This site is a work in progress. Tell us what you think.
German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Mennonite women slowly gain equality
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A general review with no specific references to Waterloo County except that one of the two photographs shows Mennonites picking berries in Berlin, circa 1912.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:Pastoral transition in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Staff changes Renate Dau Klaassen began as associate pastor of German worship at Niagara United Mennonite Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Oct 1, 2017.
Year of publication: 2018Export options:Pastoral transitions in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: CollegesClergyMennonitesRetirementYear of publication: 2018Export options:(Re-)discovering hidden Pennsylvania-German folk beliefs and practices
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanFolkloreYear of publication: 2018Export options:Reist family reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A report on the reunion at St Jacobs, with genealogical notes on this Pennsylvania Mennonite family. Although Abraham Reist owned land in Woolwich Township he never came to Canada, but his son John ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesGenealogyReist familyReist JohnReist SamuelKoch Barbara Reist (m. Ludwig)Reist Susannah Huber (m. John)Reist John JrReist IsaacYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1821-1986Export options:The Berge family in German Mills
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Bergey familyGerman MillsYear of publication: 2018Export options:The lively little saint of St Jacobs
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief sketch of Dr Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe, born in 1823 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who practised in St Jacobs from 1853 to 1857. He later built up a lucrative practice in Cincinnati and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1888Export options:The Magdeburg Letter: a printed paper amulet traditionally used by Pennsylvania-German Mennonites to provide protection
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesYear of publication: 2018Export options:The Pure Church Movement
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The “Pure Church Movement” is introduced as a plain Anabaptist revival that unfolded in American, Canadian, and Latin American Swiss Mennonite, Russian Mennonite, and Amish churches over the ...
Year of publication: 2018Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options: