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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character
Type: BookAbstract:A collection of biographical sketches of the mainly Pennsylvania German Mennonites who settled in Waterloo Township and adjoining areas in the first half of the nineteenth century. The details for ...
Year of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1798-1895Export options:A genealogical history of the Gottschall family: descendants of the Rev. Jacob Gottschall with the complete record of the descendants of William Ziegler Gottschall
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, members of which intermarried with the Clemens, Hunsberger, Bergey, Detweiler, Bean, Ziegler and Reiff families of Waterloo County. A name index to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGottshall FamilyClemens familyHunsberger familyBergey familyDetweiler familyUmstead Josiah G.Bean familyYear of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1924Export options:A history of the Stauffer families who came to Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy based on the 1934 work by C.T. Groh. This report includes more information on the European ancestors, the names of all Stauffers who came to Upper Canada before 1867, and a brief ...Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1800-1977Export options:A Longhouse genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of a German family who settled first in the Genesee region of New York State and later in Markham Township. Peter Longhouse, a farmer, moved to Waterloo County where he held land in ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansMarkham TownshipHespelerLonghouse familyLonghouse PeterBergey MichaelLonghouse Catharine Letson (m. Peter)Longhouse HenryLetson JacobYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-1986Export options:An addition to the history of the Hallman family in Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A continuation of the work published in 1906, with a drawing of the family crest, information on the names Hallman and Heilman by Dr Bergey, a description of the second Hallman reunion held in Berlin ...Year of publication: 1912Historical Period: 1800-1912Export options:Bergey family: a preliminary report
Type: BookKeywords: Berkey familyGenealogyWaterlooYear of publication: 2013Export options:Changes in cultural symbols for Ontario Mennonite women of the Swiss tradition during the 1950s and 60s: stories we need to hear
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Personal observations and experiences of the changing role of Mennonite women. A farm accident necessitated the reversal of traditional roles in the Bergey family, leaving the author in charge of the ...Keywords: MennonitesCustoms and traditionsBiographiesWorld War IIWomenOccupationsMennonite Central CommitteeKitchener Farmers' MarketCutting Room KitchenerGalt MarketYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1935-1990Export options:David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of David Bergey who taught at various schools in Waterloo and Wilmot townships, combining teaching with farming until 1900. He later continued the Bowman cheesemaking tradition of his wife ...Keywords: TeachersSchoolsMennonitesWaterloo TownshipWilliamsburgWaterlooMannheimBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1866-1878Export options:Early Mennonite migrations from Pennsylvania and subsequent settlements in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A useful summary of settlement in what became Waterloo, Woolwich and Wilmot Townships, in the context of Upper Canada generally. The author recounts the dealings with Richard Beasley and other ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Family history of Jacob and Elizabeth Eby Bergey
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated genealogy updating the 1925 work by Dr David Hendricks Bergey and including brief histories of the Bergey and Clemens families.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesBergey JacobEby ElizabethBergey familyClemens familyBirky familyBergey DavidYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1818-1987Export options: