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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A geographic study of the ethnic composition of Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of ethnic change and diversification, based on analysis of census reports over 90 years, for the nine incorporated communities of Ayr, Berlin (Kitchener), Bridgeport, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1871-1961Export options:Alex H. Welker retires from high school board
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of Welker's retirement from the Kitchener-Waterloo High School Board after 54 years of service.Keywords: EducationWelker AlexWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1910-1964Export options:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Antisemitism in Ontario: the twentieth century
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: Anti-SemitismYear of publication: 1992Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation, Joseph Hoffman site (AjHd-27), draft plan of subdivision 30T-87027, town of Heidelberg
Type: ReportAbstract: Analysis of artifacts of glass, ceramics, metal and animal bones associated with a mid- 1850s homestead site.Keywords: ArchaeologySettlersHeidelbergYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1870Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation of site AjHc-3, part of Lot 80, German Company Tract, village of Maryhill
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the house site, known to have been occupied by Jacob Bickle between 1841 and 1861.Keywords: ArchaeologyMaryhillGermansYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1841-1861Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation of the Hammet site (AiHb-57), Melran Estates subdivision, City of Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Report of excavation of a site, part of Lots 10 and 11, Concessions 3 and 4, Beasley's Lower Block in the former Waterloo Township, just north of Hespeler. The property belonged first to Abraham ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Ayr Cemetery (CC#4489), Ayr village, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County, Ontario,
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 2,000 markers in the cemetery which was established in 1877 to replace various smaller churchyards and rural burial grounds.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1877-1989Export options:Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4587), sometime called Snyder's, Road 67A, Woolwich Township, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 500 markers, most of which date from after 1900.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesMennonitesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1990Export options:British outnumber Germans in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A report of a finding by the federal immigration office that 38 percent of the county's population were of British ancestry and 37.3 percent German.Year of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1964Export options: