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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Mennonite Canadians
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children with questions and activities. Mennonite faith, settlement in Waterloo County, the immigration of the Russian Mennonites and the present way of life are all ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1780-1980Export options:The Otterbein family history: the descendants of Valentine and Elisabetha Herrmann Otterbein
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a German family who settled near Breslau in the 1840s, with biographical facts on most family members. A supplement to this work was compiled in 1985.Keywords: GenealogyWeaving industrySettlers GermanBiographiesFarmersOtterbein familyOtterbein ValentineOtterbein Elisabetha Herrmann (m. Valentine)Otterbein HenryOtterbein BalzarYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1840-1981Export options:The Schmidt-Smith family tree, 1787-1981
Type: BookAbstract: A list of the descendants of Johannes and Maria Catharina Schmidt who came to Waterloo County in the 1860s. Entries are arranged by family and generation and give birth and death dates. There are ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanSmith familySchmidt familySchmidt JohannesSchmidt Maria Catharina Schaefer (m. Johannes)Schmidt Adelaide Fischer (m. John S.)Schmidt John S.Schmidt KonradSchmidt Anna Jaeckel (m. Konrad)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1860-1981Export options:The settling of southern Ontario: an appreciation of the work of Carl Schott.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Carl Schott came to Canada from the University of Kiel in 1931 to pursue research into the settlement of Southern Ontario. The results of his study were published in Kiel in 1936 and his thorough ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:The Stager family in Canada since 1846
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes about a German family who settled near Preston in 1848. Their descendants later moved to farms near Hespeler and New Dundee. The family name was also spelled Stege ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansBiographiesStager familyFarmersPrestonHespelerNew DundeeWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1848-1980Export options:The Wilkins family: in New England from 1630 and in Ontario from 1868
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, with biographical notes on Charles Perkins Wilkins, a textile man who moved to Hespeler from New England in 1882 to install twelve new looms at the woollen mill. Many of his descendants ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1882-1980Export options:Theodore Dietrich of St Agatha
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the automobile and airplane enthusiast from St Agatha with an account of his many adventures in Skylark, the plane he built himself.Keywords: BiographiesSt AgathaWaterlooWilmot TownshipDietrich TheodoreDietrich Louis B.Gillies FredDietrich L.F.Dietrich Louis A.Dietrich Louis C.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1896-1980Export options:Warren Donald Stauch
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the teacher and former president of the Waterloo Historical Society.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1944-1980Export options:Weber's write-up: history and heritage, Johannes Weber 1807-1877 and Elisabeth Muench 1813-1904: a compilation of papers published
Type: BookAbstract: An eclectic collection of quarterly publications on the Weber family from Summer 1981 to Spring 1984 that includes information from many different sources. The family came from Hessen, Germany and ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1984Export options:Weber's write-up: history and heritage, Johannes Weber 1807-1877 and Elisabeth Muench 1813-1904: a compilation of papers published on and for the descendants of Johannes Weber and Elisabeth Muench who settled in Ontario in 1854
Type: BookAbstract: An eclectic collection of quarterly publications on the Weber family from Summer 1981 to Spring 1984 that includes information from many different sources. The family came from Hessen, Germany and ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanWeber familyWeber JohannesWeber Elisabeth Muench (m. Johannes)Kaufman Caroline Hillgartner (m. Daniel)Pflug HaroldWilmot TownshipHessen GermanyYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1984Export options: