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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Index to The Eydt and Eidt families in Canada, 1835-1985
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to approximately 2,500 personal names.Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1835-1985Export options:Nicholas and Barbara (Schmidt) Lichti: ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical account beginning with Johannes Lichti, born in Upper Alsace in 1756, and ending with the ninth generation. An index of personal names of the direct descendants is provided on pages ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesLichti familyAlsace-LorraineWilmot TownshipGerman BlockSt AgathaWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1820-1985Export options:Origin of names in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of place names including Philipsburg, Rummelhardt, Weissenburg and Roseville, with a note on the derivation of some family names such as Eby, Brubacher and Lichty.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Park Lawn Cemetery Cambridge (Preston) (CC#4504): Fountain Street North, Cambridge (Preston), Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions with a master index of personal names, a plan of the cemetery and a brief history. The land was bought from Charles Whittington in 1944 and the first burial was in 1947.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1947-1993Export options:St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#6307): 235 Cooper Street, Hespeler, now Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the stones with an index to all personal names. A preface outlines the history of the Church of St Mary of the Visitation which was built in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1916. The ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1894-1951Export options:The anglicizing of German surnames - a frustrating genealogical experience
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the topics, followed by a discussion of the name Empey, for which the author finds over 65 spellings.Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1709-1983Export options:The Ayr Cemetery records index
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to some 3,700 persons whose burials are recorded in the Ayr Cemetery Record book which was microfilmed in the early 1970s, with a copy available at the Kitchener Public Library. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsGenealogyYear of publication: 1989Export options:The 'sewists' of Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Community effort yields hundreds of gowns for frontline workers When Bev Suderman-Gladwell was asked by a physician friend to "leverage her Mennonite connections," to respond to a time-sensitive ...
Keywords: COVID-19Homeless peopleMasksMedical suppliesPersonal protective equipmentChurches MennoniteSocial life and customsYear of publication: 2020Export options:The trek of the Pennsylvanians to Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed description of the route taken by migrants from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County. The travellers, mostly Mennonite, came from the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland, York, Berks, Franklin, ...Keywords: Migration processMennonitesYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options:The wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export options: