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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
History and genealogy of Andrew and Lydia (Getz or Goetz) Kuepfer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a poor Swiss Amish family who arrived in Wilmot Township about 1850. Andrew was a weaver whose twin brother Jacob migrated to Wilmot before him. The five children of Andrew and Lydia, ...Keywords: AmishSettlers SwissWeaving industryGenealogyKuepfer familyKuepfer AndrewKuepfer Lydia Goetz (m. Andrew)Kennel familyEiman familySchweitzer EdwardYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1850-1974Export options:History of the Noah W. Shantz and Rachel Shantz descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of Noah (1854-1920) and Rachel (1856-1890), Waterloo County Mennonites who had seven children. An introduction explains that the family is related to Christian who came from Pennsylvania ...Keywords: GenealogyShantz familyShantz Noah W.Shantz Rachel ShantzMennonitesBiographiesPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1810-1974Export options:In search of myself
Type: BookKeywords: BiographiesAuthorsGrove Frederick PhilipYear of publication: 1974Export options:Index to Pine Bush genealogy (Hespeler, Ontario) by Winfield Brewster
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to some 650 personal names mentioned in Brewster's book.Year of publication: 1987Export options:Interning Canada's 'Enemy Aliens,' 1914-1919
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: At the outbreak of World War I, roughly 200,000 'Austrians,' mainly of Ukrainian descent, resided in Canada. Until the government released or paroled them, they constituted the majority of enemy ...Year of publication: 1974Export options:Inventory of Ontario newspapers: 1793-1986
Type: BookAbstract: A guide to English-language newspapers, including those of Waterloo County. The entries are arranged alphabetically, first by place of publication, then by masthead name. Frequency of publication ( ...Keywords: NewspapersPublishersYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1844-1986Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz: Mennonite businessman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the financial fortunes of Shantz (1822-1909), from his farming and sawmill business enterprises in the 1850s, the founding of the Dominion Button Works and other industries in the 1870s ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesBusinessesEntrepreneursSaw mill industryFarmersButton industryShantz Jacob Y.Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1843-1914Export options:John Weicker family: 1830 pioneers of South Easthope Tsp., Perth County, East Zorra Township, Oxford County
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of family trees, reunion reports, photographs, biographies and reminiscences relating to the Weicker family, German Lutherans who settled mostly in Perth County. Some of the family ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansObituariesBiographiesMapsWaterloo CountyPerth CountyWeicker familyWeicker JohnWeicker Catherine Zinkan (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Kinzie-Bean Cemetery (CC#5425): Biehn Tract Lot 1, Waterloo Township (now Mill Park Drive, Kitchener, west of Doon)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and index of about 80 surviving markers and monuments in the cemetery located on the original farm of John Biehn who came from Montgomery County, PA in 1800. Biehn's son-in-law, Dilman ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:Lieder-Sammlung commentary: self-helps for the Gemeinschaftliche Lieder-Sammlung
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesMusicHymnsYear of publication: 1987Export options: