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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The second Betzner reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of Betzner family history, including the 1920 Betzner reunion.Keywords: GenealogyDoonBreslau (Ontario)KitchenerFlamboro West TownshipBlairWaterloo TownshipBetzner familyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesYear of publication: 1920Historical Period: 1800-1920Export 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 Shantz family: being an outline of family history beginning with Jacob Shantz,
Type: BookAbstract: 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: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansWaterloo TownshipShantz familyShantz Frederick RobertShantz ChristianShantz Barbara ReiffShantz Jacob Y.Shantz Ivan A.Year of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1806-1930Export 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 Shantz family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the emigration of Jacob Tschanz from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1737 and the subsequent migration of his children to Waterloo Township in the first years of the nineteenth ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobTschanz JacobGenealogyBiographiesSwitzerlandPennsylvaniaWaterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:The Sherk family
Type: BookAbstract: A well-documented history of the Sherk family from 1635 to 1982. Most of the book refers to members in the United States, but two chapters refer to Canadian descendants. These include: Joseph Sherk ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options:The Snider Pioneer Memorial
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief description of the 1922 dedication ceremony for the Snider Pioneer Memorial in Doon Cemetery, including some information about the Snider family.Year of publication: 1922Historical Period: 1800-1922Export 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 Streichers 1812-1970
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of the Swiss Leonhardt Streicher and Barbara Kennel, who married in 1845 and later farmed in Wellesley Township; they had eight children. Transcripts of Leonhardt's ...Keywords: GenealogySwissStreicher familyStreicher LeonhardtStreicher Barbara Kennel (m. Leonhardt)McKee SamuelLebold DanielErb David L.Yantzi HubertWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1869-1970Export options: