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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character
Type: BookAbstract:A collection of biographical sketches of the mainly Pennsylvania German Mennonites who settled in Waterloo Township and adjoining areas in the first half of the nineteenth century. The details for ...
Year of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1798-1895Export options:Drudge family history: Uriah Drudge family genealogy, other Drudge family lines, from John Drudge, 1774 emigrant to Canada to the present
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family represented in Waterloo County by Ben Drudge's family who lived between Bridgeport and Lexington.Keywords: FarmersGenealogyDrudge BenjaminDrudge Barbara Shirk (m. Benjamin)Drudge familyBridgeportLexingtonYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1972Export options:Family history of Peter Shirk
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Peter Shirk, an Old Order Mennonite who held political appointments and owned the Lancaster Mills at Bridgeport and the Baden Mills. Short biographies ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesEducationBusinessesBiographiesReligionMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Shirk and Snider Ltd BridgeportBaden MillsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1862-1984Export options:Reminiscences of Grandmother Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of a Mennonite family in Waterloo County over a period of nearly 150 years, based on the recollections of the author's mother-in-law. Births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, ...Keywords: BiographiesFood customsElectricityFarmersFuneralsGenealogyGerman languageMennonites (Old Order)Settlers PennsylvaniaTransportationYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1967Export options:Schrch von Sumiswald
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Schrch (Schuerch, Shirk, Sherk, Sherrick) family from its 16th- century origins in Switzerland. The research contains information on the origin of the family name, heraldry, the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Schnitz and plum pudding: a family history of the Brake-Break-Brech, the Cosens, the Kraft, the Wismer families
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family with Pennsylvania Dutch and English origins. Many of its members came first to Waterloo County, moving on to Michigan. Autobiographical details of the author, reminiscences of ...Keywords: GenealogyFood customsMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesImmigrationCustoms and traditionsBreslau (Ontario)Wilmot TownshipBlairYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1806-1992Export options:Schürch von Sumiswald
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Schürch (Schuerch, Shirk, Sherk, Sherrick) family from its 16th- century origins in Switzerland. The research contains information on the origin of the family name, heraldry, the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options: