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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A plea for peoplehood: religious and ethnic identity, continuity, and change among the Mennonites of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the ethnic identity of the Mennonites, with particular reference to the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Topics include religious divisions, the amalgamation of church conferences, and the ...Keywords: MennonitesEthnic identityGermanCultural identityAcculturationKitchenerWaterlooWaterloo RegionMennonite Central CommitteeInter-Mennonite ConferenceYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1989Export 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:Harvey W. Taves: one of Christ's men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical tribute to the achievements of Harvey Taves (1926-1965), the last director of the Canadian headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee in Kitchener which closed in 1964, and one of ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1926-1965Export options:Mennonite Central Committee: early days
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The history of a Mennonite relief centre in Kitchener, from its opening in 1944 at the home of Dr J. Hett, to 1964. The organization, operation, buildings and personnel are described and illustrated.Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1920-1964Export options:Refugee pilgrimage: a story of God's care. Lina (Heinrich) Wohlgemut: from Poland
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The story of how the author's mother led her fatherless family first from the advancing Russian army in early 1945, and then by way of a Mennonite Central Committee refugee camp to Canada in late ...Keywords: ImmigrationMennonitesWorld War IIRefugeesWomenMennonite Central CommitteeWohlgemut Lina (Heinrich)Dick AbramDick AnnaDick PeterYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1945-1995Export options:Salute to Eldon D. Weber
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the man best known to local historians for his new edition of Ezra E. Eby's biographical history of Waterloo Township (1895-6) in 1971, and for his genealogies of Henry H. Weber's ...Keywords: MennonitesAssociations and clubsTeachersAgricultureGenealogyFarmersBiographiesWaterloo CountyCentrevilleGerman MillsYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1913-1995Export options: