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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The black experience in the Queen's Bush Settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley Township and ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsSettlers BlackSettlement processSchoolsChurches MethodistYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:The Daniel Schrag family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An expanded revision of an earlier 1964 edition by Keith Schrag. More biographical information on family members is contained in this illustrated version than in the previous book. Daniel was a ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAmishBiographiesFarmersSettlers GermanSchrag familyKennel familyZehr familySchrag JacobYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1813-1981Export options:The differential growth rates of urban centres in Waterloo County, 1800-1910
Type: ThesisAbstract: An assessment of ethnicity, railway systems, technological change and industrialization as factors in the growth of Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Preston, Ayr, Elmira and New Hamburg.Keywords: SettlersEthnic identityWaterloo TownshipWellesley TownshipWoolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipDumfries North TownshipBerlin (Ontario)HespelerPrestonYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1910Export options:The family history and genealogy of Jacob Wagler and Magdalena Gardner and Barbara Lebold
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Wagler family, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jacob Wagler, bishop of the Wellesley Amish Mennonite Congregation. Biographical information is provided about ...Keywords: AmishAnabaptistsMennonitesGenealogyBiographiesClergyWagler familyWagler JacobGardner MagdalenaLebold BarbaraYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1839-1989Export options:The family history and genealogy of Joseph and Catherine (Boshart) Jantzi, Christian and Catherine (Boshart, Jantzi) Riser, John and Anna (Jausi) Ulrich
Type: BookAbstract: A history of an Amish Mennonite family with roots in France and related families in New York State. The family settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships from the 1830s. The Lichti, Ulrich, Riser, ...Keywords: MennonitesFarmersChurches MennoniteAmishJantzi familyLichti familyBoshart familyRiser familySchweitzer familyJausi familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1830-1982Export options:The history of the descendants of Heinrich Detweiler
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family who came to Waterloo County in 1810. The family first settled in Waterloo and Woolwich Townships, and later in Wilmot and Wellesley. Many Waterloo ...Keywords: Detweiler familyDetweiler HeinrichMennonitesGenealogyBiographiesSettlersPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWoolwich TownshipWilmotYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1810-1981Export options:The Jacob A. Sauder genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the descendants of Jacob N. Sauder (1809-1875) and Barbara Funk (1822- 1899), German Mennonites who settled in Wellesley Township in the mid-nineteenth century. Their twelve children and ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1846-1973Export options:The Jacob N. Sauder genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German Mennonite family who settled in Wellesley Township about 1846. Brief biographies introduce each of the genealogies of their twelve children, many of whom lived near St Jacobs.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanMennonitesBiographiesSauder familySauder Jacob N.Sauder Barbara Funk (m. Jacob N.)Koch JosephKoch Elizabeth Sauder (m. Joseph)Gies HenryYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1846-1985Export options:The Jacobi family, 1660-1992
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the ancestors and descendants of Heinrich and Anna Maria Jacobi, German settlers who came to the Erbsville area in the mid 19th century. An extensive introduction provides background ...Keywords: SettlersGermanGenealogyFamiliesObituariesBiographiesJacobi familyJacobi HeinrichJacobi Anna Maria (m. Heinrich)Jacobi WilliamYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1992Export options:The John B. Leis Family History and Genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family founded by Joseph, a German orphan who came to Canada in 1817 and began farming in Wellesley in 1844. His grandson, John B., was a farmer, an implement dealer, and the owner of ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansFarmersLand ownershipTextile IndustryFinancial institutionsCensus recordsMennonitesAmishYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1844-1979Export options: