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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Diaries as sources for studying Mennonite history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the cultural values and the seasonal round of farm-based tasks and social interactions revealed in the diaries of four Mennonite men in Waterloo County in the 1880s and 1890s -- ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1880-1920Export options:Diary of Catherine Breithaupt, June-August, 1888: historical and linguistic interpretation
Type: ThesisKeywords: DiariesGermanLinguisticsBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Catherine (1834-1910)Description and travelYear of publication: 1995Export options:Economic revitalization in St Jacobs, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the recent transformation of St Jacobs as a tourist attraction, following the village's long decline in business and population from 1881. The author outlines some of the specific agents ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1870-1990Export options:Edna Hunsperger Bowman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The story of Edna Hunsberger's alternative service during the Second World War as a nurse in England, for the Mennonite Central Committee.Keywords: World War IINursesBowman Edna Hunsperger (m. Henry Brubacher)Mennonite Central CommitteeConscientious objectionWomenYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1940-1945Export options:Elmira Union Cemetery (CC#4578)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of nearly 3,000 stones, by row and plot, in the municipal burying ground founded in the 1860s as a non- Lutheran cemetery.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1860-1990Export options:Ephraim Weber's letters home 1902-1955: letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Transcripts of letters from a teacher in western Canada to a Berlin High School friend with a mutual interest in the Christian Science Church, Herbert Leslie Staebler. The editors note in their ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesAssociations and clubsEthnic identityEthnic groupsMusicWritersChurches Christian ScientistTeachersCorrespondenceYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1902-1955Export options:Erb Street Mennonite Church Cemetery (CC#4512), Waterloo
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 260 stones in the cemetery located at the corner of Erb Street and Fischer-Hallman Road, in what is now the City of Waterloo. The introduction notes that land for ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1851-1989Export options:Evidence of Grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1995Export options:Evidence of Grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1995Export options:Families and communities of Waterloo Township in 1861
Type: ReportAbstract: A reconstitution of Waterloo Township society by unique linkage of three sources -- the 1861 census manuscripts, the township assessment rolls for 1861, and Tremaine's map. An introductory essay ...Keywords: Census recordsEthnic identityGermansLand ownershipMennonitesOccupationsSchoolsWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1860-1861Export options: