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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The descendants of Frederick and Maria (Reichard) Bock
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogy of a Pennsylvania German family that includes the Waterloo Township councillor and potter, Jacob Bock. Bock later moved with his family from Waterloo Township to New Dundee. A photograph of ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesDiseasesCorrespondenceAgriculturePoliticiansWaterloo TownshipNew DundeeBock Jacob S.Bock Elizabeth Jane Liebler (m. Jacob S.Bock)Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1799-1991Export options:The family history and genealogy of Christian Steinman(n) and Veronica Eyer
Type: BookAbstract: An account of an Amish family who came to Wilmot Township in 1827. The genealogy of each family is prefaced with biographical information, and illustrations include photographs and facsimiles of ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesAmishSteinmann ChristianSteinmann Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Steinman familySteinmann Christian JrSteinmann Maria Honderich (m. Christian Jr)Erb Jacob S.Erb Catherine Steinman (m. Jacob S.)Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1827-1990Export options:The family history and genealogy of Michael B. Yantzi and Jacobena (Kennel) Yantzi
Type: BookAbstract: An account of Michael B. Yantzi (also spelled Jantzi and Yancey) and his wife, with individual genealogies for each of their children. Family lists and information about the Kennel and Ruby Families ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyBiographiesAmishYantzi familyYantzi Michael B.Yantzi Jacobena KennelBridgeportWilmot TownshipBadenYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1823-1991Export options:The German Canadian mosaic today and yesterday: identities, roots and heritage
Type: BookYear of publication: 1991Export options:The life and times of George Hendel Sr
Type: ReportAbstract: The autobiography of George Hendel Sr who was born in Austria-Hungary in 1904 and came to Kitchener in 1929. He started farming in the 1930s but by the 1950s had changed to construction. He recounts ...Keywords: FarmersGenealogyBiographiesRomaniaEconomic conditionsNew Apostolic ChurchWaterlooEmigrationYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1904-1990Export options:The links that bind: the Harvie Family nineteenth-century burying ground
Type: ReportAbstract: An account of the results of an excavation of a pioneer family cemetery, with reflections on the ability to trace genealogy through archaeology and osteology.Keywords: ArchaeologyArtifactsCemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1816-1900Export options:The Mennonite heritage of the Huber family, Oxford and Waterloo Counties, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: An unpublished student essay on an influential Berlin family. There are biographical sketches of many members, including Henry S., Jacob, James T. and his wife Emmaline Schlichter, Benjamin S., Allen ...Keywords: MennonitesHuber familyGenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerOxford CountyWaterloo County19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1820-1990Export options:The Peter Martin House Restoration: a Photographic Essay
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1820's-30'sExport options:The Petworth Emigration Scheme: a preliminary list of emigrants from Sussex and neighbouring counties in England to Upper Canada 1832-1837
Type: BookAbstract: A working list of emigrant families from southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire) who were assisted to come to Upper Canada in the 1830s. Among those who settled in ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:The sociology of Mennonites, Hutterites and Amish: a bibliography with annotations, 1977-1990
Type: BookAbstract: A companion volume updating and expanding the 1977 bibliography by the same author. There are critical annotations for bibliographies and encyclopedias, books and pamphlets, articles and theses. An ...Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1977-1990Export options: