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Family history of Jacob R. Brubacher
Type: BookAbstract: A detailed account of the ancestors and descendants of Jacob B. Brubacher (1855- 1937), the oldest son of John Martin Brubacher and grandson of John Weber Brubacher. Jacob B. and his wife, Elizabeth ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers SwissMennonitesFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaBrubacher familyBrubacher HansBrubacher AbrahamBrubacher Abraham H.Brubacher John E.Year of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1855-1978Export options:Family history of John Strohm Clemens 1833-1991
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of the twelve children of John S. and Rebecca Snyder. John was the grandson of Abraham Clemens who came from Pennsylvania to settle in Fisher's Mills in 1818. Notes on ...Keywords: GenealogyDiseasesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesMennonitesFisher's MillsWaterloo TownshipClemens familyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1818-1991Export options:Family history of Jonas C. Shantz and Hannah Snyder Shantz, 1710-1980
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the progenitors and descendants of Jonas C. Shantz (1813-1898) and Hannah Snyder and their eight children. There is a biography of each of the children, apart from Magdalena who died in ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyBiographiesShantz familyShantz MosesShantz LeviShantz Wendel S.Shantz Jonas C.Shantz ChristianShantz MagdalenaYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1813-1980Export options:Family history of Joseph Y. Shantz and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Shantz
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy introduced by reminiscences of Joseph and Elizabeth's twelve children. Joseph owned a sawmill on Plum Creek and founded the Haysville Cheese Factory, the first in Waterloo County. The ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesSchoolsMennonitesNew HamburgHaysvilleWilmot TownshipShantz Joseph Y.Shantz Elizabeth Stauffer (m. Joseph Y.)Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1971Export options:Family history of Karl Edler and his descendants, 1775-1975
Type: BookAbstract: An illustrated chart of the eight generations descended from Karl Edler of Dresden, Germany, whose three sons George, Karl and Frederick emigrated to Canada and the United States. George Edler ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1825-1975Export options:Family history of Mervin Bechtel and Adelia Brighton, compiled by their daughter, Ruby Bechtel Poth, copied from the original in her collection, 1983
Type: ReportAbstract: A collection of copied documents relating to the Bechtel family, including copies of marriage certificates, obituaries, photographs, genealogical charts and newspaper clippings. It also contains ...Keywords: GenealogyPhotographsFarmersBrighton AaronBrighton Catherine Hymmen (m. Aaron)Snider FamilyWalker GottliebWalker Catherine Hymmen Brighton (m. Gottlieb)Bechtel MervinBechtel Adelia Brighton (m. Mervin)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1803-1983Export options:Family history of Peter Shirk
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Peter Shirk, an Old Order Mennonite who held political appointments and owned the Lancaster Mills at Bridgeport and the Baden Mills. Short biographies ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesEducationBusinessesBiographiesReligionMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Shirk and Snider Ltd BridgeportBaden MillsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1862-1984Export options:Family record of Anson Beeshy Brubacher, 1863-1926
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of the Brubacher family, with particular attention to the families of Anson B. Brubacher and Magdalena Bowman.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesBrubacher Anson B.Brubacher Magdalena Bowman (m. Anson B.)Brubacher familySwissWaterloo TownshipWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1863-1967Export options:Family record of the descendants of Jacob Eby (1815-1896) and Mary "Polly" Bingeman (1820-1915)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Waterloo Township Mennonite couple who moved to Indiana in the 1850s. The first chapter contains information on their ancestors, who included members of the Bechtel, Bingeman, Bergey ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesEby JacobEby Mary Bingeman Polly (m. Jacob)Eby DavidBechtel familyBingeman JohnBergey familyEby familyWaterlooYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1815-1992Export options:Family records: mostly of three distinct groups and descendants of Joseph, David and Henry Bauman who settled as pioneers in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, up to the year of 1825, each representing one of the three tribes of Christian, Peter and Jacob, respectively, who are children of the old progenitor Wendel Bauman: also an extensive history and records of family lineages of the early ancestors
Type: BookAbstract:A detailed genealogical study of the members of the Bauman family from their arrival in Waterloo Township at the beginning of the 19th century to 1940. An historical sketch of the family includes ...
Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBowman familyBaumann WendelBauman JosephBauman HenryBauman DavidWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1940Historical Period: 1800-1940Export options: