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Peter G. Martin letters - English
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of letters from Peter G. Martin of St Jacobs to friends in other parts of Canada and the United States. The letters have been transcribed and, where necessary, translated from German ...Keywords: CorrespondenceMennonites (Old Order)Diseases TyphoidDiseases InfluenzaFarmersMartin Peter G.Martin familySt JacobsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1872-1899Export options:Pioneers of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the settlement of the townships in the Waterloo region from the time of the Six Nations Indians to 1850, with an appraisal of the three main ethnic groups, the Scots, the Pennsylvania- ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersPennsylvania GermansGermansMennonitesScotsImmigrationAmishOccupationsEthnic groupsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Reunions and anniversaries: the Schiedel reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the reunion of the descendants of Martin and Susannah Ries, Mennonites who came to Breslau from Pennsylvania in 1825. Some genealogical notes are included.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesGenealogyBreslau (Ontario)Schiedel familySchiedel MartinSchiedel Susannah Ries (m. Martin)Schiedel JohnYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1825-1984Export options:Russian Mennonites mark 60th anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the arrival in 1924 of 800 Russian Mennonites in the Kitchener- Waterloo area.Keywords: Russian MennonitesKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1923-1924Export options:Saint Agatha Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4568), Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 192 markers, preceded by a plan and index. The introduction notes that the land for a school house and burying ground was conveyed by Nicholas Lichti in 1845 but that a log school ...Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1834-1984Export options:Schneider, Snider and Snyders: the descendants of Hannes, 1534 and Catherine (Haus) of Berne Switzerland and Jacob, 1764- 1853 (Bloomingdale)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, based on historical sources, of the ancestors and descendants of the three Schneider brothers, Jacob, Joseph and Christian, who came to Waterloo County early in the 19th century. Jacob ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBloomingdaleDoonBerlin (Ontario)Berne SwitzerlandSchneider familySnider FamilySnyder familyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options:Shoemaker pioneers: the early genealogy and history of the colonial Shoemaker families who came to America before the revolution
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Shoemaker family in the United States that mentions the families of John and Mary Schantz and George and Maria Detweller, both of which migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesShoemaker familyMennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaWaterloo CountyWaterloo Region19th centuryYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1820-1864Export options:Soviet Jewish Emigres in Toronto: Ethnic Self-Identity and Issues of Integration
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Traces some of the difficulties recent Soviet Jewish immigrants have encountered in relating to the established Jewish community in Toronto. The tensions between the new immigrants and the ...Keywords: TorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1984Export options:St Andrew's Pioneer Pergola (CC#44488): Lansdowne Avenue, Galt
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of the stones from Old St Andrew's and United Presbyterian Cemeteries which were preserved in the rectangular pergola built by the Waterloo Chapter of the IODE in 1907.Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1839-1869Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Menno Martin and Elizabeth Koenig (King)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Menno, son of John M. Martin and Rachel Bricker. Their Mennonite ancestor, David Martin, came to Waterloo County with his family in 1820.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesMartin familyMartin MennoMartin Elizabeth King (m. Menno)Bricker familyCress familyMartin DavidWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1820-1984Export options: