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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Block number two (Waterloo Township) 1 Sept. 1805
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A manuscript map showing the names of landowners, including original owners of lots in the German Company Tract.Year of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options:Family history of Anthony Wilhelm II
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogical chart of seven generations of the Wilhelm family, German farmers who bought portions of Bechtel's Tract and Heistand's Tract in Waterloo County in the mid-19th century. A list of land ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersReinhart familyWilhelm AnthonyWilhelm familyWilhelm Anthony JrWilhelm MargaretWilhelm Margaret Wendling (m. Anthony Jr)Wilhelm Mary Tauss (m. Anthony Jr)Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1850-1980Export options:Jacob and Barbara (Boshart) Schmidt genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A list of the descendants of Jacob and Barbara of Mornington Township, with an introduction giving background information on the family. Jacob's parents, John and Barbara Schwartzentruber, arrived in ...Keywords: GenealogySquattersSaw mill industryFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesSchmidt familySchmidt JamesSchmidt JohnSchmidt John B.O.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1835-1980Export options:Miriam Snyder Sokvitne
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biographical sketch of the descendant of Joseph Schneider, one of the county's first settlers. The author describes Sokvitne's interests in heritage preservation including her service as ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1913-1980Export options:President's address: the Pennsylvania background of early Waterloo settlers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the material culture in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, based on a survey of the "estates of representative families" such as Panabaker, Tyson, Weber, Levering, Keyser, Shuler, Johnson ...Keywords: Settlers PioneerCulture MaterialYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1701-1800Export options:Swiss Mennonite ancestors and their relationship from 1775
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy referring mainly to the South Dakota Swiss Mennonites. Waterloo County names occurring in this genealogy are indexed in the WRP database. These are the Albrecht, Gerin, Graber, Kaufman, ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:The differential growth rates of urban centres in Waterloo County, 1800-1910
Type: ThesisAbstract: An assessment of ethnicity, railway systems, technological change and industrialization as factors in the growth of Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Preston, Ayr, Elmira and New Hamburg.Keywords: SettlersEthnic identityWaterloo TownshipWellesley TownshipWoolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipDumfries North TownshipBerlin (Ontario)HespelerPrestonYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1910Export options:The early Mennonite settlements in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the reasons for Mennonite immigration to Ontario following the American Revolutionary War, with details about the Waterloo settlement including family names of early settlers, the ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUpper CanadaWaterloo CountyPioneers' Memorial Tower DoonBlairZurichMarkhamYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1795-1828Export options:The family history of Enoch Clemens Erb and Catharine Stauffer Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the seven children and a niece who were raised by Enoch Clemens Erb (1842-1917) and his wife Catherine. Background biographical information is included about the Erb family.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyFamiliesSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesBerne SwitzerlandGermany PfalzWilmot TownshipErb FamilyErb EnochYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:The history of Waterloo Township up to 1825
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account from the first purchase by Richard Beasley, James Wilson and John Baptiste Rousseau in 1798, to subsequent sales of properties within Blocks 1, 2 and 3. The author lists all properties ...Keywords: Settlement processSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesLand grantsLand patentsLand registrationLand surveysLand salesLand recordsLandownersYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1798-1825Export options: