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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options: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: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1984Export options: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:63rd wedding anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of the anniversary of Mr and Mrs John Geisel of Elmira.Year of publication: 1958Historical Period: 1895-1958Export options:A Benjamin Eby letter
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Transcript of an letter to Jacob Groff from Benjamin Eby written in 1851. Eby writes that Abraham C. Weber was ordained as preacher and that Joseph E. Schneider, Jacob J. Schneider, and Johannes C. ...Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1850-1851Export options:A comparative factorial ecology: Kitchener-Waterloo, 1971 and 1981
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of socio-economic and demographic characteristics based on census data for ethnic origin, religion, education, mobility, fertility, dwellings, households, employment and income. The ...Keywords: Census recordsGermansKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1971-1981Export options:A courtroom clash over the Holocaust
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Ernst Zundel's trial confirms that the Holocaust is still a passionate topic. Zundel, born in Germany, alleged in his 1983 pamphlet, Did Six Million Really Die?, that only thousands, rather than ...Year of publication: 1985Export options:A death in Olde Berlin, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords:Year of publication: 2016Export options:A descriptive summary and analysis of the changing settlement and occupational patterns
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study by a Mennonite of settlement patterns and trends in Wilmot Township, the only area of Ontario settled by both Amish and Mennonites. The author surveys the whole township for the period from ...Keywords: Wilmot TownshipNew HamburgBadenMennonitesPennsylvania GermansAmishEducationOccupationsAgricultureBirthsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1860-1980Export options:A facile pen: John Motz and the Berliner Journal, 1859-1911
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biographical appraisal of the roles of Motz as writer, editor and business manager of the "Berliner Journal" and of the newspaper's influence in preserving German culture. The author presents a ...Keywords: NewspapersGerman languageBerlin (Ontario)Berliner JournalBiographiesMotz JohnMotz familyRittinger FriedrichRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1859-1911Export options: