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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character
Type: BookAbstract:A collection of biographical sketches of the mainly Pennsylvania German Mennonites who settled in Waterloo Township and adjoining areas in the first half of the nineteenth century. The details for ...
Year of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1798-1895Export options:A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes on a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, including Dillman Ziegler and his sister Hetty Detweiler, children of Elizabeth Kolb and Jacob Ziegler, who came to Waterloo ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansKolb familyZiegler DilmanZiegler Kate Schwartz (m. Dilman)Detweiler JacobDetweiler Hetty Ziegler (m. Jacob)Upper CanadaWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1816-1895Export options:A genealogical history of the Gottschall family: descendants of the Rev. Jacob Gottschall with the complete record of the descendants of William Ziegler Gottschall
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, members of which intermarried with the Clemens, Hunsberger, Bergey, Detweiler, Bean, Ziegler and Reiff families of Waterloo County. A name index to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGottshall FamilyClemens familyHunsberger familyBergey familyDetweiler familyUmstead Josiah G.Bean familyYear of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1924Export options:Das Deutschtum in der Provinz Ontario
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A comprehensive study of German ethnicity in the province, including an outline of the settlement and development of the Waterloo area. Strong German influences on local place names, cultural ...Keywords: OntarioAmishMennonitesDemographic statisticsEmigrationEthnic groupsEthnic identityGerman languageGermansPlace namesYear of publication: 1931Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:Hoch-High family in America: a record of some Hoch immigrants and their descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, some of whom settled in the Vineland area of the Niagara peninsula. Anna High married Jacob L. Kinzie of Doon in 1854 and her brother, Samuel K. High, ...Keywords: GenealogyReunionsFarmersMennonitesDoonBlairRosevilleVinelandPennsylvania GermansHoch familyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1854-1962Export options:Pannabecker - Panabaker: a family history by the late Cornelius Arthur Panabaker about 1960
Type: BookAbstract: Short biographies of members of the Panabaker family, including the author, descendants of pioneer settlers in the Hespeler area in 1810. Many of the family were farmers and some were later ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaTemperance movementChurches MethodistFarmersWomenTextile IndustryWar 1812World War IPanabaker FamilyPannebecker Nancy Detweiler (m. Cornelius)Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1810-1966Export options:Simeon Eby Martin (1892-1984)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A transcript of an interview with the carpenter Simeon Martin about his life before the death of his wife, Barbara (nee Snyder) in 1977. Martin's stories convey his deep feelings for his Mennonite ...Keywords: BiographiesChurches MennoniteMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Oral historyLanguage rightsLinguistic minoritiesMartin Simeon EbyEby William K.Eby AmandaYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1892-1977Export 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 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 Hespeler family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the descendants of John George and Anna Wick Hespeler. For each of their nine children (Jacob, Ferdinanda, William, Stephanie, Louis, Marie, Wilhelmina, Anna Barbara and Charlotte), ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers EnglishSettlers GermanFlour mill industryDistilling industryBarrel making industryBox industrySports Horse racingBiographiesRussian MennonitesYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1810-1921Export options: