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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:1784-1984: 200 years of German participation in building Ontario: a chronological table
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the migrations of German- speaking people and the areas they settled in the Waterloo region. Prominent individuals including Benjamin Eby, Christian Nafziger, F.W. Bindemann, George ...Keywords: GermansReligionEducationCustoms and traditionsSportsMusicAssociations and clubsIndustriesGerman languageUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1984Export options:A History of a Community Orphanage, Its Matrons and Benefactors
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: OrphanagesWaterloo CountyAdoptionYear of publication: 2005Export options:A History of Preston's Mineral Springs, the Hagmeier Clinic and the Kaufman Connection
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2004Export options:A quiet diversity in the land: Mennonites in Ontario
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Draper, Barb. 2010. The Mennonites of St. Jacobs and Elmira: Understanding the Variety. Kitchener, ON: Pandora Press. Pp. 378.
Martin, Donald. 2003. Old Order ...
Keywords:Year of publication: 2016Export options:A Review of Aaron Eby's 'Geschichte Der Mennoniten in Canada,' Published in 1872
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes Aaron Eby's 'Geschichte der Mennoniten in Canada' (1872). Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1838, he studied medicine at the University of Toronto and practiced in Sebringville. He was encouraged ...Keywords: OntarioSebringvilleMennonitesEby AaronYear of publication: 1990Export options:Bean family cairn
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the family of John and Anna Bean, early Mennonite settlers of Wilmot Township, with a transcription of the cairn erected by family members in 1995 at the Stauffer Cemetery.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1833-1995Export options:Benjamin Eby, founder of Kitchener and the spirit of progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of the church and community leader in Waterloo Township who established Berlin's first church, school, newspaper and furniture factory and wrote and published two spelling books ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyTeachersObituariesSchoolsMennonitesNewspapersIndustriesPennsylvania GermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1785-1855Export options:Berliner Journal
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history commemorating the centennial of the newspaper's founding in 1859, including a discussion of its contents compared with other county newspapers.Keywords: NewspapersBerliner JournalGermanWaterloo CountyPeterson Henry WilliamEby BenjaminEby HenryEby PeterRittinger FriedrichMotz JohnYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1859-1959Export options:Breithaupt papers return to Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the discovery in 1987 of manuscripts, diaries and letters, now part of the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. In ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: c1850-c1950Export options: