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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of Cress who bought Lot 7 in Woolwich Township in 1819 from John Erb. The article provides information on the exact location of the homestead as well as biographical details of Simon' ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBiographiesSettlers PioneerCress SimonCress EphraimCress JacobCress CatharineBricker Elizabeth CressHewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1819-1852Export options:Statement of losses, Block No. 2 residents, War of 1812
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A document showing the losses sustained by several of the early inhabitants of Block Number 2, while they were employed in military transport work during the War of 1812. Names of those people and ...Keywords: War 1812Military serviceGermansMennonitesBechtel GeorgeBricker JohnSnyder JacobErb PeterWieler GerhartChisholm JohnYear of publication: 1928Historical Period: 1812-1813Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Menno Martin and Elizabeth Koenig (King)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Menno, son of John M. Martin and Rachel Bricker. Their Mennonite ancestor, David Martin, came to Waterloo County with his family in 1820.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesMartin familyMartin MennoMartin Elizabeth King (m. Menno)Bricker familyCress familyMartin DavidWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1820-1984Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Noah B. Martin and Catharine Martin
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of members of a Swiss Mennonite family who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County in 1820. Noah was the son of John M. Martin and Rachel Bricker.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaMartin familyMartin Noah B.Martin Catharine Martin (m. Noah B.)Cress familyBricker familyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1820-1984Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Isaac Bricker, 1718-1973
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of Isaac Bricker (1835-1926) who farmed in Blenheim Township and was a grandson of Samuel Bricker, one of the organizers of the German Company, and the son of Peter and Susannah Erb ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBricker JacobBricker PeterBricker SamuelBricker IsaacBricker Susannah Erb (m. Peter)Bricker Lydia Snyder (m. Isaac)Blenheim TownshipYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1802-1973Export options:The Bricker connection, part 1: Jacob C. Bricker and Mary Greenfelder, their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: Part of a 5-volume genealogy of the children of Peter Bricker and Elizabeth Cress, devoted to their son Jacob.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBricker JacobBricker PeterBricker JohnBricker Elizabeth CressBricker Elizabeth Cress (m. John C.)Bricker Jacob C.Bricker Mary Greenfelder (m. Jacob C.)Snider FamilyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The Bricker connection, part 4: John C. Bricker and Sallie Wideman (Elizabeth Cress), their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of John C. Bricker, son of Elizabeth Cress and Peter Bricker, with his first wife, Sallie Wideman, and his second wife, Elizabeth Cress.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyBricker PeterBricker Elizabeth CressBricker John C.Bricker Sallie Wideman (m. John C.)Bricker Elizabeth Cress (m. John C.)Wideman familyBricker familyCress familyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:The Bricker connection, part 5: Rachel Bricker and John Martin
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Rachel Bricker, daughter of Peter Bricker and Elizabeth Cress, and her husband John Martin.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBricker familyMartin familyMartin JohnMartin RachelSnider SolomonSnider Elizabeth Martin (m. Solomon)Martin Noah B.Martin Catharine Martin (m. Noah B.)Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The Eby family as related to the Brubachers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief history of the Eby family's migrations from Switzerland to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County. The author explains the Ebys' original connection with the Brubachers through the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansSwissMennonitesEby Ezra E.Eby TheodorusEby ChristianMayer ElizabethBricker CatherineYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:The history of Waterloo Township up to 1825
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account from the first purchase by Richard Beasley, James Wilson and John Baptiste Rousseau in 1798, to subsequent sales of properties within Blocks 1, 2 and 3. The author lists all properties ...Keywords: Settlement processSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesLand grantsLand patentsLand registrationLand surveysLand salesLand recordsLandownersYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1798-1825Export options: