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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:Kitchener German (part 1), a Pennsylvania German dialect: phonology
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed comparison of the pronunciation of the Pennsylvania German dialect in Waterloo County with that of Pennsylvania. The authors conclude that the Waterloo dialect is homogeneous except for ...Keywords: German languageEthnic groupsEthnic identityDialectsKitchenerPennsylvaniaMaryhillGermansMennonitesAmishYear of publication: 1953Historical Period: 1800-1953Export options:Kitchener German (part 2), a Pennsylvania German dialect: morphology
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed comparison of the language structure of the Pennsylvania German dialect of Pennsylvania and that of Waterloo County. Many similarities are noted, but the percentage of English loan words ...Keywords: KitchenerMaryhillMorphology (linguistics)Ethnic groupsEthnic identityGerman languagePennsylvaniaDialectsYear of publication: 1953Historical Period: 1800-1953Export options:The wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export options: