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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Brubacher family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of four generations of Brubachers in North America from about 1710, including a family tree, locations of family members in Pennsylvania and Waterloo County, many given names and ...Keywords: FamiliesGenealogyBiographiesMennonitesPennsylvania GermansSwissBrubacher JohnEby BenjaminErnst AnnaBuckwalter AbrahamYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:Cholera: it swept this area like a scythe
Type: BookAbstract: A copy of an article from the "Kitchener- Waterloo Record" of 21 November 1963 by Laurie Jennings, with additional information on members of the Hembling family who were Bridgeport cholera victims, ...Keywords: Diseases CholeraFarmersSanitationGenealogyTelfer JohnMiller Robert DrCushman JosiahScott John DrGaukel Marie Roschang (m. Frederick)Gaukel HarryYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1813-1895Export options:Der Canadische Bauernfreund
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly, first published in Preston by Abraham Erb and edited by Martin Rudolf. The paper moved to Waterloo when it was sold to Moses Springer, and to Berlin in 1903 when it ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1851Historical Period: 1850-1918Export options:Erb, Abraham
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler (1772- 1830) who migrated from Pennsylvania to the German Company Tract in 1806. The village of Waterloo eventually developed around the nucleus of Erb's water- ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansIndustriesSchoolsBiographiesErb AbrahamWaterloo TownshipGerman Company TractYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1806-1830Export options:Historical sketch of the Biehn families and the descendants, 1700-1947
Type: BookAbstract: A detailed account of the Biehn family, from 1800 when John Biehn Sr migrated to Waterloo County, to 1946. Many descendants are listed, with birth and death dates and some mention of their ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyPennsylvania GermansWar 1812Bean AbrahamBean S.U.Biehn John JrBiehn JohnSchoerg JosephBetzner SamuelYear of publication: 1947Historical Period: 1800-1947Export options:Historical sketch of the Clemens family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the Clemens family, especially those members who became pioneers of Waterloo Township.Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaUnited Empire LoyalistsGenealogyAmerican Revolution 1775-1783Diseases CholeraTextile IndustryClergyChurches MethodistChurches EvangelicalWater powerYear of publication: 1921Historical Period: 1800-1921Export options:History of Isaac S. Cressman family, 1830-1965
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the fourteen children of Isaac S. Cressman, who was born near Strasburg in 1830. Isaac's first wife was Barbara Schneider; after her death, he married her sister Elizabeth. There are ...Keywords: FarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaGenealogyReunionsCressman familyCressman Isaac S.Cressman Elizabeth Schneider (m. Isaac S.)Bowman Sybilla (m. Tobias)Cressman Barbara Schneider (m. Isaac S.)Cressman Ephriam S.Year of publication: 1965Historical Period: 1830-1965Export options:List of Mennonists, Quakers and Tunkers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of those who paid 10 shillings as tax exemption money, including Peter Lammer, Joseph Lichte, Michael Roth, Jacob Miller, John Erb, Christian Moyer, John Lugibihl, David Geiger, Jacob Gingrich ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1836Export 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:Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of Cress who bought Lot 7 in Woolwich Township in 1819 from John Erb. The article provides information on the exact location of the homestead as well as biographical details of Simon' ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBiographiesSettlers PioneerCress SimonCress EphraimCress JacobCress CatharineBricker Elizabeth CressHewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1819-1852Export options: