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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A genealogical record of the descendants of Reinhardt Kalbfleisch, born 12 August 1812 in Germany, died 27 June 1894 near Elmira, Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with introductions to the families of Reinhardt and each of his eight children. A section on non-related Kalbfleisches indicates that this family is not connected with that of Joachim ...Keywords: GenealogyGerman languageFarmersSettlers GermanKalbfleisch familyKalbfleisch ReinhardtDiebel familyReist familyDietz familyBickel familyYear of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1812-1956Export options:Berliner Journal
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly that carried local, provincial, national and international news. Each issue varied in length from 8 to 12 pages and included advertisements by local merchants, articles on ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1917Export options:Canadischer Familien Calender auf das Jahr unsers Herrn Jesu Christi
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: An annual publication containing information pertinent to each day of the year such as weather predictions, holidays, astrological and astronomical data, sayings and proverbs, poems, short stories, ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1897Export options:Canadisches Volksblatt
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A weekly German-language newspaper which was founded in May 1859 by George Reynolds and later absorbed "Der Neu-Hamburger Neutrale". In 1909 the paper merged with "Der Canadische Kolonist" when it ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1909Export options:Christian Schwartzentruber: Magdalena Shoenbeck 1743-1956
Type: BookAbstract: The history of a German couple, two of whose four sons, Jacob and Michael, came to Canada. Jacob married Catherine Schmucker and moved to Waterloo County towards the end of his life, while Michael ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansImmigrantsSchwartzentruber MichaelSchwartzentruber Barbara OswaldSchwartzentruber JacobSchwartzentruber Catherine SchmuckerWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1823-1956Export options:Deaths, 1956
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of prominent Waterloo County people who died in 1956: Bishop Oscar Burkholder, Amelia Warnock Garvin (who wrote under the pseudonym "Katherine Hale"), Owen A.F. Hamilton Q.C., Joseph A. Huck, ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1859-1956Export options:Eby, Benjamin
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of one of the most influential early Mennonite leaders of Waterloo Township. Eby was a bishop, an author, a teacher and a farmer. He gave financial support to the first ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesClergyPennsylvania GermansIndustriesNewspapersSchoolsEby BenjaminPublishersBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1815-1853Export options:E.W.B. Snider, 1842-1921: an appreciation
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of the St Jacobs mill owner and promoter of hydro-electric power, by his granddaughter. On 14 May 1956, a memorial to E.W.B. Snider was erected in St Jacobs by the Ontario Hydro ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1842-1921Export options:German Literature as represented in two German Language Newspapers of Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Literary criticismNewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1956Export options:German-Canadian Review: quarterly of the Canadian-German Society, Inc.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the quarterly "German- Review", published by the Canadian Society for German Relief in Manitoba. The format, place of publication and publisher all changed in 1956 when the Canadian ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1948-1956Export options: