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Family history and genealogy of Jacob and Marie (Lichti) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical summary of the ancestors and descendants of a Swiss Anabaptist farming family in Wilmot Township. Biographical sketches introduce the families of the ten children. The 1861 census ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissFarmersBiographiesWilmot TownshipKuepfer familyKuepfer John L.Kuepfer Magdalena Jantzi (m. John L.)Kuepfer Jacob L.Kuepfer Veronica Buerge (m. Jacob L.)Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1820-1976Export options:Pioneer settlement of southwest Wilmot
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of early land clearing practices, crops and the first churches and meeting places. A few references are made to early inhabitants of Wilmot Township including Paddy Darrington, Amos Good ...Keywords: RoadsCommunity historiesCulture MaterialAssociations and clubsChurches MethodistChurches AnglicanCropsSettlers PioneerFarmersLodgesYear of publication: 1946Historical Period: 1820-1900Export options:The family history of Jonas Good and Elizabeth Snyder Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogies and tributes to Jonas, Elizabeth and their seven children. Jonas' father, Daniel Good, came from Pennsylvania to Waterloo in 1826. Jonas and Elizabeth began farming south of the Baden ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesFarmersWilmot TownshipNew HamburgGood familyGood JonasGood Elizabeth Snyder. (m Jonas)Snyder SamuelYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1826-1976Export options:The Pennsylvania Germans in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A review of the early migrations of Pennsylvania Germans into Upper Canada, based on the works of Ezra Eby, L.J. Burkholder and Mabel Dunham. The author also discusses "vestiges of Pennsylvania" such ...Keywords: DialectsAgricultureMennonitesImmigrationFolkloreGerman languageLand ownershipMennonites (Old Order)ReligionPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1946Historical Period: 1800-1946Export options: