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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Localities of landowners: assessment roll evidence, 1861-1951
Type: ReportAbstract: Indexes and tables of social and land use data for assessed property-owners in ten sample localities of the township at 10-year intervals between 1861 and 1951. Introduced by an essay describing each ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1861-1951Export options:My family tree
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: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:The Waterloo Township cadastre in 1861:
Type: BookAbstract: An explanation of the complex survey system and pattern of landownership from 1800 to 1861 in an introductory essay, with computer-assisted reproductions of Tremaine's map in 22 detailed sections. A ...Keywords: Land ownershipOccupationsMapsIndexesTremaine's Map of the County of Waterloo Canada WestSettlersWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1800-1861Export 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:Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A list of the names of Ontario hamlets, villages and towns that were in use at the time of the 1871 Census of Canada. Some 48 named central places are identified in Waterloo County in 1871, with 22 ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1870-1871Export options: