Trail of the Black Walnut [Second Edition, 1965]

by George Elmore Reaman

Overview

This is a superb piece of research on the little-known Pennsylvania-German connection in the founding of Upper Canada. Starting soon after the outbreak of the American Revolution, numerous Pennsylvania-German families and so-called "Plain Folk" (i.e. Mennonites, Dunkards, Moravians, Amish, Hutterites, etc.) migrated to Canada in successive waves. Together, in cultural and religious groups and in kinship groups, they settled in five main areas: Niagara (1776), Essex (1780), Eastern Ontario (1784), York County (1793), and Waterloo (1800). In this work, the author ecounts the story of this settlement of Ontario and lists the names of the first recorded settlers, giving their township and county of residence, date of settlement, nationality, and religion.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780806355962
Publisher:	Genealogical Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	07/12/2012
Pages:	306
Sales rank:	1,159,064
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.64(d)