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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Johannes Holzer, the Canisius of Upper Canada (1817-1888)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography illustrated with a portrait and including references to the priest's time at St Agatha in the mid-nineteenth century.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1848-1850Export options:John Adam Rittinger: the 'Glockemann' (1855-1915)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the editor of the "Berliner Journal" who earlier edited the Walkerton paper, "Ontario Glocke". The author discusses letters to the editor written by Rittinger in the Pennsylvania ...Keywords: NewspapersGermanBiographiesGermansRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Ontario GlockeBerliner JournalWalkertonYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1855-1915Export options:John Adam Rittinger: The 'Glockmann' (1855-1915)
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1984Export options:Krugerdorf
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1891-1984Export options:Landscape and Meaning: Structure and Symbolism of the Swiss-German Mennonite Farmstead of Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Waterloo Region Swiss-German Mennonite farmstead reconciles in its paradisal structure three polarities: male/female, farmstead/world, and God/humankind. Perpetuating a landscape developed in ...Year of publication: 1984Export options:Mennonite Change: the Life History of the Blenheim Mennonite Church, 1839-1974
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Oxford CountyWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansChurch historiesBlenheim Mennonite ChurchNith Valley Mennonite ChurchYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1839-1974Export options:Migration and the Mennonites: nineteenth- century Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study based on information from Ezra Eby's history, concluding that the Mennonite population of Waterloo was more stable than other ethnic communities, with the largest numbers leaving the area for ...Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1984Export options:Reunions and anniversaries: the Schiedel reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the reunion of the descendants of Martin and Susannah Ries, Mennonites who came to Breslau from Pennsylvania in 1825. Some genealogical notes are included.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesGenealogyBreslau (Ontario)Schiedel familySchiedel MartinSchiedel Susannah Ries (m. Martin)Schiedel JohnYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1825-1984Export options:Russian Mennonites mark 60th anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the arrival in 1924 of 800 Russian Mennonites in the Kitchener- Waterloo area.Keywords: Russian MennonitesKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1923-1924Export options:Soviet Jewish Emigres in Toronto: Ethnic Self-Identity and Issues of Integration
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Traces some of the difficulties recent Soviet Jewish immigrants have encountered in relating to the established Jewish community in Toronto. The tensions between the new immigrants and the ...Keywords: TorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1984Export options: