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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A sketch of the Mennonite settlement in Canada
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An overview of the settlement of Pennsylvania German Mennonites in Waterloo Township, translated from German by the editor. Migrations of Mennonites are traced from Franklin, Lancaster and Cumberland ...Year of publication: 1888Historical Period: 1799-1848Export options:Aloyes Bauer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Bauer established the Waterloo Shoddy Mills in 1889 and from 1896 also managed the Kuntz brewery in Waterloo.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1861-1906Export options:Charles Kappler Hagedorn
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Born in Williamsburg into a family of farm labourers, Hagedorn developed the Berlin Suspender & Button Co. by 1895 and became active in public affairs.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1859-1906Export options:Charles Martin Bowman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography of Bowman and of his father, Isaac Erb Bowman, the St Jacobs tanner who represented North Waterloo in the Dominion Parliament from 1864 to 1878 and from 1886 to 1896 and was ...Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1864-1897Export options:Christian (1669-1759) and Elizabeth; David (1771-1854) and Maria Martin and their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Martin family spanning 300 years, giving special attention to the Waterloo County descendants of David and Peter.Keywords: GenealogyMartin familyMartin PeterMartin DavidMartin Maria Guth (m. David)Martin CatherineMartin J.B. Rev.Martin Jacob G.Martin Esther Bowman (m. Jacob G.)Martin Anna Musselman (m. Jacob B.)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1669-1984Export options:Christopher Nicholas Huether
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography of the proprietor of the Berlin Lion Brewery.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1867-1906Export options:Descendants of Christian Erb II, 1734- 1810, and Maria Scherch, 1737-1814, (12 children) who came to Ontario, 1808 (bu. at Blair)
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical charts of the descendants of Christian and Maria Erb, who migrated to Canada to be with their daughter, Elizabeth Erb Schneider. The Erbs married into the Eby, Schneider and Sherk ...Keywords: GenealogyErb FamilySherk familyErb ChristianErb Maria ScherchErb JacobErb Salome GraybillEby familySchneider familySchneider ChristianYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1808-1984Export options:Descendants of Hans Jacob Bechtel of Pottstown, PA and George III to Ont. 1929, Rev. Joseph to Ont. 1802
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical chart of the descendants of the four members of the Bechtel family who came to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania, Abraham, Joseph, George and George B.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBechtel GeorgeBechtel familyBechtel AbrahamBechtel Hans Jacob Rev.Bechtel LeviWaterloo CountyUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1802-1987Export options:Die Ansiedlung und Begründung der Mennoniten Gemeinschaft in Canada
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the settlement and founding of the Mennonite community in Canada. The author outlines the migration of Pennsylvania Germans to the county from Franklin, Lancaster and Cumberland ...Year of publication: 1872Historical Period: 1799-1848Export options:Dilman Brubacher Shantz
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Short biographies of Dilman Shantz, president of the Berlin button-manufacturing business, Jacob Y. Shantz & Son, and of his father Jacob Y. Shantz.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1806-1906Export options: