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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Economic revitalization in St Jacobs, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the recent transformation of St Jacobs as a tourist attraction, following the village's long decline in business and population from 1881. The author outlines some of the specific agents ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1870-1990Export options:Functions of settlements in the Waterloo region 1951-1985: with historical background and comparative data for the counties of Bruce, Huron and Wellington
Type: BookAbstract: An account of economic, demographic and agricultural changes in the smaller settlements of Waterloo County. Using data from Dun and Bradstreet in Standard Industrial Classification categories, the ...Keywords: Settlement hierarchyLandscape CulturalLandscape RuralLand usePopulationUrbanizationBusinessesEconomic conditionsAgricultureIndustriesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1864-1985Export options:Methodist marriages: Preston Circuit, part 1: 1897-1912; 1923-1927; part 2: 1912-1923
Type: ReportAbstract: An index and chronological list of marriages performed at the church. Each part is prefaced by a brief historical outline of the church condensed from the booklet, {History of St Paul's United Church ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1897-1927Export options:Saint Mark's Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4538): East Concession 2, Lot 13, Wellesley Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 190 markers. The cemetery was begun in association with the Evangelical Lutheran Church which was established in the 1870s and first called St Paul's. The original ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1875-1990Export options:St Jacobs, Ontario: from declining village to thriving tourist community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the transformation of the village, including a discussion of agents and factors in its original development and recent "renaissance". The case of St Jacobs is set in the more theoretical ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1870-1990Export options:Trinity Lutheran Cemetery (CC#6477), Floradale, German Company Tract, Lot 117, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 320 markers. The introduction explains that the church at Floradale was one of the earliest local congregations of the Missouri Synod in Canada, in existence by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyChurches LutheranYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1852-1989Export options:United Brethren, Congregational and Methodist marriages 1898-1931
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical and chronological lists of marriages performed at the United Brethren in Christ, Hawkesville from January 1898 to September 1906, the Bloomingdale Congregational Church from March 1909 ...Keywords: MarriageMarriage registersChurches CongregationalChurches MethodistChurches United BrethrenYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1898-1931Export options:Wilmot Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4558): Bleam's Road, South side, Lot 17, Wilmot Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 150 markers in the cemetery that dates from 1846. The introduction notes that the cemetery has always been associated with Geiger Mennonite Church but was also open ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesMennonitesYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1846-1980Export options: