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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Doctors in Waterloo County: 1852-1925
Type: ReportAbstract: A collection of short biographies of physicians who practised in the county, including details of year of birth, education, local practice and, if available, other community interests.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1852-1925Export options:Early Mennonite migrations from Pennsylvania and subsequent settlements in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A useful summary of settlement in what became Waterloo, Woolwich and Wilmot Townships, in the context of Upper Canada generally. The author recounts the dealings with Richard Beasley and other ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Eastern Canada's 'Little Switzerland'
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Portrays the immigration of Swiss lowland farmers to eastern Ontario and southern Quebec, where agricultural land is cheaper and more available than in Switzerland.Keywords: SwissImmigrationFarmersYear of publication: 1983Export 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:Elements of population change in Wellesley Township, 1901-1911
Type: ThesisAbstract: A demographic study based on birth, marriage and death records. The author presents statistical information on ethnic origin, gender, religious affiliation, marital and familial trends, births and ...Keywords: Demographic statisticsGermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityMarriageOccupationsDeathsDiseasesWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1901-1911Export 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: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:Ethnicity and well-being in central Canada : the case of Ontario and Toronto (Kanada-Projekt II)
Type: BookKeywords: GermansTorontoSettlersEthnic groupsYear of publication: 1983Export options:Evangelical United Brethren Cemetery (CC#4585): now Calvary United Church Cemetery, German Company Tract Lot 37, St Jacobs, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 500 stones with an index. The introduction notes that the Evangelical Association organized its church in St Jacobs in 1848. The cemetery occupies the site of the original log ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings LogYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1848-1985Export options:Family history of John Strohm Clemens 1833-1991
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of the twelve children of John S. and Rebecca Snyder. John was the grandson of Abraham Clemens who came from Pennsylvania to settle in Fisher's Mills in 1818. Notes on ...Keywords: GenealogyDiseasesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesMennonitesFisher's MillsWaterloo TownshipClemens familyYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1818-1991Export options: