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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Swiss in the Province of Ontario, Canada, District 131, According to the Muskoka Census of 1881
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Lists 171 Swiss Canadians in the 1881 Muskoka, Ontario, census, giving each entrant's name, sex, age, birthplace, religion, country of origin, occupation, and marital status.Keywords: SwissMuskokaCensus recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1881Export options:Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:The Bowmanville Riot
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The writer discusses the history of the three-day Battle of Bowmanville, which occurred in Ontario in October 1942 when Canadian troops fired on German prisoners of war during a rebellion at a camp. ...Keywords: World War IIPrisoners of warBowmanvilleYear of publication: 2002Export options:The Canada directory: containing the names of the professional and business men of every description, in the cities, towns, and principal villages of Canada: together with a complete post office directory of the province; a directory to public offices, officers and institutions; a variety of statistical and commercial tables, exhibiting the population, trade, revenue, expenditure, imports, exports, public works, etc., etc.,
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract:A directory including the following Waterloo County centres: Ayr, Berlin, Bridgeport, Galt, Hawkesville, New Hope, Petersburg, Waterloo and Wellesley. Advertisements are included, many from the ...
Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1851Historical Period: 1850-1851Export options:The Canada Museum
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1835-1850Export options:The "Canada Museum"
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the "Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung", Kitchener's oldest German newspaper, published from 1835 to 1840.Keywords: GermansNewspapersWaterloo CountyPeterson Henry WilliamEby BenjaminSchneider Jacob C.Van Egmond AnthonyIsrael CarlScott John DrRobinson PeterYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1835-1850Export options:The Case for Mr. Berczy
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Frustrated in his efforts to establish a settlement of German peasants in upstate New York, William Berczy (born Johann Albrecht Ulrich Moll) turned to Upper Canada. Lured by a promise of free land ...Year of publication: 2001Export options:The Deutscher Bund Canada 1934-39
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the pro-Nazi German-Canadian organization, founded by five men associated with Waterloo: Ernst Kopf, Otto Geisler, Georg Messer, Paul Lechscheidt and Karl Gerhard. Toronto and Kitchener- ...Keywords: GermansEthnic groupsGerman languageYouthWorld War IINewspapersEthnic identityAssociations and clubsDeutscher Bund CanadaDeutsche ZeitungYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1934-1939Export options:The Dresden Story: Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Uses a case study of Dresden, Ontario, to explore how organized labor, particularly the Jewish Labour Committee, contributed to the development of human rights values and antidiscrimination law in ...Keywords: DresdenLabour movementsJewsYear of publication: 2001Export options: