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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The family history of Jacob (1834-1891) and Catherine Schweitzer (1819-1888): major emphasis on the Michael Schweitzer branch, 1834-1972
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle with biographical sketches of a German family who first settled in the Huron Tract and moved on to Wilmot Township in 1857. Descendants farmed near Mannheim and Erbsville and belonged to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesGermansBiographiesErbsville Huron TractsWilmot TownshipMannheimAlsace-LorraineSchweitzer familyYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1857-1972Export options:The family history of John Hahn
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with a brief biographical introduction to two brothers, John and Henry, who left Hesse Darmstadt in Germany in 1853 to settle near Heidelberg in Waterloo County. The genealogy charts the ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesLutheransGermansBiographiesHahn FamilyHahn JohnHahn HenryWagner JacobHahn Elizabeth Sippel (m. John)Year of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1853-1952Export options:The family history of Jonas Good and Elizabeth Snyder Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogies and tributes to Jonas, Elizabeth and their seven children. Jonas' father, Daniel Good, came from Pennsylvania to Waterloo in 1826. Jonas and Elizabeth began farming south of the Baden ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesFarmersWilmot TownshipNew HamburgGood familyGood JonasGood Elizabeth Snyder. (m Jonas)Snyder SamuelYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1826-1976Export options:The family of Johann Georg Hahn and Elizabeth Herber
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of George Hahn, a German farmer who settled near Bamberg in 1860. Among his descendants was Lewis Hahn, an entrepreneurial carpenter who founded the Hahn Furniture Company ...Keywords: GenealogyFamiliesBiographiesChurches LutheranSettlers GermanFarmersHahn FamilyHahn George SrHahn Elisabeth Herber (m. George Sr)Voll Henry A.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1860-1985Export options:The four faces of John Ratz, Elmira
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An appraisal of Ratz's roles as Reeve, railway promoter, miller, real estate entrepreneur and family man.Keywords: RailwaysBiographiesFinancial institutionsFlour mill industryPoliticiansMapsPhysiciansSettlersLand ownershipElmiraYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1833-1889Export options:The genealogy of the Detweiler, Detweiler family
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the descendants of Hans and Susanna Detweiler.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesDetweiler familyDetweiler HansDetweiler Susanna19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1810-1990Export options:The Gerber family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an introductory biographical sketch of Michael and Veronica Jantzi, Mennonite farmers near Shingletown. John Gerber, Michael's father, settled in Wilmot Township in 1838. A list of ...Keywords: GenealogyGerman languageBiographiesMennonitesWilmot TownshipShingletownBadenSt AgathaGerber familyGerber JohnYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options:The Germans in Ontario: a bibliography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A listing of nearly 750 titles of articles appearing in newspapers, periodicals and encyclopedias, as well as of genealogies, biographies, and church, local, and provincial histories, many of which ...Keywords: BibliographiesArchitectureAgricultureAmishArt and artistsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityReligious buildingsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1984Export options:The golden Bible looking-glass
Type: BookAbstract: A translation of the autobiography of the Elmira resident who considered himself to be the Second Moses. The work focuses on his life's experiences, but also includes passages from the Bible and ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: c1868-1913Export options:The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer
Type: BookAbstract: The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War ...Keywords: BiographiesAgricultureCustoms and traditionsMennonitesGenealogyFolkloreDiariesEby Gordon C.Eby ChristianEby familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1911-1913Export options: