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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Cooperation to Amalgamation to Merger: the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Over the course of the 20th century an Amish and two Mennonite groups in Ontario - the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec, the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference, and the United Mennonite ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Crystal View Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4429): Floradale, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of four markers in a newly founded cemetery, with an index to names.Keywords: GenealogyCemeteriesInscriptionsYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1989-1991Export options:David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of David Bergey who taught at various schools in Waterloo and Wilmot townships, combining teaching with farming until 1900. He later continued the Bowman cheesemaking tradition of his wife ...Keywords: TeachersSchoolsMennonitesWaterloo TownshipWilliamsburgWaterlooMannheimBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1866-1878Export options:Deny, deny, deny
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The German-born publisher Ernst Zundel of Toronto has launched a TV show and shortwave radio programs as part of his campaign to disprove the Holocaust. All the shows are broadcast from the United ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Diary of Catherine Breithaupt, June-August, 1888: historical and linguistic interpretation
Type: ThesisKeywords: DiariesGermanLinguisticsBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Catherine (1834-1910)Description and travelYear of publication: 1995Export 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:Edna Hunsperger Bowman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The story of Edna Hunsberger's alternative service during the Second World War as a nurse in England, for the Mennonite Central Committee.Keywords: World War IINursesBowman Edna Hunsperger (m. Henry Brubacher)Mennonite Central CommitteeConscientious objectionWomenYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1940-1945Export 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 Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4584): on Highway #86, west of Elmira, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of approximately 900 markers, with a short historical introduction, a cemetery plan, and a name index.Keywords: GenealogyInscriptionsCemeteriesYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1855-1988Export options:Ephraim Weber's letters home 1902-1955: letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Transcripts of letters from a teacher in western Canada to a Berlin High School friend with a mutual interest in the Christian Science Church, Herbert Leslie Staebler. The editors note in their ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesAssociations and clubsEthnic identityEthnic groupsMusicWritersChurches Christian ScientistTeachersCorrespondenceYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1902-1955Export options: