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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Cornelius Jansen family history 1822- 1973
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Russian Mennonite family who were exiled in 1873 and stayed briefly in Berlin before moving to the United States in 1874. Quotations from Margaretha's diary refer to making maple sugar ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1873-1874Export options:The history and genealogy of the Schantz family
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with a brief section on Shantzes in Canada and the United States. This portion mentions Christian who settled near Freeport in 1810 and Jacob Yost Shantz, a Berlin industrialist who ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSchantz familyShantz familyShantz Jacob Y.Shantz MosesShantz ChristianFreeportBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1810-1980Export options:The importance of local history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short address to the Waterloo Historical Society, mentioning Ezra Eby's biographical dictionary of the Mennonite settlers of Waterloo County, the work of Hon. James Young and W.H. Smith's gazetteer ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1806-1913Export options:The Mennonite communities of Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A summary of early Mennonite history and the founding of settlements in Waterloo and Wilmot Townships, followed by some discussion of differences in farming practices and general way of life between ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1861-1961Export options:The Noah B. Martin family history
Type: BookYear of publication: 2014Export 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 story of the counties of Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A popular account of all the counties of Ontario, including a brief history of Waterloo County with many references to the Township of Dumfries from James Young's book.Keywords: MennonitesGermansSettlersDiseasesOntarioYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1805-1913Export options:The Wissler family record: being a brief account of Andrew Wissler's branch of the Wissler family in the United States and Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with biographies of three brothers, John, Levi and Sem, the father of the author. They moved from Pennsylvania to Berlin and founded the Eagle Tannery in 1837. Sem Wissler later ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesWissler familyWissler SemWissler LeviWissler JohnSalemEagle Tannery BerlinYear of publication: 1904Historical Period: 1834-1903Export options: