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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Migration of Bechtel family members from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania to Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A comparison of two 1895 genealogies by Henry S. Bower and Ezra E. Eby, making inferences about American Bechtel family relationships in the 18th and early 19th centuries.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansImmigrationBechtel familyBechtel AbrahamBechtel GeorgeBechtel JosephBechtel George B.Waterloo TownshipUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1800-1847Export options:Model farmers, dubious citizens: Pennsylvania Germans in Upper Canada, 1786-1855
Type: BookYear of publication: 1998Export options:Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the River Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint by Kelvinprint of James Marr Brydone's account of his expedition with British emigrants through Upper Canada, including a trek through the Waterloo area described on pages 31-33 and 42. He ...Keywords: DiariesSettlement processSettlement DirectedSettlers EnglishEmigrationEmigration agentsWeatherRivers and streamsSoilsMillsYear of publication: 1834Historical Period: 1833-1834Export options:New source material for the history of Mennonites in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Transcripts and notes of four relevant documents: a list of claims by Waterloo County Mennonites for losses suffered when employed in military transport during the War of 1812; an outline of several ...Keywords: War 1812MennonitesCorrespondenceDiariesAmishMilitary servicePennsylvania GermansImmigrationUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1813-1845Export options:Ontario's history in maps
Type: BookAbstract: A fine volume of early maps, reproduced with explanatory text and annotations and including several showing the Waterloo County area. A 1792 plan of the Six Nations Indian lands is reproduced on page ...Keywords: MapsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1792-1850Export options:Origins and early Pennsylvania Dutch settlements in Upper Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief historical account of the migrations to North America, including the journey to Canada by some sixty families in the 1790s.Year of publication: 1932Historical Period: 1790-1800Export options:Petworth emigrants: an update
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families in Waterloo Township came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1832-1837Export 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:President's address: Early settlement in Upper Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement in Waterloo in the context of early Upper Canada.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUnited Empire LoyalistsIndigenous peoplesYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:President's address: the Pennsylvania background of early Waterloo settlers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the material culture in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, based on a survey of the "estates of representative families" such as Panabaker, Tyson, Weber, Levering, Keyser, Shuler, Johnson ...Keywords: Settlers PioneerCulture MaterialYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1701-1800Export options: