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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Grandmother Kaufman: Mary Ratz Kaufman, December 14, 1856 - December 24, 1943
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Recollections of Mary Kaufman by the youngest of her grandchildren, who describes her practicality in the household and her dedication to her church and to community causes such as the Y.W.C.A.Keywords: Kaufman Mary Ratz (m. Jacob)BiographiesChurches EvangelicalCharitiesFamiliesOccupationsAssociations and clubsWomenZion Evangelical Church KitchenerKitchener Y.W.C.A.Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1931-1943Export options:Intercultural Practice: The German-Canadian Variant
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: GermanSocial conditionsAcculturationEthnic identityBilingualismImmigrationLiterary criticismYear of publication: 1990Export options:Jacob Foster Eby, local hero
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the tragic accident at the Kitchener sewer plant in 1930, in which the engineer, Jacob Eby, died in trying to save other workers overcome by a deadly gas. The authors also provide ...Keywords: DisastersSeweragePublic utilitiesGenealogyMennonitesEby Jacob F.Eby CarlEby Isabelle MyersEby SamuelStevenson JackYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1930-1931Export options:Jewish Immigrants and the Garment Industry of Toronto, 1901-1931: a Study of Ethnic and Class Relations
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Uses tax assessment rolls, census documents, and archival materials to reconstruct the occupational structure and residential distribution of Jews in Toronto during 1901-31. At the turn of the ...Keywords: TorontoJewsTextile IndustryYear of publication: 1993Export options:Let me introduce you to Barbara Sherk...
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A preliminary essay about Barbara (1847- 1920), daughter of the Rev. David Sherk and sister of Elizabeth Sherk Gingrich. Recorded as unmarried and living at home at the time of her mother's death in ...Keywords: Churches MennoniteWomenOrphanagesSherk BarbaraSherk David Rev.Gingrich Elizabeth Sherk (m. Jacob)Waterloo TownshipBreslau (Ontario)The Herald of TruthYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1894-1900Export options:Medical men of Conestogo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Thumbnail sketches of six doctors: William Julius Passmore, Francis Hartman Wells, Frederick Evans Grant, John H. Evans, and Robert J. Darragh. Dr Passmore was the most influential: he married a ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1842-1907Export options:Mennonite archives in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the holdings of various Canadian Mennonite archives, including those with material about Waterloo County.Year of publication: 1990Export options:Mennonite settlement: the Bucks County caravan
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the migration of the families of John Biehn and George Bechtel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1800. The author notes that, contrary to most historical sources, these Mennonite ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansLand ownershipImmigrationGenealogyMennonitesWaterloo TownshipBiehn JohnSchoerg JosephBetzner Samuel JrBechtel GeorgeYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1798-1800Export options:The Quest for Mennonite Peoplehood: Ethno-Religious Identity and the Dilemma of Definitions
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Using data from 1984 to 1988 of predominantly Swiss Canadian Mennonites from southern Ontario, examines the ambiguity that arises from attempts to define a group identity in light of the outside ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:'Till they get tidings from those who are gone...': Thomas Sockett and letters from Petworth emigrants
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of settlers' letters which were encouraged and published by promoters of a colonization project by which emigrants from the southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options: