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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Family tree of Daniel and Barbara Brenneman up to June 1979
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Mennonite family who farmed south of New Hamburg. Both parents died of tuberculosis, leaving their three children, Peter, Elizabeth and Daniel, orphans at an early age. Biographical ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesNew HamburgBrenneman familySt AgathaWilmot Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1835-1979Export options:Focus on Emma Kaufman, 1881-1979
Type: BookAbstract: A biographical sketch of Emma Kaufman, who contributed to the work of the Y.W.C.A.Keywords: ElitesBiographiesWomenYoung Women's Christian AssociationBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerKaufman Emma R.Year of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1881-1979Export options:Folk Art of the Pennsylvania Deutsch
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1979Export options:Founding families of Waterloo Township, 1800-1830
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles and tables of nearly 170 families who came to Waterloo Township -- mainly Mennonites from southeastern Pennsylvania. An introductory essay surveys the main phases in migration and early ...Keywords: Ethnic identityAgricultureGenealogyGermansImmigrationLand ownershipMarriageMennonitesOccupationsSettlersYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1798-1840Export options:From separation to assimilation: Mennonites in Berlin, 1800-1880
Type: ReportAbstract: A discussion of the process by which some Mennonites in 19th-century Berlin accommodated their lifestyles and values to the larger urban society. The author uses statistical methods to describe two ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1880Export options:German and German-Canadian literature as contained in the "Berliner Journal"
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An analysis of the literary content of the weekly newspaper published from 1859 to 1918, including its style, quality and purpose. The author considers particularly the Pennsylvania German dialect in ...Keywords: GermansNewspapersHumour (Literary)German languageDialectsPennsylvania GermanBerlin (Ontario)Rittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Berliner JournalYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1859-1918Export options:German immigration into Upper Canada and Ontario : from 1783 to the present day
Type: BookKeywords: GermansImmigrationYear of publication: 1979Export options:Germanism, industrialism, and propaganda in Berlin, Ontario during World War I
Type: ThesisKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)World War IYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1914-1918Export options:Germans - Ontario Ethnocultural Profiles
Type: BookKeywords: GermansEthnic groupsYear of publication: 1979Export options:Gilbert Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the eldest son of David Bergey and chief assistant to his mother in the family cheese business. He and his wife marketed cheese and other farm produce at the Stratford Farmers' Market ...Keywords: AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMusicTunkersMennonitesBergey GilbertStratfordPrestonBerlin (Ontario)New DundeeYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1897-1946Export options: