TY - ENCYC KW - Mennonites KW - Genealogy KW - Pennsylvania Germans KW - Settlers KW - Immigration KW - Upper Canada KW - Waterloo Township AU - Ezra Eby AB -

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 nearly 8,500 pioneers and their descendants are organized alphabetically according to the 142 principal pioneer families identified by the author through exhaustive research. A 44-page introduction outlines the migrations of Mennonite families from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada between 1799 and 1835, the formation of the German Company, and the locations in which families settled. The main family names, all separately indexed in the Waterloo Regional Project's database, are Adolph, Albright, Baumann (also spelled Bauman and Bowman), Bear (formerly Baehr), Bearinger, Bechtel, Benner, Bergey (formerly Birgi), Betzner, Biehn (later spelled Bean), Bingeman, Bliehm (later spelled Bleam), Block, Bock, Bowers, Brech (later Breck), Bretz, Bricker, Brower, Brubacher, Burkhard, Burkholder, Cassel, Christner, Clemens, Clemmer, Cober, Cowan, Cress, Cressman, Detweiler (also spelled Dettweiler and Detwiler), Devitt, Eby, Erb, Ernst, Eshelman, Fordney, Fried, Gehman, Geiger, Gingerich, Gole, Good (formerly spelled Guth), Goudie, Grody, Groff (formerly Graff), Groh, Haas, Hagey, Hallman, Hammacher, Heckedon, Hembling, Herner, Hilborn, Histand, Hoffman, Holm, Honsberger, Horst, Hostetler, Huber, Janzen (later and also spelled Johnson), Jones, Kauffman, Keller, Kinzie (also Kinsey), Kinzinger, Koch, Kolb, Kraft, Latschaw, Levan, Lichty, Livergood, Lutz, Martin, Master (formerly Meschter), McNally, Meyer, Miller, Mohr, Moyer, Mosser, Musselman, Myers, Nahrgang, Oberholtzer, Pannebecker, Quickfall, Reichert, Reist, Reitzel, Rife (formerly Reiff), Ringler, Roat, Rosenberger, Rudell, Rudy, Saltzberger (later Salsberry), Sararas, Sauers, Scheifle (later Scheifley, Shifley or Shyflee), Scheirich (later Shiry), Sherk (formerly Schoerg or Sch”rg and later also Shirk), Schiedel, Schlichter, Schmidt, Schneider, Schroder, Shuh (formerly Schuh), Schwartz, Seibert, Shantz (formerly Tschantzen then Schantzen, and later also Schantz, Shants, or Shons), Shelly, Shoemaker (formerly Schuhmacher), Shupe, Sitler, Souder (also spelled Sauder), Springer, Stauffer, Stoeckle, Strickler, Strome (formerly Strohm), Thomas, Tohman, Tyson, Unger, Urmy, Wanner, Weber (also Weaver), Winger (also spelled Wenger), Wideman, Wile, Wildfong, Wing, Wismer, Wissler, Witmer, Woolner, Yost, Zeller and Ziegler. Users should note the supplement compiled by Joseph Snyder and published in 1931, and the indexes, notes and maps added by Eldon Weber who reprinted Ezra Eby's volumes in 1971.

C1 - Adolph Family; Albright Family; Baumann Family; Baumann, Christian; Bear Family; Bear, Gabriel; Bear, Michael; Bearinger Family; Beasley, Richard; Bechtel Family; Bechtel, David; Bechtel, George; Bechtel, Levi; Bechtel, Samuel; Bechtel, Abraham; Becker, Abraham; Benner Family; Bergey Family; Bergey, Joseph; Betzner Family; Betzner, Samuel, Sr; Biehn Family; Biehn, Dilman; Bingeman Family; Bingeman, John; Bliehm Family; Bliehm, Philip; Block Family; Bowers Family; Bowman, Jonathan B.; Bowman, Benjamin; Bowman, Elizabeth; Bowman, Joseph; Brech Family; Brech, Widow; Bretz Family; Bretz, Jacob; Bricker Family; Bricker, John; Bricker, Samuel; Brower Family; Brubacher Family; Brubacher, Henry; Brubacher, John; Brubacher, John S.; Burkhard Family; Burkhard, Peter; Burkholder Family; Burkholder, Christian; Cassel Family; Christner Family; Clemens Family; Clemens, Abraham; Clemens, George; Clemes, Jacob; Clemmer Family; Clemmer, Henry; Clemmer, Henry M.; Clemmer, Joseph; Cober Family; Cowan Family; Cress Family; Cress, Simon; Cressman, Abraham; Cressman Family; Cressman, John; Detweiler Family; Devitt Family; Dickson, William; Eby Family; Eby, Benjamin; Eby, John, "Hannes"; Eby, Samuel; Eby, George; Eby, Michael; Ellis, William; Erb Family; Erb, Abraham; Erb, Jacob; Erb, John; Erb, Daniel; Erb, Peter; Ernst Family; Eshleman Family; Eshleman, Frantz; Fordney Family; Fried Family; Fried, Samuel; Gehman Family; Gehman, Solomon; Geiger Family; Gingerich Family; Gingerich, David; Gole Family; Good Family; Good, John; Goudie Family; Grody Family; Groff Family; Groff, Andrew; Groh Family; Groh, Michael; Haas Family; Hagey Family; Hagey, Daniel; Hallman Family; Hallman, Benjamin; Hammacher Family; Heckedon Family; Hembling Family; Herner Family; Hilborn Family; Histand Family; Hoffman Family; Hoffman, John; Holm Family; Honsberger Family; Horst Family; Horst, Samuel; Hostetler Family; Huber Family; Huber, John; Huber, Peter; Janzen Family; Jones Family; Kaufman Family; Keller Family; Kinsey, Dilman; Kinsey Family; Kinzinger Family; Koch Family; Kolb Family; Kolb, Jacob; Kraft Family; Kraft, Henry; Latschaw Family; Levan Family; Levan, Daniel; Lichty Family; Lichty, John; Livergood Family; Livergood, John; Lutz Family; Martin Family; Martin, Abraham; Martin, David; Martin, Henry; Martin, Peter; Master Family; Master, Isaac; McNally Family; Meyer Family; Miller Family; Mohr Family; Mohr, Charles; Moxley, Mrs; Moyer Family; Moyer, Abraham; Moyer, Abraham H.; Moyer, Henry; Mosser Family; Musselman Family; Musselman, David; Musselman, Frederick; Myers Family; Nachtsinger, Jacob; Nafziger, Christian; Nahrgang Family; Oberholtzer Family; Oberholtzer, Henry; Oberholtzer, Jacob; Pannebecker Family; Pannebecker, Cornelius; Quickfall Family; Reichert Family; Reichert, Christian; Reichert, John; Reist Family; Reitzel Family; Rife Family; Ringler Family; Roat Family; Rosenberger Family; Rosenberger, Benjamin; Rotharmel, William; Rudell Family; Rudy Family; Saltzberger Family; Sararas Family; Sararas, Andrew; Sauers Family; Scheifle Family; Scheirich Family; Sherk Family; Sherk, Joseph; Schiedel Family; Schiedel, Martin; Schlichter Family; Schmidt Family; Schneider Family; Schneider, Jacob; Schneider, David; Schneider, Joseph; Schneider, Christian; Schroder Family; Shuh Family; Shuh, Henry; Sch”rg, Joseph; Schwartz Family; Seibert Family; Shantz Family; Shantz, Christian; Shantz, Abraham; Shantz, Isaac; Shantz, Barbara Biehn (m. Jacob Y.); Shelly Family; Shirk, Peter; Shade, Absalom; Shoemaker Family; Shoemaker, Jacob S.; Shoemaker, Jacob D.; Shoemaker, John; Shoemaker, George D.; Shoemaker, George; Shoemaker, Veronica; Shoemaker, John, Widow; Shupe Family; Shupe, John; Sitler Family; Snyder, Benjamin; Souder Family; Springer Family; Stauffer Family; Stoekle Family; Stauffer, Abraham; Stauffer, David; Stricker Family; Stricker, Arnold; Strohm, David; Strohm, Jacob; Strome Family; Thomas Family; Tohman Family; Tohman, Abraham; Tyson Family; Tyson, John U.; Tyson, William; Unger Family; Urmy Family; Wanner Family; Wanner, Henry; Weber Family; Weber, Abraham; Weber, Daniel; Weber, Henry; Weber, Peter; Wenger, Widow; Winger Family; Wideman Family; Wile Family; Wildfong Family; Wing Family; Wismer Family; Wismer, Joseph; Wismer, David; Wismer, Esther Shantz (m. David); Wissler Family; Witmer Family; Woolner Family; Yost Family; Zeller Family; Ziegler Family; Ziegler, Dilman; Sherk, Joseph; Betzner, Samuel C2 - German Company C3 - Waterloo Co; Woolwich Tp; Wilmot Tp; Dumfries Tp; Waterloo Tp; Berlin; Doon; Freeport; Preston; Bloomingdale; Breslau; Roseville; Bridgeport; Grand River; Waterloo; Chicopee; Conestogo; Hespeler; Galt; German Company Tract; Pennsylvania, Berks Co; Pennsylvania, Cumberland Co; Pennsylvania, Franklin Co; Pennsylvania, Lancaster Co; Pennsylvania, Montgomery Co; Pennsylvania, Butler Co; Pennsylvania, Chester Co; Dumfries N Tp C4 - 1798-1895 C7 - English(30) CY - Berlin DP - Elizabeth Bloomfield. WATERLOO REGIONAL HISTORY BIBLIOGRAPHY SYSTEM. Most pre 1993 entries are also included in the print work Waterloo County to 1972: an annotated bibliography of regional history. Kitchener: Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, 1993. ID - 1858 LA - English M1 - Book, Whole M3 - Print(0) PB - The Author PP - Berlin PY - 1895 SP - 2 v. T1 - 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 ER -