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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Jacob Y. Shantz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch of the Berlin entrepreneur and businessman, noted for his efforts in helping Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba during the 1870s.Keywords: Farmers' marketsMennonitesButton industryFelt industryFoundriesFootwear industryRussian MennonitesShantz Jacob Y.Shantz Barbara Biehn (m. Jacob Y.)Dominion Button Works BerlinYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1822-1909Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz, 1822-1909, promoter of the Mennonite settlements in Manitoba
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the Berlin farmer- businessman and community leader, emphasizing his role in helping Russian Mennonites to migrate to Manitoba in the later nineteenth century.Keywords: BiographiesRussian MennonitesBusinessesImmigrationFarmersIndustriesMennonitesShantz Jacob Y.Berlin (Ontario)ManitobaYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1822-1909Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz: Mennonite businessman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the financial fortunes of Shantz (1822-1909), from his farming and sawmill business enterprises in the 1850s, the founding of the Dominion Button Works and other industries in the 1870s ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesBusinessesEntrepreneursSaw mill industryFarmersButton industryShantz Jacob Y.Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1843-1914Export 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: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:Milo Shantz, entrepreneur
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Milo Shantz, as founder of Hybrid Turkeys Inc., the non-profit foundation Mersynergy, the Mennonite interpretation centre known as The Meeting Place in St Jacobs, The Stone Crock ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1953-1994Export options:Moses Springer
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of Moses Springer (1824-1898), emphasizing his political roles.Keywords: Springer MosesBiographiesUnited Empire LoyalistsPoliticiansSheriffsReevesMayorsDiseasesIndigenous peoplesInsuranceYear of publication: 1940Historical Period: 1824-1898Export options:Pioneer settlement of southwest Wilmot
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of early land clearing practices, crops and the first churches and meeting places. A few references are made to early inhabitants of Wilmot Township including Paddy Darrington, Amos Good ...Keywords: RoadsCommunity historiesCulture MaterialAssociations and clubsChurches MethodistChurches AnglicanCropsSettlers PioneerFarmersLodgesYear of publication: 1946Historical Period: 1820-1900Export options:Reminiscences of Grandmother Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of a Mennonite family in Waterloo County over a period of nearly 150 years, based on the recollections of the author's mother-in-law. Births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, ...Keywords: BiographiesFood customsElectricityFarmersFuneralsGenealogyGerman languageMennonites (Old Order)Settlers PennsylvaniaTransportationYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1967Export options:Salute to Eldon D. Weber
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the man best known to local historians for his new edition of Ezra E. Eby's biographical history of Waterloo Township (1895-6) in 1971, and for his genealogies of Henry H. Weber's ...Keywords: MennonitesAssociations and clubsTeachersAgricultureGenealogyFarmersBiographiesWaterloo CountyCentrevilleGerman MillsYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1913-1995Export options: