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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
St Matthew's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4592): Conestogo, German Company Tract Lot 31, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index and plan of nearly 400 markers. The introduction notes that the first congregation was formed by F.W. Bindemann and the first church built in 1853. A new church was ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1853-1986Export options:The anglicizing of German surnames - a frustrating genealogical experience
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the topics, followed by a discussion of the name Empey, for which the author finds over 65 spellings.Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1709-1983Export options:The Ayr Cemetery records index
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to some 3,700 persons whose burials are recorded in the Ayr Cemetery Record book which was microfilmed in the early 1970s, with a copy available at the Kitchener Public Library. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsGenealogyYear of publication: 1989Export options:The Christian Ruby family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including biographical articles by Lorraine Roth about Christian Ruby and his son Joseph who emigrated to Wilmot Township in 1838. In 1853 Joseph was ordained bishop of the Amish ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1838-1989Export options:The Conrad Grebel Review
Type: Electronic journalKeywords: MennonitesAnabaptistsPeriodicalsYear of publication: 1983Export options:The Enos M. Bauman family
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogical chart of the descendants of Enos M. Bauman and Elizabeth Lichty Martin, to the fourth generation.Keywords: GenealogyBauman familyBauman Enos M.Bauman Elizabeth L. Martin (m. Enos M.)Bauman EdwinBauman ElamBuehler Lavina Bauman (m. William)Martin Adeline Bauman (m. Simon)Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1871-1989Export options:The family history and genealogy of Jacob Wagler and Magdalena Gardner and Barbara Lebold
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Wagler family, commemorating the 150th anniversary of the birth of Jacob Wagler, bishop of the Wellesley Amish Mennonite Congregation. Biographical information is provided about ...Keywords: AmishAnabaptistsMennonitesGenealogyBiographiesClergyWagler familyWagler JacobGardner MagdalenaLebold BarbaraYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1839-1989Export options:The four faces of John Ratz, Elmira
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An appraisal of Ratz's roles as Reeve, railway promoter, miller, real estate entrepreneur and family man.Keywords: RailwaysBiographiesFinancial institutionsFlour mill industryPoliticiansMapsPhysiciansSettlersLand ownershipElmiraYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1833-1889Export options:The Toronto Yiddish Press
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the history of Yiddish newspapers in Toronto, Ontario.Keywords: TorontoNewspapersJewsYiddishYear of publication: 1983Export options:The Waterloo Mennonites: a community in paradox
Type: BookAbstract: A scholarly study by a sociologist who was also founding president of Conrad Grebel College of what he calls "the most ethnically and organizationally diverse of any Mennonite community." Information ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options: