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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Why the Bechtel, Biehn, Betzner and Gingrich families chose the Beasley Tract in 1800
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A partly fictionalized account of how the early Pennsylvania Mennonite and Tunker settlers came to Waterloo Township and paid Richard Beasley forty thousand dollars for sixty thousand acres. The ...Keywords: FictionTunkersLand ownershipAgricultureCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansSettlersUpper CanadaWaterloo TownshipGerman languageYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1804Export options:Wilhelm and Augusta Boullee of New Hamburg, Ontario: their descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A brief account of the New Hamburg physician/publisher who emigrated from Germany in the 1840s. The research begins with information on Wilhelm and Augusta, and concludes with short entries on their ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanGermansPublishersPhysiciansBoullee William H. DrBoullee Augusta EngelhardtRiverside Cemetery New HamburgDer Neu-Hamburger NeutraleNewspapersYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1821-1981Export options:Wilhelm cairn restored
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief history of the cairn, built in 1931 to commemorate German pioneers Michael and Margaret Wilhelm who settled in Wilmot Township in 1837.Keywords: Settlers GermanWilhelm MichaelWilhelm ValentineWilhelm Margaret Wettlaufer (m. Michael)Vogel HenryClaire George A.Clair CameronPannabecker GordDaniells FredDahmer CarlYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1837-1994Export options:William H. Yost family tree
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German Mennonite family who settled in the Stratford area in the 1840s; descendants moved to Waterloo County. An index to this work was compiled by Elizabeth Schmadl.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesYost familyYost William H.Yost Anna Ruppel (m. William H.)StratfordWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1847-1983Export options:Winter studies and summer rambles
Type: BookAbstract: Impressions of Upper Canada by a perceptive woman who travelled to the inland settlements and wrote especially about the wives of immigrants. In the 1852 edition entitled {Sketches in Canada and ...Year of publication: 1838Historical Period: 1800-1852Export options:With my heart half-aglow : impressions and discourses in a German-Canadian context
Type: BookKeywords: German CanadiansCanada Ethnic relationsYear of publication: 1991Export options:Woodland Cemetery, Kitchener (CC#4510): Arlington Boulevard, formerly in Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with indexes and plans of markers in the various sections of the 50- acre cemetery that contains a Roman Catholic Mausoleum and a Protestant Mausoleum as well as the main ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyPrisonsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1926-1991Export options:Yost genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated genealogy of five generations of the descendants of John and Katherine Kohl, German settlers who came first to Perth County about 1850 and later settled in Wellesley Township. The name ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansSocial life and customsChildrenMennonitesPerth CountyWellesley TownshipBadenYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1846-1950Export options:Your heritage
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of two German families, the Schendels and Koppesers, containing stories and reminiscences of life in Kitchener from the 1930s to the 1990s.Keywords: GenealogySchendel familyKoppeser familyKitchenerWorld War IIGermansLang Tannery BerlinSunshine-Waterloo CountyHesse (Germany)Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1869-1993Export options:Zum Olymp, wenn ich bitten darf! : zwölf Dichterkameen
Type: BookYear of publication: 1982Export options: