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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
An outline of early settlement in the Grand River Valley
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the Indian tribes living in the Grand River Valley and the land grant to the Six Nations Indians by Governor Haldimand. The author describes how the land was divided into six blocks and ...Keywords: War 1812Indigenous peoplesLand ownershipMennonitesLand economicsGrand River ValleySix Nations IndiansYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1600-1833Export options:Died in 1965
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief notes on Waterloo County residents who died in 1965: Robert Bieth, Mrs William Brown, George Buck, R.H. Dickson, Gordon Eby, Carl Ellis, Charles C. Farnham, Louis Feick, Ray M. Gillespie, ...Year of publication: 1965Historical Period: c1865-1965Export options:Recollections of early Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch of farm life of the Pennsylvania German pioneers, the Mennonite church, education, German newspapers and bridges over the Grand River.Keywords: SettlersPennsylvania GermansMennonitesNewspapersEducationAgricultureWar 1812BridgesSchoolsGerman languageYear of publication: 1915Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Reminiscences of early Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch of Waterloo County during the second half of the nineteenth century, including references to the communities of Freeport, Blair, Ayr, Doon, Preston and Berlin and to community ...Year of publication: 1925Historical Period: c1850-1924Export options:Shade, Absalom
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the businessman and politician who managed the settlement of William Dickson's lands in Dumfries Township, around Shade's Mills (later renamed Galt). The author describes the varied ...Keywords: Shade AbsalomDickson WilliamBusinessmenFlour mill industryBiographiesShade's MillsGaltDumfries TownshipYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1816-1862Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century, including the families of Schoerg, Eby, Erb, Betzner, Brubacher, Baumann, Bechtel, Biehn, Bergey, ...Keywords: SettlersWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesScotsAmishEby Ezra E.Young JamesSherk A.B. Rev.Beasley RichardYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1800-1856Export options:The Stedman deed
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of the land grant by the Six Nations Indians to Philip Stedman in 1798, reprinted from an earlier Waterloo Historical Society article in 1919, pp 84-87. The introduction to this article is taken ...Year of publication: 1940Historical Period: 1784-1798Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the migration to North America by ten different European religious groups, notably the Mennonites. The references to Waterloo County (pp. 108-113 and 122-124) relate initial ...Keywords: SettlersGermansPennsylvania GermansAgricultureAmishLutheransMennonitesTunkersEthnic identityMapsYear of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1800-1830Export options: