Movement” is introduced as a plain Anabaptist revival that unfolded in American, Canadian, and Latin American Swiss Mennonite, Russian Mennonite, and Amish churches over the ...
Year of publication: 2018Export options:The puzzle tombstone and Rushes Cemetery
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the cryptic tombstone which marks the graves of the two wives of Dr Samuel Bean in the Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Township. Replicas were placed beside the original weathered markers in ...Keywords: CemeteriesRushes Cemetery Wellesley TownshipBean Henrietta FurryBean Samuel DrBean Susanna CleggYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1848-1982Export options:The Rev. Theobald Spetz, C.R. D.D.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Spetz (1850-1922), priest, president of St Jerome's College, founder of St Louis Roman Catholic Church in Waterloo, and author of a history of the Catholic Church in Waterloo County.Keywords: CatholicismBiographiesClergyAssociations and clubsSt Jerome's CollegeHaehner AnnSpetz Theobald Rev.Spetz JosephFuncken LouisKloepfer William Rev.Year of publication: 1922Historical Period: 1850-1922Export options:The Rummelhardts of Rummelhardt
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief family history beginning with the arrival of stonemason, Franz Joseph Rummelhardt, in Canada in 1833. Bascom, Freiburger, and Schwarz are three family names mentioned among Rummelhardt's ...Keywords: GermansRummelhardtSt AgathaGerman Company TractWilmot TownshipWaterloo TownshipRummelhardt Franz JosephEby BenjaminEby MagdalenaRummelhardt AnastasiaYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1833-1967Export options:The sacred harp of New Hamburg: a search for family history, folk art, and finding the right questions
Type: BookAbstract:"This is not your normal genealogy book with listings of family names, birth and death dates. Rather, it is in the form of a comic book! All of the picture blocks are hand drawn and full color. It ...
Year of publication: 2023Export options:The Schnarrs from Erbsville 1853-1991: ancestors and descendants of Charles Demetrius Schnarr
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family whose ancestor came from Germany in 1853. It includes genealogical and biographical information, with reminiscences of farm life and the Erbsville community in the first half of ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansFarmersEducationSchools PublicSettlers GermanFood customsBiographiesSchnarr Charles DemetriusSchnarr Margaretha Jahn (m. Charles Demetrius)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1991Export options:The search for Dr Klinkert
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the research to identify the man described in Uttley's history of Kitchener as the first doctor. The author provides information on both Dr Edward Klinckhardt and Dr Theodore ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1809-1974Export options:The second Betzner reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of Betzner family history, including the 1920 Betzner reunion.Keywords: GenealogyDoonBreslau (Ontario)KitchenerFlamboro West TownshipBlairWaterloo TownshipBetzner familyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesYear of publication: 1920Historical Period: 1800-1920Export options: