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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Siedlungspfalzisch im Kreis Waterloo, Ontario, Kanada
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:Siedlungspfälzisch im Kreis Waterloo, Ontario, Kanada
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the Pennsylvania-German dialect (ideolect) as it was spoken in the county in 1969. The book contains the texts, in phonetic transcription with a translation in High German, of interviews ...Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1968-1969Export options:St Andrew's Pioneer Pergola (CC#44488): Lansdowne Avenue, Galt
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised version of 1984 report of cemetery transcriptions with index of the stones from Old St Andrew's and United Presbyterian Cemeteries.Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1839-1869Export options:Swiss-German and Dutch-German Mennonite traditional art in the Waterloo region, Ontario.
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:Swiss-Palatinate-German-Pennsylvania-"Dutch" pioneers of the Niagara Peninsula
Type: BookYear of publication: 1977Export options:The ancestors and descendants including some of the relations of Deacon Ulrich Steiner and Elizabeth Basinger of Wilmot Township, Waterloo County 1720-1995
Type: BookAbstract: The genealogy of a family whose patriarch, Ulrich, who came from Alsace via Ohio and became one of the founding members of the Geiger Mennonite Church, Haysville. There are biographical sketches, ...Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyIndustriesCensus recordsPhysiciansObituariesMapsGeiger Mennonites Church HaysvilleCorrespondenceSteiner familyYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1720-1995Export 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 black experience in Canada's Queen's Bush
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the Queen's Bush area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsSchoolsChurches MethodistSettlers BlackMissionariesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1830-1860Export 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 Hebrew Mission in Toronto
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Focuses primarily on the Presbyterian Church and the Protestant-supported Jewish mission founded in 1912. Examines efforts to convert immigrant Jews to Protestantism. Though presented as an aid to ...Keywords: TorontoJewsSocial AssimilationYear of publication: 1977Export options: