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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
"Our guests are busy": The internment and labour of German prisoners of war in Ontario, 1940-1946
Type: ThesisAbstract: For a period of six years stretching from 1940 to 1946, over 35,000 members of the German armed forces were interned in seventeen prisoner of war camps all over Canada. The passing of order-in- ...Year of publication: 1992Export options:Passages out of my life
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of the Russian-born Mennonite who immigrated to Canada in 1923. Presented as a collection of snippets, the work provides insight into his character through his use of humour. Rempel ...Keywords: BiographiesRussian MennonitesDepressionsRempel HenryKitchener UpholsteryMennonite Brethren Church KitchenerWaterlooKitchenerYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1907-1977Export options:Petworth emigrants: an update
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families in Waterloo Township came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Conrad Doerrbecker (1797-1882)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German family that emigrated to Canada after 1837 and whose descendants married into the Geib, Becker, Keller, Gerhardt and Geil families.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanDoerrbecker familyDoerbecker familyDoerbecker ConradDoerbecker Barbara E. George (m. Conrad)Geib PhilippGeib Anna Marie Doerbecker (m. Philipp)Becker Johann ConradBecker Anna Martha Doerbecker (m. Johann Conrad)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1841-1991Export options:The Breithaupts and Breithaupt Leather: Building a family business in Berlin, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: When the Breithaupt family formed a joint stock company in 1890, it marked the final stage in the development of their leather business in Berlin Ontario. The family had been tanners for eight ...Year of publication: 1992Export options:The descendants of Christian Frederick John Brandt and Caroline Bensal (Bencal)
Type: BookAbstract: An illustrated genealogy of a German couple from Frankfurt-an-der-Oder, who came to Waterloo County about 1852 and had five children. A section is devoted to the descendants of each child. The ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFrankfurt-an-der-Oder GermanyBrandt familyBrandt Christian Frederick JohnBrandt Caroline Bensal (m. Christian Frederick John)Brandt WilliamBrandt Phillipine Grube (m. William)Brandt Christian B.Brandt Augusta David (m. Christian B.)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1852-1992Export options:The Deutscher Bund Canada 1934-39
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the pro-Nazi German-Canadian organization, founded by five men associated with Waterloo: Ernst Kopf, Otto Geisler, Georg Messer, Paul Lechscheidt and Karl Gerhard. Toronto and Kitchener- ...Keywords: GermansEthnic groupsGerman languageYouthWorld War IINewspapersEthnic identityAssociations and clubsDeutscher Bund CanadaDeutsche ZeitungYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1934-1939Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: German (New High)Pennsylvania GermanDialectsLanguage maintenanceLanguage interactionAmishMennonitesEnglishYear of publication: 1992Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1992Export options:The plain and not so plain Mennonites in Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of twelve Mennonite groups, concluding that the differences are more sociological than theological. The author cites statistics showing Old Order Mennonites' responses to economic ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1977Export options: