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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:William John Wintemberg, father of Canadian archaeology (1876-1941)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the New Dundee native, from his early years as an apprentice tailor to his appointment as Assistant Archaeologist at the Victoria Memorial Museum in Ottawa. The author notes ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1876-1941Export options:Wilmot Centre Brenneman Cemetery (CC#4574): South Bleams Road, Lot 13, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 225 markers in the community burial ground that is locally called "the Section Ten Cemetery." The oldest graves are at the east end, near the school.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1850-1986Export options:Winterbourne Mennonite Cemetery (CC#1675): Broken Front east of Grand lot 5, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of 23 markers, indexed with a small plan of the cemetery's location.Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1967-1991Export options:Women's history in Mennonite archives
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the kinds of sources for the history of women that are found in Canadian Mennonite archives, including those that hold material about Waterloo County.Year of publication: 1990Export options:Working in': the story of the Breithaupt Tannery
Type: ReportKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1990Export options:Your heritage
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of two German families, the Schendels and Koppesers, containing stories and reminiscences of life in Kitchener from the 1930s to the 1990s.Keywords: GenealogySchendel familyKoppeser familyKitchenerWorld War IIGermansLang Tannery BerlinSunshine-Waterloo CountyHesse (Germany)Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1869-1993Export options:Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (CC#6478): Philipsburg, south side of Erb's Road, Lot 19, Wilmot Township at Regional Road #5
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 400 markers.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1845-1988Export options:Zion United Church Cemetery, Maple Grove, formerly Wesleyan Methodist (CC#4503): Broken Front Concession, Lot 31, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of more than 100 stones in the cemetery which was associated with the Wesleyan church established by 1855.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyChurches MethodistYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1855-1975Export options: