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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Pennsylvania German dialect: Pennsylvania German-English dictionary, and Pennsylvania German proverbs and sayings, and short conversations, with English translations: also the life story of a Pennsylvania German boy growing up, and what life is like as an Old Order Mennonite
Type: BookKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanMennonitesWaterloo CountyDictionariesProverbsFolkloreBiographiesDialectsYear of publication: 1977Export options:Pioneer hamlets of York
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:Search for America : the odyssey of an immigrant
Type: BookKeywords: FictionBiographiesYear of publication: 1982Export options:The Berliner Journal: a study of a German- language newspaper
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of the newspaper's history, founders, policies, community role and contents for the years 1906 to 1915. The author discusses the journal's role in preserving German language and ...Keywords: NewspapersBiographiesGermansWorld War IBerlin (Ontario)German languageRittinger FriedrichRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Motz JohnBerliner JournalYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1906-1915Export options:The Bickel book, including genealogies of the following main branches: Boettger, Buck, Heipel, Helwig, and Kalbfleisch lines
Type: ReportAbstract: A looseleaf binder containing information about the ancestors, descendants and relations of Mathias Bickel (1822-1906), a pioneer German immigrant who settled near Neustadt, Ontario. Many members of ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1850-1982Export options:The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer
Type: BookAbstract: The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War ...Keywords: BiographiesAgricultureCustoms and traditionsMennonitesGenealogyFolkloreDiariesEby Gordon C.Eby ChristianEby familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1911-1913Export options:The Henry Baer family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Henry Baer (1842-1927) and Leah Bowman (1847- 1937), Mennonite farmers of Wilmot Township. There is a biographical introduction for each of the fourteen children ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesFarmersBiographiesSettlers PennsylvaniaBaer HenryBaer Leah Bowman (m. Henry)Baer FamilyEby DanielEby Angeline Baer (m. David)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1842-1977Export options:The Pequegnat story: the family and the clocks
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the large family of Ulysse and Francoise Pequegnat who arrived in Berlin from Switzerland in 1874. Various family members had clock and jewellery stores in Ontario towns and cities, ...Keywords: Pequegnat familySwissEntrepreneursGenealogyBiographiesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1874-1982Export options:The Public Career of P.R. Hilborn: a Waterloo County Entrepreneur
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biography of Percy Richard Hilborn (1886-1972) by his grandson, tracing his entrepreneurial rise and fall. Hilborn made his fortune with Canada Sand Papers Ltd and furniture factories but sold his ...Keywords: BiographiesArt and artistsParksWorld War IIFurnitureIndustriesEconomic conditionsEntrepreneursLabour movementsHilborn Percy Richard (1886-1972)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1886-1972Export options:The Sherk family
Type: BookAbstract: A well-documented history of the Sherk family from 1635 to 1982. Most of the book refers to members in the United States, but two chapters refer to Canadian descendants. These include: Joseph Sherk ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options: