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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Pennsylvania-German Wunder-Fisch (Marvel-Fish) Manuscript
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The manuscript housed in the Joseph Schneider Haus museum in Kitchener, Ontario is put in historical context, compared with similar documents held in other locations, and analyzed for its religious ...Year of publication: 2012Export 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 Shantz family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the emigration of Jacob Tschanz from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1737 and the subsequent migration of his children to Waterloo Township in the first years of the nineteenth ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobTschanz JacobGenealogyBiographiesSwitzerlandPennsylvaniaWaterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:The story of Conestoga
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the word Conestoga. First used to describe "the people of the forked roof poles" in what is now Virginia, the word has also become synonymous with the early migrations of the ...Year of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options:The trail blazer
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography and family history of Jacob (Yoch) Schneider (1764-1853) who came to the Bloomingdale area in 1806.Keywords: BiographiesSettlersPennsylvaniaSchneider Jacob 1764-1853Schneider familyGenealogyLand ownershipMennonitesBloomingdale19th centuryYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1806-1853Export options:Waterloo Township, German Company Tract lot number 16
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A portrait of the Weber family who settled in Waterloo Township in 1805. The author defines German Company Tract lot 16, which was owned by various members of the Weber family from 1805 to 1853. In ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1805-1853Export options:Wideman Mennonite celebrates 200th anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Wideman Mennonite Church is one of the oldest Mennonite congregations in Canada. The group began meeting in homes soon after Henry Wideman, its first minister, arrived in York County in 1803 as ...
Keywords: Churches MennoniteReligionAnniversariesYear of publication: 2016Export options: