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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Canadian Encyclopedia
Type: BookAbstract: Includes major entries for Germans, Germanic literature, Germanic fraktur and calligraphy, Mennonites, and Kitchener- Waterloo with brief entries for Galt, Hespeler, Cambridge, Elmira, New Hamburg, ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:Das Studium der deutschkanadischen Presse - ein fruchtbares Arbeitsfeld
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A review of the German-language press in Canada before 1918, including analysis of the style and use of "German-Canadianisms" by newspaper editors, and appreciation of historical research by H.K. ...Keywords: NewspapersGerman languageGermansUpper CanadaPeterson Henry WilliamCanada Museum und Allgemeine ZeitungDer Canadische BauernfreundDer Deutsche ReformerCanadisches VolksblattDer Deutsche CanadierYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1835-1918Export options:Deutsche Ortsgründungen und Ortsnamen in der Grafschaft Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief histories of communities with German names in each township of Waterloo County, with notes of their connections with German-speaking migrants from Europe and Pennsylvania.Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1916Export options:Deutschkanadische Bibliographie. Eine Auswahl
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A select German-Canadian bibliography listing publications in German on literature, the press, education, settlement, travels in Canada by Germans from the late 19th and the 20th centuries, German ...Keywords: BibliographiesGermansGerman languageEthnic groupsEthnic identitySettlersPennsylvania GermansPublishersEducationAssociations and clubsYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1970Export options:Dorothea Schlote and her family: a remembrance
Type: BookAbstract: An anecdotal family history celebrating the 100th birthday of Dorothea Herbst Schlote. The book includes descriptions of the family's emigration from Germany, farming in Ontario at the end of the ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyFarmersSettlers GermanGerman languageGermansDiseasesWorld War IIDepressionsSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1830-1988Export options:Hannes Schneider: his descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: An index to the detailed family history by Miriam H. Snyder and Joseph M. Snyder, including names of people, businesses, organizations, churches, schools, newspapers, communities and events mentioned ...Keywords: BiographiesPhotographsGenealogyNewspapersSaengerfestsPost officesSportsDisastersBusinessesWelfareYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1939Export options:Jacob H. Janzen: a minister of rare magnitude
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the life, ideas and accomplishments of Jacob Heinrich Janzen (1878-1950). He was a Russian Mennonite preacher, teacher and writer who became bishop of the Waterloo-Kitchener United ...Keywords: ClergyMennonitesWorld War IRussian MennonitesCultural adaptationReligious dissensionGerman languageBiographiesJanzen Jacob H. Rev.Janzen Eliese Neufeld (m. Jacob H.)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1924-1950Export options:John Goessman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the surveyor of the German Block in Wilmot Township for Christian Nafziger's Amish and Mennonite settlers. Goessman (1776-1841) also surveyed other townships and acted as an agent for ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1840Export options:Peterson, Heinrich Wilhelm
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the Berlin printer, publisher and editor (1793-1859), who published Canada's first German newspaper, the "Canada Museum" from 1835, as well as various secular and religious titles. ...Keywords: NewspapersGerman languageBiographiesGermansGuelphBerlin (Ontario)Peterson Henry WilliamPeterson Harriet Middleton Clayton Douglas (m. H.W.)Canada Museum und Allgemeine ZeitungWellington DistrictYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1834-1840Export options:St Boniface's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill (CC#4580): German Company Tract, Lot 81, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of nearly 700 markers, 119 of which are inscribed in German script and 90 of which are crosses. A suggested walking tour is included.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1851-1985Export options: