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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Panabaker family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A narrative of the family, from its European origins to the settlement in the Hespeler area of Waterloo Township. The author explains variant spellings of the family name and refers to other pioneer ...Keywords: GenealogySaw mill industryBlacksmithsMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaPannebecker HendrickTyson BarbaraPenebecker BarbaraPannebecker CorneliusDetwiler AnnYear of publication: 1937Historical Period: 1800-1937Export options:Pinehill Cemetery (CC#4549): Canada Company Block A, Concession 1, Lot 14 and 15, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plan and index of about one hundred markers in the cemetery located on Huron Road (County Road #2) about four kilometres east of Haysville. The introduction notes that the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1841-1939Export options:Reist family reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A report on the reunion at St Jacobs, with genealogical notes on this Pennsylvania Mennonite family. Although Abraham Reist owned land in Woolwich Township he never came to Canada, but his son John ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesGenealogyReist familyReist JohnReist SamuelKoch Barbara Reist (m. Ludwig)Reist Susannah Huber (m. John)Reist John JrReist IsaacYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1821-1986Export options:Schrch von Sumiswald
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Schrch (Schuerch, Shirk, Sherk, Sherrick) family from its 16th- century origins in Switzerland. The research contains information on the origin of the family name, heraldry, the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Schürch von Sumiswald
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Schürch (Schuerch, Shirk, Sherk, Sherrick) family from its 16th- century origins in Switzerland. The research contains information on the origin of the family name, heraldry, the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Separation or Integration? the Russian Mennonite Immigrant Community in Ontario, 1924-45
Type: ThesisAbstract: How do ethnic groups survive and maintain their identity when transplanted into an alien cultural environment? That question is one of the major issues in the study of ethnicity. Both historians and ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesAcculturationYear of publication: 1986Export options:Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery (CC#4547): Canada Company Block A Concession 2, Lot 22, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcription with plan and index of 20 markers in the small cemetery located about one mile south on a winding road from Haysville, at the north corner of the first road to the west. The cemetery, ...Keywords: CemeteriesMennonitesGenealogyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1852-1908Export options:The Bricker connection, part 3: Catherine Bricker and George Brink, their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of Catherine Bricker, daughter of Elizabeth Cress and Peter Bricker, and her husband George Brink.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBricker PeterBricker Elizabeth CressBrink GeorgeBrink Catherine Bricker (m. George)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The centennial anniversary of the founding of the Wilhelm family in Canada, 1837-1937
Type: BookAbstract: A pamphlet containing a programme of the Wilhelm Reunion of 1937, a transcript of the centennial anniversary address by W.J. Leinweber, and a genealogy of the descendants of Michael Wilhelm who began ...Keywords: GenealogyWilmot TownshipGermansSettlersWilhelm familyWilhelm MichaelWilhelm Margaret Wettlaufer (m. Michael)Klotz OttoKlotz Elizabeth Wilhelm (m. Otto)Wilhelm PeterYear of publication: 1937Historical Period: 1837-1937Export options:The Cress connection, part 2: a record of Jacob Cress (1804-1881) and Magdalena Eby (1813-1883), their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical details on the descendants of Jacob, the eldest son of Simon, who moved with his family from St Jacobs to Port Elgin. There is introductory biographical information about the Eby and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesCress familyCress JacobCress Magdalena Eby (m. Jacob)David JohnDavid Barbara Cress (m. John)Puttock Veronica Cress (m. David)Puttock DavidCress SimonYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options: