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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:Breithaupt papers return to Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the discovery in 1987 of manuscripts, diaries and letters, now part of the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. In ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: c1850-c1950Export options:Canadian Amish Mennonite Roots in Pennsylvania
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Traces the migration from Pennsylvania and settlement in what are now York and Waterloo counties, Ontario, of the Troyer, Stoltzfus, Schwartzentruber, and other Amish families.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1835Export options:Christian E. Boshart and Catherine Buerge family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a French Amish Mennonite family who settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships in 1834 and later moved to Nebraska and Oregon. Reminiscences and photographs complement the genealogical ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishMennonitesFrenchCustoms and traditionsAgricultureBoshart familyBuerge familyWilmot TownshipWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1834-1978Export options:Christian Wagler family
Type: BookAbstract: A manuscript genealogy of the family of Christian and his wife, Anne Marie Wagler, who came from France in 1848 and settled on what later became the Livingston farm in Baden.Keywords: MennonitesAmishGenealogyWagler familyWagler ChristianWagler Anne Marie Wagler (m. Christian)Oesch ChristianLivingston John P.BadenWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1848-1975Export options:Detweiler Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4493): Roseville: Concession 11, Lot 37, North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of some 320 stones, by row and lot, followed by an index. The introduction notes that the Detweiler Mennonite Church dates from 1822 with the arrival of Jacob Detweiler who became the ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1822-1966Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Elmira Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4584): on Highway #86, west of Elmira, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of approximately 900 markers, with a short historical introduction, a cemetery plan, and a name index.Keywords: GenealogyInscriptionsCemeteriesYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1855-1988Export options:Family Documents Re-united in University Archives
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article about a recent addition to the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. A significant part of the donation is the birth- ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1807-1856Export options:Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Catherine (Roth) Schwartzentruber, 1835-1969
Type: BookAbstract: A record of an Amish Mennonite couple who were married in Wilmot in 1835 and farmed there and later in Perth County. Biographies of their nine married children are included with genealogies of their ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesAmishMennonitesPerth CountySchwartzentruber familySchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine Roth (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1835-1969Export options: