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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the author's eight great- grandparents, of the Groh, Wanner, Bechtel and Clemens families who settled near Preston and Hespeler in the first two decades of the 19th century. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGroh familyGroh JohnGroh Susannah WannerWanner TobiasWanner Catharine StryckerBechtel SamuelBechtel Barbara BaumanYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Pennsylvania German pioneers of Waterloo (1799 to 1889)
Type: BookKeywords: Pennsylvania GermansWaterlooYear of publication: 1971Export options:Pioneers of Waterloo (1799 to 1889)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Fictionalized biographies of Jacob Engle, John Winger, Martin Baer, David Gingrich, Jacob Bechtel, Samuel Bricker, Benjamin Eby, Ephraim Weber and other pioneers. Some of the material on the earliest ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1942Export options:Sandhills Baptist Cemetery (CC#4598): German Company Tract Lot 63, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 57 markers in the German Baptist churchyard also known as North Woolwich Baptist Church. No other records survive of the church or cemetery.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1860-1900Export options:St Jacobs Kirche/ St James Lutheran Church, Baden given heritage designation
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Churches LutheranBadenBuildings HeritageYear of publication: 2019Export options:St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#6307): 235 Cooper Street, Hespeler, now Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the stones with an index to all personal names. A preface outlines the history of the Church of St Mary of the Visitation which was built in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1916. The ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1894-1951Export options:Swiss-Palatinate-German-Pennsylvania-"Dutch" pioneers of the Niagara Peninsula
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:Tales of the Twenty
Type: BookYear of publication: 1979Export options:The first community cemetery and church
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short description of the Hagey Mennonite Church and cemetery where many early residents of Preston are buried. The author lists Clemens family members buried there, with their birth and death dates.Year of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1806-1964Export options:Uncle Hannes and Levi
Type: BookAbstract: A description of a week's events in the life of a Mennonite boy who lived near Hespeler at the end of the nineteenth century. Two of the main characters and their families are fictitious but most are ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options: