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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century, including the families of Schoerg, Eby, Erb, Betzner, Brubacher, Baumann, Bechtel, Biehn, Bergey, ...Keywords: SettlersWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesScotsAmishEby Ezra E.Young JamesSherk A.B. Rev.Beasley RichardYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1800-1856Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the early settlement of Block Number 2, Waterloo Township by Pennsylvania Mennonites, with brief mentions of the first pioneers in the other townships.Year of publication: 1925Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:The settling of southern Ontario: an appreciation of the work of Carl Schott.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Carl Schott came to Canada from the University of Kiel in 1931 to pursue research into the settlement of Southern Ontario. The results of his study were published in Kiel in 1936 and his thorough ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:The 'sewists' of Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Community effort yields hundreds of gowns for frontline workers When Bev Suderman-Gladwell was asked by a physician friend to "leverage her Mennonite connections," to respond to a time-sensitive ...
Keywords: COVID-19Homeless peopleMasksMedical suppliesPersonal protective equipmentChurches MennoniteSocial life and customsYear of publication: 2020Export options:The Shantz family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the emigration of Jacob Tschanz from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1737 and the subsequent migration of his children to Waterloo Township in the first years of the nineteenth ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobTschanz JacobGenealogyBiographiesSwitzerlandPennsylvaniaWaterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:The Snider Pioneer Memorial
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief description of the 1922 dedication ceremony for the Snider Pioneer Memorial in Doon Cemetery, including some information about the Snider family.Year of publication: 1922Historical Period: 1800-1922Export options:The Stedman deed
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of the land grant by the Six Nations Indians to Philip Stedman in 1798, reprinted from an earlier Waterloo Historical Society article in 1919, pp 84-87. The introduction to this article is taken ...Year of publication: 1940Historical Period: 1784-1798Export options:The story of Conestoga
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the word Conestoga. First used to describe "the people of the forked roof poles" in what is now Virginia, the word has also become synonymous with the early migrations of the ...Year of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options:The Swiss Move to Almaguin [Ontario, Canada]
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the Canadian government's promotional efforts to lure Swiss farmers to immigrate in the 1870's, notes one group of immigrants who arrived in Ontario in 1875, and briefly sketches the lives ...Keywords: AlmaguinSwissBrand GottliebYear of publication: 1991Export options:The Tailor Shop
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Presents a memoir of childhood in the 1950's-60's centered on the Toronto, Ontario, tailor shop owned and operated by the author's grandfather, father, and uncles, and of his first exposure to the ...Keywords: Ethnic identityTorontoJewsYear of publication: 1997Export options: