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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Abraham and Elizabeth (Zug) Stauffer
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes on a family who left Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for Waterloo County in 1805. The family intermarried with many other well- known Waterloo County pioneers.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndigenous peoplesBiographiesZug familyStauffer familyPrestonBreslau (Ontario)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1805-1970Export options:Church register of H.W. Peterson, 1833-1835
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcribed and indexed extracts from the record book kept in Berlin in the early 1830s. Details are provided of about 125 births, baptisms, confirmations and burials conducted by visiting clergymen ...Keywords: Baptismal recordsBirthsBurialsChurchesClergyDeathsFuneralsGerman languageMarriage registersYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1833-1835Export options:Descendants of Michael Zug and Ulric Zug
Type: ReportAbstract: Excerpts from the diary of Michael Zug of Pennsylvania, recording a trip to Waterloo County in 1883 and including genealogical information on the descendants of Elizabeth Zug and Abraham Stauffer who ...Keywords: GenealogyAgricultureDiariesMennonitesClergyZug familyStauffer familyFarmersPennsylvania GermansWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1805-1904Export options:Fugitive slaves and free Americans in Canada West before 1860
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of research sources used in the author's thesis about black settlement and experience in the Queen's Bush. Most fugitive slaves were illiterate, and their settlement is marked only by ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:German children care for creation
Type: Magazine ArticleKeywords: Churches MennoniteGermansYear of publication: 2022Export options:German children care for creation
Type: Magazine ArticleKeywords: Churches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options:In search of freedom: early blacks in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An analysis of black settlement with biographies of notable personalities such as the barber and politician Peter Edward Susand, teacher John Frederick Augustus Sykes Fayette, and Robert Sutherland ...Keywords: Black peopleTeachersEducationProperty rightsJubileesSchools PublicLawyersClergyPoliticiansElections MunicipalYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1834-1900Export options:Index to marriages from the record book
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to over 500 marriages, listing names of spouses with dates of the marriages.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1839-1847Export options:Mennonite names
Type: Magazine ArticleYear of publication: 2020Export options:Mennonite potluck photos solicited
Type: Magazine ArticleAbstract:KITCHENER, Ont.-MennoMedia is sponsoring a "Best Church Potlucks Ever" photo contest with prizes of Mennonite cookbooks.
Year of publication: 2015Export options: