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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery (CC#4585): now Calvary United Church Cemetery, German Company Tract Lot 37, St Jacobs, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 500 stones with an index. The introduction notes that the Evangelical Association organized its church in St Jacobs in 1848. The cemetery occupies the site of the original log ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings LogYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1848-1985Export options:Linwood Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4544), West Concession 10, Lot 12, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 21 markers in a recently opened cemetery beside the yellow brick Mennonite meeting house just east of Linwood. In almost all cases, the family name is Martin.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1965-1985Export options:Newborn Mennonite Cemetery (CC#6439): Woolwich Township, GCT Lot 38
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of eight markers in the small cemetery adjoining a large white frame meeting house on the south side of the first road north of County Road 17, about two miles northwest of St Jacobs. ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1956-1986Export options:Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 480 markers. The introduction notes that Saint James was the first organized congregation in Elmira, being served by the Rev. Jacob Werth who also founded Saint ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings BrickYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1850-1990Export options:Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery (CC #4566): Lot 12, South Erb's Road, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plan and index of some 175 markers. The introduction notes that the land was originally part of the farm of George Schmidt, with a schoolhouse in which the first church meetings ...Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1853-1989Export options:Three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads in Ontario: the families and their way of life
Type: BookAbstract: Illustrated accounts of three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads, including the Shantz family homestead in Wilmot Township. Each family is described with its crops, livestock and farm buildings, ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobShantz Amos Y.Shantz Noah S.Shantz Walter C.AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMapsFood customsFolkloreYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1781-1955Export options:Tremaine's Map of County of Waterloo, Canada West (1861)
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A useful account of historical maps of the Waterloo area, notably the Tremaine map as an example of a commercial type of county map already well developed in the United States. The author discusses ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1851-1861Export options:Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4576): South Erb's Road, Lot 4, Wilmot Township (east of St Agatha)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 90 markers. The introduction notes that the first services were held in the log schoolhouse on the present church property in December 1834 by the Rev. F.W. ...Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1834-1988Export options: