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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Bishop Benjamin Eby, 1785-1853
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the Waterloo Township pioneer from Hammer Creek, PA, relating his accomplishments as preacher and teacher at the first Mennonite meeting house in Ebytown (Berlin) in 1813. ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyMennonitesPublishersTeachersPennsylvania GermansEby BenjaminEbytownBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options:Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4587), sometime called Snyder's, Road 67A, Woolwich Township, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 500 markers, most of which date from after 1900.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesMennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1990Export options:Boundary maintenance among Ontario Amish Mennonites
Type: ReportAbstract: An analysis of the challenge to the Amish Mennonites' ethnic identity by external economic forces and internal differences in ideology, during the period of increasing prosperity between 1940 and ...Keywords: AmishEthnic groupsOccupationsEthnic identityCustoms and traditionsEducationAcculturationPerth CountyWaterloo RegionWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1940-1970Export options:Bridging mind & spirit : Conrad Grebel University College, 1963-2013
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesConrad Grebel CollegeYear of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1963-2013Export options:Brief biographies
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Short profiles of seven county individuals who died in 1951: Alexander Rodgers Goldie, Karl K. Homuth, William J. Pelz, Arthur B. Pollock, Alexander Schaefer, Evelyn L. Breithaupt and John Christian ...Year of publication: 1951Historical Period: 1870-1951Export options:Brief biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Notes on 22 Waterloo County residents who died in 1948: Henry Wolfhard, Mrs S.C. Tweed, Charles R. Phelps, Louis D. Merrick, Dr R.L. Shields, John E. Vogt, George Karges, Mary Weber, Mrs Minerva Dart ...Keywords: ObituariesBiographiesOccupationsWolfhard Henry DrVogt John E.Karges GeorgeWeber MaryDart Minerva MrsShantz Nelson G.Swartz Percy W.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1850-1948Export options:Briefe an David Stauffer: David M. Stauffer (1834-1889), Snyder County, Pa.: his incoming correspondence covering the years of (1863-1889): David was ordained minister in 1864 and bishop in 1868
Type: BookYear of publication: 1990Export options:Brubacher family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of four generations of Brubachers in North America from about 1710, including a family tree, locations of family members in Pennsylvania and Waterloo County, many given names and ...Keywords: FamiliesGenealogyBiographiesMennonitesPennsylvania GermansSwissBrubacher JohnEby BenjaminErnst AnnaBuckwalter AbrahamYear of publication: 1923Historical Period: 1800-1923Export options:Calvary Conservative Mennonite Church Cemetery: German Company Tract Lot 124, Regional Road #21, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 110 markers. An introduction notes that the church to which the cemetery is attached was originally Evangelical when built in 1868 and that it was bought by the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1868-1990Export options:Cambridge: the making of a Canadian city
Type: BookAbstract: A popular history of Cambridge to 1987, and of the three separate industrial towns that were amalgamated in 1973: Galt, Preston, and Hespeler. The author presents a general historical overview, ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1775-1987Export options: