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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Schenk family of Utzhausen, Hessen, Germany
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of facsimiles of documents relating to the Schenk family. Papers referring to Waterloo County settlers Johann Conrad and his wife, Katherina Siebert, include a dismissal permit, a ...Keywords: GenealogySchenk familySchenk Johann ConradSchenk Katherina Seibert (m. Johann Conrad)Schenk CasperSchenk Maria Doerr (m. Casper)FarmersSettlersGermansWeaving industryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1941Export options:The Schmidt-Smith family tree, 1787-1981
Type: BookAbstract: A list of the descendants of Johannes and Maria Catharina Schmidt who came to Waterloo County in the 1860s. Entries are arranged by family and generation and give birth and death dates. There are ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanSmith familySchmidt familySchmidt JohannesSchmidt Maria Catharina Schaefer (m. Johannes)Schmidt Adelaide Fischer (m. John S.)Schmidt John S.Schmidt KonradSchmidt Anna Jaeckel (m. Konrad)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1860-1981Export options:The Schnarrs from Erbsville 1853-1991: ancestors and descendants of Charles Demetrius Schnarr
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family whose ancestor came from Germany in 1853. It includes genealogical and biographical information, with reminiscences of farm life and the Erbsville community in the first half of ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansFarmersEducationSchools PublicSettlers GermanFood customsBiographiesSchnarr Charles DemetriusSchnarr Margaretha Jahn (m. Charles Demetrius)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1991Export options:The settlement of the German Block in Wilmot Township, Upper Canada
Type: ReportAbstract: A paper given at the Mennonite Experience in America Conference VI, November 5-7, 1987, at Bluffton, Ohio. The author relates the efforts of Christian Nafziger, and of Canadian Mennonites on his ...Keywords: AmishMennonites (Old Order)BiographiesSettlersLand economicsLand ownershipGerman BlockWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-c1850Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century, including the families of Schoerg, Eby, Erb, Betzner, Brubacher, Baumann, Bechtel, Biehn, Bergey, ...Keywords: SettlersWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesScotsAmishEby Ezra E.Young JamesSherk A.B. Rev.Beasley RichardYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1800-1856Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the early settlement of Block Number 2, Waterloo Township by Pennsylvania Mennonites, with brief mentions of the first pioneers in the other townships.Year of publication: 1925Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:The Shantz family: being an outline of family history beginning with Jacob Shantz, in the year of our Lord, seventeen hundred and ten
Type: ReportAbstract: An genealogical account of the American descendants of Jacob Shantz, mentioning notable members. Members of this Mennonite family came from Pennsylvania to Waterloo Township in 1806. There is a ...Keywords: GenealogyButton industryMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaReunionsWaterloo TownshipFreeportShantz familyShantz Frederick RobertShantz ChristianYear of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1806-1930Export options:The Stager family in Canada since 1846
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes about a German family who settled near Preston in 1848. Their descendants later moved to farms near Hespeler and New Dundee. The family name was also spelled Stege ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansBiographiesStager familyFarmersPrestonHespelerNew DundeeWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1848-1980Export options:The story of Conestoga
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the word Conestoga. First used to describe "the people of the forked roof poles" in what is now Virginia, the word has also become synonymous with the early migrations of the ...Year of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options:The story of the counties of Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A popular account of all the counties of Ontario, including a brief history of Waterloo County with many references to the Township of Dumfries from James Young's book.Keywords: MennonitesGermansSettlersDiseasesOntarioYear of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1805-1913Export options: