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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Principles before party politics: the political career of Max Saltsman
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of Max Saltsman's political achievements and political thinking, based on an interview, Saltsman's own writings, and newspaper articles. Saltsman was the NDP winner of the 1964 federal by- ...Keywords: BiographiesPoliticiansJewsGaltWaterloo SouthNew Democratic PartySaltsman MaxReuter AllanWintermeyer John20th centuryYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1947-1985Export options:Readings of the tombstones of the cemetery of First Mennonite Church (CC#4507)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plan and index of more than 2,200 markers, including notations of the matching numbers in Ezra Eby's {Biographical history of Waterloo Township}.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1830-1983Export 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:Schmetzer Farm Cemetery (CC#4526), Wellesley Township, Lot 7, Concession X, near Linwood
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plan of 22 markers in the small, abandoned cemetery west of Linwood. It is on the farm occupied successively by Michael, Georg and Jacob Schmetzer; other family names recorded on ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1870-1920Export 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:Sheard family monument (CC#4567), Block
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcription of text on the spired stone of red-faced granite and on the five small footstones that commemorate Titus and Mary Sheard and family.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1844-1890Export options:Simeon Eby Martin (1892-1984)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A transcript of an interview with the carpenter Simeon Martin about his life before the death of his wife, Barbara (nee Snyder) in 1977. Martin's stories convey his deep feelings for his Mennonite ...Keywords: BiographiesChurches MennoniteMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Oral historyLanguage rightsLinguistic minoritiesMartin Simeon EbyEby William K.Eby AmandaYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1892-1977Export options: