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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:The Amish settlement in the Township of Wilmot in the County of Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish from their beginnings in the late seventeenth century to the migration to Wilmot Township. The leaders of the Amish community are identified, as are the many of the early ...Keywords: AmishGerman languageWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1944Historical Period: 1820-1860Export options:The first community cemetery and church
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short description of the Hagey Mennonite Church and cemetery where many early residents of Preston are buried. The author lists Clemens family members buried there, with their birth and death dates.Year of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1806-1964Export options:The Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: a study of household and community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A comparative study of the experience of two groups of Mennonites-those of Swiss/south German origin who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County between 1800 and 1830, and the Dutch/North ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1890-1899Export options:The reciprocal influences of the Old Order Mennonite community and tourism in St. Jacobs, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: St JacobsMennonites (Old Order)TourismYear of publication: 2014Export options:The 'sewists' of Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Community effort yields hundreds of gowns for frontline workers When Bev Suderman-Gladwell was asked by a physician friend to "leverage her Mennonite connections," to respond to a time-sensitive ...
Keywords: COVID-19Homeless peopleMasksMedical suppliesPersonal protective equipmentChurches MennoniteSocial life and customsYear of publication: 2020Export 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 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:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Export options: