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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Finding refuge among Mennonites in Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Positive recollections of how the author and her family, who emigrated from Russia in 1924, lived for six months with a progressive Old Mennonite family.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1924-1925Export options:Flames, tempers, accusations: the 1896 Hibner Furniture Factory Fire
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Hibner familyFiresYear of publication: 2015Historical Period: 1896Export options:For friendship sake: a record of the descendants, Johannes A. Damm
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes of the family of a German sawmiller who gave his name to Dammsville, near Heidelberg, in 1855. Most of the family later moved to the Ayton area, but some ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansIndustriesBiographiesDomm familyDamm Johannes A.Damm Anna Klein (m. Johannes A.)Damm HeinrichDamm GeorgeDammsvilleYear of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1826-1929Export options:Franz Friedrich Walz and Fredericha Weidenhammer
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of four generations of a Waterloo German family, with an anecdotal history giving details of social life and customs. Franz Walz Jr worked at the Waterloo Manufacturing Company and was a ...Keywords: WomenGermansOccupationsSettlersCustoms and traditionsFestivalsGenealogyWalz familyWeidenhammer familyRoschmann familyYear of publication: 1992Export options:Frederick Robert Shantz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An obituary of Shantz (1875-1932) who worked for his father's foundry business and presided over the Shantz family reunion at Waterloo in 1930. He also served on the Preston Town Council and was ...Year of publication: 1932Historical Period: 1875-1932Export options:Freedom's star
Type: BookAbstract:Fictional acount of two families in the United States who left for Canada in 1816: the Peter Miller family, a wealthy Pennsylvania Mennonite farmer, and, the Paul Bolger family, slaves fleeing a ...
Year of publication: 2016Export options:Friendships forged at German Mills: the Zeller and Berge families
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Zeller familyBergey familyGerman MillsYear of publication: 2018Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:From forge to farm
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the emigration of Valentin and Anna Gertrude Ratz from Germany in 1828, based largely on the memories and family traditions contained in a 1918 letter by Jacob Ratz, who was an infant ...Keywords: Settlers GermanBlacksmithsSaw mill industryGenealogyRatz JacobRatz ValentinRatz Anna Gertrude (m. Valentin)Wilmot Centre CemeteryHessen GermanyAlsfeld Hessen GermanyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1828-1918Export options:From my window
Type: BookAbstract: Memoirs including an account of a trip to Kitchener to discover the author's ancestral roots. His great-grandparents were Jacob Wagner of Albany, NY, and Margaret Hailer, daughter of Jacob Hailer of ...Keywords: BiographiesAuthorsWagner GordonWagner familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1849-1987Export options: