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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Diaries of our Pennsylvania German ancestors 1846-1925
Type: BookYear of publication: 2002Export options:Diary of Catherine Breithaupt, June-August, 1888: historical and linguistic interpretation
Type: ThesisKeywords: DiariesGermanLinguisticsBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Catherine (1834-1910)Description and travelYear of publication: 1995Export options:Diary of Elias Eby, 1810-1878
Type: BookAbstract: Diary of Eby's last six years, 1872 to 1878, translated, edited and annotated by Isaac R. Horst. Second son of Bishop Benjamin Eby and Maria Brubacher, Eby bought Lancaster Mills following Jacob ...Keywords: DiariesMennonitesRussian MennonitesFuneralsDiseasesClergyBridgeportBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipEby EliasYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1872-1878Export options:Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada;
Type: BookAbstract: A guide for emigrants to Canada, in two parts. The second describes Upper Canada through letters by an Ayrshire emigrant to his brother in Glasgow. Letter five contains an optimistic account of the ...Keywords: ImmigrationTravellers' guidesSettlers GermanSettlers ScottishFarmersDamsFlora and faunaIndigenous peoplesSoilsClimateYear of publication: 1843Historical Period: 1842-1843Export options:Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the River Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint by Kelvinprint of James Marr Brydone's account of his expedition with British emigrants through Upper Canada, including a trek through the Waterloo area described on pages 31-33 and 42. He ...Keywords: DiariesSettlement processSettlement DirectedSettlers EnglishEmigrationEmigration agentsWeatherRivers and streamsSoilsMillsYear of publication: 1834Historical Period: 1833-1834Export options:Sun in winter: a Toronto wartime journal, 1942 to 1945
Type: BookYear of publication: 2003Export options:The Breithaupts and Breithaupt Leather: Building a family business in Berlin, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: When the Breithaupt family formed a joint stock company in 1890, it marked the final stage in the development of their leather business in Berlin Ontario. The family had been tanners for eight ...Year of publication: 1992Export options:The diary of the Moravian Indian mission of Fairfield, Upper Canada, 1792-1813
Type: ThesisAbstract: This thesis an annotated translation from the original German of the official diary of the Moravian Indian mission of Fairfield, Upper Canada. The translated text is preceded by a thematic, five-part ...Keywords: FairfieldThamesvilleUpper CanadaMoravian GermansIndigenous peoplesDiariesMissionariesSettlers18th century19th centuryYear of publication: 1998Export options:The dual heritage of Berlin, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biography of L.J. Breithaupt, based on entries in his diaries spanning 35 years and ranging from his apprenticeship in his father's tannery to his later interests in the Breithaupt Leather Company ...Keywords: BiographiesDiariesBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerLeather industryBreithaupt Leather Co. BerlinEntrepreneursPoliticiansEvangelical ChurchYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1875-1910Export options:The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer
Type: BookAbstract: The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War ...Keywords: BiographiesAgricultureCustoms and traditionsMennonitesGenealogyFolkloreDiariesEby Gordon C.Eby ChristianEby familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1911-1913Export options: