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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
1784-1984: 200 years of German participation in building Ontario: a chronological table
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the migrations of German- speaking people and the areas they settled in the Waterloo region. Prominent individuals including Benjamin Eby, Christian Nafziger, F.W. Bindemann, George ...Keywords: GermansReligionEducationCustoms and traditionsSportsMusicAssociations and clubsIndustriesGerman languageUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1984Export options:A History of a Community Orphanage, Its Matrons and Benefactors
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: OrphanagesWaterloo CountyAdoptionYear of publication: 2005Export options:A letter: 1846
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A letter written to Samuel and Elizabeth Bechtel of Hespeler from Christian and Elizabeth Bauman (Bowman) of Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1846.Keywords: CorrespondencePennsylvania GermansSettlersHespelerWaterloo TownshipMennonitesBechtel familyYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1846Export options:A long-neglected son of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Ephraim Weber (1870- 1956), writer, teacher, rancher, and correspondent with L.M. Montgomery.Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1870-1956Export options:A reflection on the collective biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of a project that gathered data on 547 councillors, summarizing some of the collective results derived from the data including information on religion, occupation, political party and sex ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options:A Separate and Peculiar People-Fieldwork and the Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The following is an account of fieldwork experience in the Old Order Mennonite community of Waterloo County, Ontario. The language spoken here is Pennsylvania German & this paper focuses on ...Year of publication: 2007Export options:A sketch of the Mennonite settlement in Canada
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An overview of the settlement of Pennsylvania German Mennonites in Waterloo Township, translated from German by the editor. Migrations of Mennonites are traced from Franklin, Lancaster and Cumberland ...Year of publication: 1888Historical Period: 1799-1848Export options:Address delivered at the dedication of the Memorial Tower, August 28, 1926
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An uplifting address by the representative of the Lancaster County Historical Society, praising the pioneer settlers who came to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania.Year of publication: 1926Historical Period: 1798-1830Export options:Alex H. Welker retires from high school board
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of Welker's retirement from the Kitchener-Waterloo High School Board after 54 years of service.Keywords: EducationWelker AlexWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1910-1964Export options:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options: