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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Ashkenazi is jazzy
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses Yiddish culture in Canada in light of the summer 1997 Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, Ontario. Performers at the festival; The Wedding Project and its attempts to rejoice in the Yiddish ...Keywords: Jews (Ashkenazi)YiddishTorontoFestivalsYear of publication: 1997Export options:President's address: the Pennsylvania background of early Waterloo settlers
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the material culture in eighteenth-century Pennsylvania, based on a survey of the "estates of representative families" such as Panabaker, Tyson, Weber, Levering, Keyser, Shuler, Johnson ...Keywords: Settlers PioneerCulture MaterialYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1701-1800Export options:The early Mennonite settlements in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the reasons for Mennonite immigration to Ontario following the American Revolutionary War, with details about the Waterloo settlement including family names of early settlers, the ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUpper CanadaWaterloo CountyPioneers' Memorial Tower DoonBlairZurichMarkhamYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1795-1828Export options:The Great War and Waterloo County: the Travails of the 118th Overseas Battalion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Canada's 118th Overseas Battalion, raised during World War I, still retains a reputation for disorder and underachievement. The unit's experience, however, actually was similar to other units Canada ...Year of publication: 1997Export options:The trek of the Pennsylvanians to Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed description of the route taken by migrants from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County. The travellers, mostly Mennonite, came from the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland, York, Berks, Franklin, ...Keywords: Migration processMennonitesYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options: