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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Elfriede and company: a tale of two families
Type: BookAbstract: The chronicle of the Janzen family, Russian Mennonites who fled to Waterloo County in 1924. The story includes the Neufeld family, for Eliese Neufeld married Rev. Jacob H. Janzen, and both had ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesRussian MennonitesGenealogyMusicArt and artistsSocial conditionsEducational exchangesChildrenSettlers UkrainianYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1903-1979Export options:Family history of Gottfried Reinhart
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Gottfried Reinhart and Anna Marie Bruder who owned a farm near Berlin, south of the Grand Trunk Railway. A description of their farmhouse and a history of the farm ...Keywords: Settlers GermanFarmersGenealogyReinhart familyReinhart MartinReinhart Theresa Wolpert (m. Martin)Reinhart Henry B.Reinhart GottfriedReinhart Anna Marie Bruder (m. Gottfried)Galt ThomasYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1824-1981Export options:Ferrie, Colin Campbell
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the merchant, banker and politician (1808-1856) who established a branch of his father's mercantile interests in Hamilton in 1830. Outlying branches of the business were established in ...Keywords: BiographiesMerchantsPoliticiansFerrie ColinPrestonDoonGaltWaterloo TownshipHamilton19th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1832-1865Export options:Freeborn Cemetery, also known as Zion Presbyterian Cemetery (CC#4543): West Concession 3, Lot 10, Wellesley Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of nearly 100 stones, by row and plot, followed by an index. The introduction notes that the cemetery, while located on what was historically the Freeborn farm, served as a community ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1845-1988Export options:From my window
Type: BookAbstract: Memoirs including an account of a trip to Kitchener to discover the author's ancestral roots. His great-grandparents were Jacob Wagner of Albany, NY, and Margaret Hailer, daughter of Jacob Hailer of ...Keywords: BiographiesAuthorsWagner GordonWagner familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1849-1987Export options:Genealogy of Henry and Froenika Neuschwanger who arrived in North America from Germany in 1846: organized down to the sixth generation
Type: BookKeywords: GermansNeuschwanger familyMennonitesYear of publication: 1988Export options:George Henry Ziegler 1889-1981
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography listing Ziegler's accomplishments and referring to his parents and ancestors in Germany.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1889-1981Export options:German immigration into Canada: a survey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An overview of German settlement including the waves of migration to the Waterloo area. It is noted that this article is a translation of the original German work by Werner A. Bausenhart.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1799-c1835Export options:German Sängerfest in Waterloo County during the late nineteenth century
Type: ThesisKeywords: MusicWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1981Export options:Gingrich family genealogy: with limited historical and other data of the Ulrich Gingrich family
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of Pennsylvania Mennonite Abraham Gingrich and his wife Barbara Hunsicker, who settled in Waterloo Township in 1801.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1801-1981Export options: