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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Albert I. Hunsberger
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the president of the Waterloo Historical Society in 1981-1982, noting his career in education and service on many boards including the Conrad Grebel College, the Fairview Mennonite ...Keywords: TeachersWritersMennonitesAssociations and clubsBiographiesWaterloo Historical SocietyConrad Grebel CollegeFairview Mennonite Home PrestonUniversity of WaterlooKitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational SchoolYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1912-1982Export options:Death and Ethnicity: Swiss-German Mennonite Gravestones of the 'Pennsylvania Style' (1804-54) in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many of the Mennonite tombstones in Waterloo County are stylistically similar to Pennsylvania-German tombstones, particularly with respect to construction features, design, the use of motifs, and the ...Year of publication: 1982Export options:Died in 1969
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people who died in 1969: Amos B. Bowman, Miss Isabella C. Deans, Mrs Aaron Y. Haist, Henry H. Johnson, Miss Margaret P. McKenzie, William H. Milroy, Dr Alex O. Potter, Dr George ...Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1865-1969Export options:Grace Schmidt Room of Local History celebrates 10th anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the local history resources and materials available at Kitchener Public Library, with an account of the anniversary celebration.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1984-1994Export options:Henry B. Tiessen's experiences as a Russian Mennonite immigrant
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Translation of an excerpt from Tiessen's "50 Jahre in Canada: damals und heute" (1973, pp.5-14). It describes the arrival of the Hoffman family from Russia at the Waterloo station in the early 1920s ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1923-1924Export options:Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical and contemporary portrait of the relationship between the two cities. The author reports that the Kitchener metropolitan area (which included Waterloo) had the fastest rate of growth in ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Mennonite odyssey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of Mennonite history, with some emphasis on Waterloo County.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options:New Germany's medical men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Biographical outlines of Maryhill's doctors, from Dr Friedrich Christ in 1854 to Dr Patrick Joseph Kirby who left in 1912.Keywords: PhysiciansBiographiesChrist Friedrich DrHug NicolausBecker Wilhelm DrRoberts Hugh G. DrOccupationsNew GermanyMaryhillGermansYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1854-1912Export options:On Community Relations in Ontario in the 1940s
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A personal memoir of a member of the Canadian Jewish Congress that recounts the efforts to gain political support from Premier Leslie Frost for the passage of a fair employment law in Ontario that ...Keywords: BiographiesKayfetz BenJewsLabour LawYear of publication: 1994Export options: