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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Dresden Story: Racism, Human Rights, and the Jewish Labour Committee of Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Uses a case study of Dresden, Ontario, to explore how organized labor, particularly the Jewish Labour Committee, contributed to the development of human rights values and antidiscrimination law in ...Keywords: DresdenLabour movementsJewsYear of publication: 2001Export options:The early Mennonite settlements in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the reasons for Mennonite immigration to Ontario following the American Revolutionary War, with details about the Waterloo settlement including family names of early settlers, the ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGenealogyWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryUpper CanadaWaterloo CountyPioneers' Memorial Tower DoonBlairZurichMarkhamYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1795-1828Export options:The exodus to Canada: Moyer family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Accounts of three different groups of pioneers journeying from Pennsylvania to Upper Canada at the very end of the 18th century.Year of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1799-1868Export options:The four faces of John Ratz, Elmira
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An appraisal of Ratz's roles as Reeve, railway promoter, miller, real estate entrepreneur and family man.Keywords: RailwaysBiographiesFinancial institutionsFlour mill industryPoliticiansMapsPhysiciansSettlersLand ownershipElmiraYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1833-1889Export options:The Great War and Waterloo County: the Travails of the 118th Overseas Battalion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Canada's 118th Overseas Battalion, raised during World War I, still retains a reputation for disorder and underachievement. The unit's experience, however, actually was similar to other units Canada ...Year of publication: 1997Export options:The importance of local history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short address to the Waterloo Historical Society, mentioning Ezra Eby's biographical dictionary of the Mennonite settlers of Waterloo County, the work of Hon. James Young and W.H. Smith's gazetteer ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1806-1913Export options:The 'Jewish Phase' in the Movement for Racial Equality in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Following World War II, leaders of Canadian Jewry explained anti-Semitism as an aspect of racial prejudice in general, a problem attributable to pathological individuals who engaged in discrimination ...Keywords: DresdenJewsDiscriminationYear of publication: 2002Export options:The Kachelofen: Its Time Has Come, Again
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Jessica Steinhauser, owner of Stonehouse Pottery in Guelph, Ontario, is realizing her dream of bringing kachelofen clay-tile ovens to Canada. In various forms, these ovens have been heating European ...Year of publication: 2007Export options:The Ontario German language press and its suppression by Order-in-Council in 1918
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A portrayal of the plight of German- language newspapers during the First World War. Quoting frequently from the "Berliner Journal", the author suggests that the date of the legislation was connected ...Keywords: NewspapersEducationSchools GermanWorld War IGermansAcculturationMilitary conscriptionLanguage rightsOntarioLegislationYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1914-1918Export options:The Pennsylvania German family named Kinsey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A genealogical account of the Kinsey family whose ancestor, Jacob Kintsing, came from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1737. The article deals primarily with family members in Pennsylvania, the ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyKinsey familyKintsing JacobSwissWaterloo CountySourcesUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1800-1867Export options: