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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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 and genealogy of Joseph and Catherine (Boshart) Jantzi, Christian and Catherine (Boshart, Jantzi) Riser, John and Anna (Jausi) Ulrich
Type: BookAbstract: A history of an Amish Mennonite family with roots in France and related families in New York State. The family settled in Wilmot and Wellesley Townships from the 1830s. The Lichti, Ulrich, Riser, ...Keywords: MennonitesFarmersChurches MennoniteAmishJantzi familyLichti familyBoshart familyRiser familySchweitzer familyJausi familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1830-1982Export options:The first settlement in central western Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the early land transactions of Waterloo Township, listing original stockholders of the German Company and their farm lots and all properties sold in Bean's Tract in 1800. The author ...Year of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1798-1810Export options:The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer
Type: BookAbstract: The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War ...Keywords: BiographiesAgricultureCustoms and traditionsMennonitesGenealogyFolkloreDiariesEby Gordon C.Eby ChristianEby familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1911-1913Export options:The history and heritage of German immigration to Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A brief overview of German groups who settled in Waterloo County, from the Pennsylvania-German Mennonites in the early nineteenth century to the Volksdeutsche in the 1950s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: c1800-c1950Export 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:The Pequegnat story: the family and the clocks
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the large family of Ulysse and Francoise Pequegnat who arrived in Berlin from Switzerland in 1874. Various family members had clock and jewellery stores in Ontario towns and cities, ...Keywords: Pequegnat familySwissEntrepreneursGenealogyBiographiesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1874-1982Export options:The Pioneer House in Southern Ontario, Canada: Construction Material use and Resultant Forms to 1850
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation examines the evolution and distribution of domestic architectural patterns in Southern Ontario. The research seeks to define the relative importance of the various factors affecting ...Keywords: HousingGermansArchitectureYear of publication: 1982Export options:The puzzle tombstone and Rushes Cemetery
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the cryptic tombstone which marks the graves of the two wives of Dr Samuel Bean in the Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Township. Replicas were placed beside the original weathered markers in ...Keywords: CemeteriesRushes Cemetery Wellesley TownshipBean Henrietta FurryBean Samuel DrBean Susanna CleggYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1848-1982Export options:The search for Dr Klinkert
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the research to identify the man described in Uttley's history of Kitchener as the first doctor. The author provides information on both Dr Edward Klinckhardt and Dr Theodore ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1809-1974Export options: