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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Wenger book: a foundation book of American Wengers including variant spellings such as Winger, Wanger, Whanger, Wegner, Wengert, Wengerd, Wingart, Wingard, Wingert, Wangerd, Wengar, Wencker, and names spelled with "V" rather than "W"
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family in America, particularly descendants of Christian Wenger and Eve Graybill who came to Pennsylvania in 1727. Among those who came to Waterloo County were Elizabeth Zimmerman ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesTunkersBiographiesWenger familyPennsylvaniaWaterloo County19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1825-1978Export options:The Wideman family in Canada and the United States: a genealogical record, 1803-1955
Type: BookAbstract: The second chapter lists descendants of Jacob Wideman and Barbara Lichty who settled in Woolwich Township in 1822. Others of the family settled in Markham Township.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesWoolwich TownshipElmiraWideman familyWideman JacobWideman Barbara Lichty19th centuryYear of publication: 1955Historical Period: 1822-1955Export options:The Wissler family record: being a brief account of Andrew Wissler's branch of the Wissler family in the United States and Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with biographies of three brothers, John, Levi and Sem, the father of the author. They moved from Pennsylvania to Berlin and founded the Eagle Tannery in 1837. Sem Wissler later ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesWissler familyWissler SemWissler LeviWissler JohnSalemEagle Tannery BerlinYear of publication: 1904Historical Period: 1834-1903Export options:The Witmer story
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of the Witmer family, Tunkers who came to Preston from Pennsylvania in 1804 and intermarried with the Grohs and Gingerichs. It includes reminiscences of the Isaac Witmer family who ...Keywords: GenealogyTunkersFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWitmer familyPrestonWilmot TownshipWaterloo Township19th centuryYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1804-1910Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:This unique heritage: the story of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A popular history from the Indian period to about 1930, with chapters on the Indians, Richard Beasley, the pioneers, John Galt, the Mennonites, the Scots, the Germans, the County, City of Galt, City ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersMennonitesGermansPennsylvania GermansMusicArt and artistsWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1750-1930Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A special issue of the publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, with a collection of stories of business activity among Mennonites who have sometimes been wrongly assumed ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: BookYear of publication: 1995Export options: