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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
History of the Petworth emigration scheme: annual report for {Families}
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families, notably in Waterloo Township, came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:History of Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline history of the county's settlement by various ethnic groups and of industrial development, electrification, publishing and printing, and cultural activities such as music and singing ...Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1798-1926Export options:Homestead days and early settlement of the Waterloo District, south-west of Guernsey, Sask.
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the land development scheme in the Saskatchewan Valley which attracted settlers from Waterloo County Mennonite families in the early years of the 20th century. Members of the committee ...Year of publication:Historical Period: 1903-1916Export options:In pioneer days
Type: BookAbstract: A Canadian elementary school reader which contains three sections relating to the county. A chapter entitled "Waterloo: the first settlement back from the lake," beginning on page 181, recounts the ...Keywords: EducationCorrespondencePennsylvania GermansMennonitesWaterloo TownshipDumfries North TownshipWaterlooSettlersBricker SamuelSchoerg JosephYear of publication: 1926Historical Period: 1799-c1830Export options:In search of freedom: early blacks in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An analysis of black settlement with biographies of notable personalities such as the barber and politician Peter Edward Susand, teacher John Frederick Augustus Sykes Fayette, and Robert Sutherland ...Keywords: Black peopleTeachersEducationProperty rightsJubileesSchools PublicLawyersClergyPoliticiansElections MunicipalYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1834-1900Export options:Jacob and Barbara (Boshart) Schmidt genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A list of the descendants of Jacob and Barbara of Mornington Township, with an introduction giving background information on the family. Jacob's parents, John and Barbara Schwartzentruber, arrived in ...Keywords: GenealogySquattersSaw mill industryFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesSchmidt familySchmidt JamesSchmidt JohnSchmidt John B.O.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1835-1980Export options:John and Elizabeth Shupe and descendants: a family history of certain Shupes in North America from the early 18th century to the present; including notes on families of Dieffenbach, Munson, Overhold, Warner, Fulsom, Ahrens, Hirschy, Shantz & Bock
Type: BookAbstract: The life and times of the Shupe family who bought land near Freeport in 1810. Background information about the early settlement, the Tunkers and the War of 1812 is interwoven with biographical and ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesImmigrantsSettlersTunkersPennsylvaniaLand ownershipShupe familyWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1810-1984Export options:John Schwartzentruber, wifw's name unknown, 1727-1957, progenitorial forefather of the descendents of this book [copied verbatim]
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of John S. Schwartzentruber and his wife Catherine Blank/Katherine Plank, Amish settlers in Wellesley Township. The introduction describes the immigration ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers AmishIndexesImmigrationSchwartzentruber familySchwartzentruber John S.Schwartzentruber Catherine Blank (m. John S.)WellesleyWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1833-1957Export options:John Schwartzentruber, wifw's name unknown, 1727-1957, progenitorial forefather
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the ancestors and descendants of John S. Schwartzentruber and his wife Catherine Blank/Katherine Plank, Amish settlers in Wellesley Township. The introduction describes the immigration ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishImmigrantsSettlersSchwartzentruber JohnSchwartzentruber familyBlank CatherinePlank familyWellesley Township19th centuryYear of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1833-1957Export options:Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada;
Type: BookAbstract: A guide for emigrants to Canada, in two parts. The second describes Upper Canada through letters by an Ayrshire emigrant to his brother in Glasgow. Letter five contains an optimistic account of the ...Keywords: ImmigrationTravellers' guidesSettlers GermanSettlers ScottishFarmersDamsFlora and faunaIndigenous peoplesSoilsClimateYear of publication: 1843Historical Period: 1842-1843Export options: