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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Reinhart heritage: Germany 1617 to Canada 1993
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical tree that includes the descendants of Andreas and Martin Reinhart who settled near New Germany in the late 1830s and early 40s. Stories or biographical sketches are added to some names ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansFood customsCatholicismClergyNew GermanyMaryhillReinhart familyDietrich familyZettel familyYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1838-1993Export options:Resources for local history and genealogical research
Type: BookAbstract: A list of resource materials located in the Kitchener Public Library, including municipal, county, business, church and family histories as well as primary sources such as census records, directories ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: c1800-1983Export options:Scrapbook of Herbert Enns, concerning his family and its emigration from Russia in 1917
Type: ReportAbstract: A collection of documents assembled by the author in 1977 and photocopied by the Kitchener Public Library. Items include a financial statement issued by the Canadian Mennonite Board of Colonization, ...Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1917-1977Export options:Sketch of the life of Catharine Breithaupt, her family and times
Type: BookAbstract: A biography of the author's mother, with details and photographs of other family members as well as the family tanning business.Keywords: BiographiesIndustriesObituariesFuneralsGerman languageBreithaupt Catharine Hailer (m. Louis)Breithaupt familyBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1911Historical Period: 1834-1910Export options:Sketch of the life of Catharine Breithaupt, her family and times
Type: BookAbstract: A biography of the author's mother, with details and photographs of other family members as well as the family tanning business.Keywords: BiographiesLeather industryFuneralsGerman languageBreithaupt Catharine Hailer (m. Louis)Breithaupt familyHailer JacobHailer MargaretHailer familyZion Evangelical Church BerlinYear of publication: 1911Historical Period: 1834-1910Export options:The ancestors and descendants including some of the relations of Deacon Ulrich Steiner and Elizabeth Basinger of Wilmot Township, Waterloo County 1720-1995
Type: BookAbstract: The genealogy of a family whose patriarch, Ulrich, who came from Alsace via Ohio and became one of the founding members of the Geiger Mennonite Church, Haysville. There are biographical sketches, ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyIndustriesCensus recordsPhysiciansObituariesMapsGeiger Mennonites Church HaysvilleCorrespondenceSteiner familyYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1720-1995Export 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 Christian Ruby family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including biographical articles by Lorraine Roth about Christian Ruby and his son Joseph who emigrated to Wilmot Township in 1838. In 1853 Joseph was ordained bishop of the Amish ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1838-1989Export options:The descendants of Henry S. Bauman
Type: ReportAbstract: The third edition of a 1965 mimeographed report listing the descendants of Henry S. Bauman (1867-1935). It was also revised in 1979. Henry, the fifth son of Martin H. Bauman, first married Judith ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1867-1987Export options:The family history and genealogy of Michael B. Yantzi and Jacobena (Kennel) Yantzi
Type: BookAbstract: An account of Michael B. Yantzi (also spelled Jantzi and Yancey) and his wife, with individual genealogies for each of their children. Family lists and information about the Kennel and Ruby Families ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyBiographiesAmishYantzi familyYantzi Michael B.Yantzi Jacobena KennelBridgeportWilmot TownshipBadenYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1823-1991Export options: