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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Family history of Joseph Y. Shantz and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Shantz
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy introduced by reminiscences of Joseph and Elizabeth's twelve children. Joseph owned a sawmill on Plum Creek and founded the Haysville Cheese Factory, the first in Waterloo County. The ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesSchoolsMennonitesNew HamburgHaysvilleWilmot TownshipShantz Joseph Y.Shantz Elizabeth Stauffer (m. Joseph Y.)Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1971Export options:Family register of Jacob and Magdalena Bender and their children to the sixth generation: from the year of our Lord 1832 to 1925
Type: BookAbstract: The second edition of a genealogy with a brief introduction noting that the Amish Mennonite family settled near New Hamburg about 1832 after first coming to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from Hessen ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyAmishNew HamburgWilmot TownshipBender familyBender JacobBender Magdalene BrennemanYear of publication: 1925Historical Period: 1832-1925Export options:Family tree of Daniel and Barbara Brenneman up to June 1979
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Mennonite family who farmed south of New Hamburg. Both parents died of tuberculosis, leaving their three children, Peter, Elizabeth and Daniel, orphans at an early age. Biographical ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesNew HamburgBrenneman familySt AgathaWilmot Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1835-1979Export 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:Genealogical, biographical and pictorial history of the Bettschen family and its connections
Type: BookAbstract: An account of many members of the Bettschen family, beginning with David Bettschen in Canton Berne, Switzerland in 1723 and including David's son, Jacob, who settled in Wilmot Township in the early ...Keywords: GenealogySwissMapsBiographiesWilmot TownshipBettschen familyBettschen GottliebBettschen JacobBettschen ChristianBettschen GilgianYear of publication: 1910Historical Period: 1828-1910Export options:Genealogical resources: census records
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A guide to Ontario census records with particular reference to Mennonite families. Information available from the records is discussed, using Waterloo County examples. It mentions an index, compiled ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options:Genealogies of Peter Spenler and Katherine Kennel 1849-1971
Type: BookAbstract: A history of Amish families who came to the Baden area of Wilmot Township.Keywords: GenealogyAmishBiographiesSpenler PeterKennel KatherineBadenWilmot Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication:Historical Period: 1849-1971Export options:Genealogy of the Bingaman family: a record of the descendants of John Bingaman and his first wife Judith Snider, second wife Elizabeth Clemens
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a Mennonite family whose members settled in the vicinity of Wilmot Township. John Bingaman was one of the fourteen children of John Bingeman and Hannah Bergey who came from Pennsylvania ...Year of publication: 0Historical Period: 1825-1956Export options:George Iutzi and Catherine Miller genealogy, 1801-1992
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of one of the Jutzi brothers who came to Canada. Both the older (Jutzi) and newer (Iutzi) spellings of the family name are used. There are separate indexes for the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesAmishImmigrationWilmot TownshipJutzi familyIutzi familyJutzi GeorgeJutzi Catherine Miller (m. George)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1801-1992Export options:History and a partial genealogy of Michael and Magdalena (Lichti) Roth and history and full genealogy of John and Catherina (Boshart) Roth
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the family of John and Catherine and the descendants of their five married children. Michael and Magdalena, the parents of John, were French Amish Mennonites who bought land in Wilmot ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesFarmersAmishRoth familyRoth JohnRoth Catherine Boshart (m. John)Roth MichaelRoth Magdalena Lichti (m. Michael)Roth Christian B.Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1835-1972Export options: