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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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 history and heritage of German immigration to Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A brief overview of German groups who settled in Waterloo County, from the Pennsylvania-German Mennonites in the early nineteenth century to the Volksdeutsche in the 1950s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: c1800-c1950Export options:The Jacobi family, 1660-1992
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the ancestors and descendants of Heinrich and Anna Maria Jacobi, German settlers who came to the Erbsville area in the mid 19th century. An extensive introduction provides background ...Keywords: SettlersGermanGenealogyFamiliesObituariesBiographiesJacobi familyJacobi HeinrichJacobi Anna Maria (m. Heinrich)Jacobi WilliamYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1992Export options:The old Amos Weber Farm
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the owners of German Company lot 24, from Peter Holl in 1805 to Michael and Joan Wolf in 1992. Particular attention is given to the family of Amos Weber.Keywords: FarmersIce harvestingFarmers' marketsWeber familyHoll PeterWeber AmosWeber EmanuelBricker JohnBricker JacobBricker Judith Baumann (m. Jacob)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1805-1992Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1992Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: German (New High)Pennsylvania GermanDialectsLanguage maintenanceLanguage interactionAmishMennonitesEnglishYear of publication: 1992Export 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 Pioneer House in Southern Ontario, Canada: Construction Material use and Resultant Forms to 1850
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation examines the evolution and distribution of domestic architectural patterns in Southern Ontario. The research seeks to define the relative importance of the various factors affecting ...Keywords: HousingGermansArchitectureYear of publication: 1982Export options:The puzzle tombstone and Rushes Cemetery
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the cryptic tombstone which marks the graves of the two wives of Dr Samuel Bean in the Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Township. Replicas were placed beside the original weathered markers in ...Keywords: CemeteriesRushes Cemetery Wellesley TownshipBean Henrietta FurryBean Samuel DrBean Susanna CleggYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1848-1982Export options:The Schnarrs from Erbsville 1853-1991: ancestors and descendants of Charles Demetrius Schnarr
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family whose ancestor came from Germany in 1853. It includes genealogical and biographical information, with reminiscences of farm life and the Erbsville community in the first half of ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansFarmersEducationSchools PublicSettlers GermanFood customsBiographiesSchnarr Charles DemetriusSchnarr Margaretha Jahn (m. Charles Demetrius)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1991Export options: