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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Hallman-Clemens genealogy with a family's reminiscence
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of Rev. Eli Schmidtt Hallman, who was born near New Dundee and moved to Saskatchewan in 1905, later moving to Goshen, Indiana and then Texas. He describes the Mennonite revival led ...Keywords: GenealogyTeachersBusinessesMennonitesSchoolsSaengerfestsIndustriesEducationFarmersCustoms and traditionsYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1825-1949Export options:The history and genealogy of the Brubacher Brubaker families in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A family history that begins with Hans Brubacher in mid-sixteenth-century Switzerland and traces his descendants to Pennsylvania and Waterloo County.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesBrubacher familyBrubaker familySwissWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1807-1975Export options:The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:The lively little saint of St Jacobs
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief sketch of Dr Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe, born in 1823 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who practised in St Jacobs from 1853 to 1857. He later built up a lucrative practice in Cincinnati and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1888Export 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Type: ReportAbstract: An unpublished student essay on an influential Berlin family.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 Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: a study of household and community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A comparative study of the experience of two groups of Mennonites-those of Swiss/south German origin who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County between 1800 and 1830, and the Dutch/North ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1890-1899Export options:The Moxleys: early pioneers of Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical record of the descendants of a widow, Mrs Delilah Moxley, who married Daniel Eby in 1818 and farmed north of Waterloo. There is a descriptive introduction to each of the genealogies of ...Keywords: GenealogyWomenPennsylvania GermansEby DanielEby Delilah Moxley (m. Daniel)Moxley WilliamMoxley Mary Erb (m. William)Moxley SamuelKinzie JohnKinzie Elizabeth Moxley (m. John)Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1818-1970Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: German (New High)Pennsylvania GermanDialectsLanguage maintenanceLanguage interactionAmishMennonitesEnglishYear of publication: 1992Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1992Export options:The Pennsylvania Germans in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A review of the early migrations of Pennsylvania Germans into Upper Canada, based on the works of Ezra Eby, L.J. Burkholder and Mabel Dunham. The author also discusses "vestiges of Pennsylvania" such ...Keywords: DialectsAgricultureMennonitesImmigrationFolkloreGerman languageLand ownershipMennonites (Old Order)ReligionPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1946Historical Period: 1800-1946Export options: