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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
David Klassen and the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children, including biographical notes on William Hespeler and Jacob Y. Shantz of Waterloo County who helped Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba in the 1870s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1813-1900Export options:Diary of Elias Eby, 1810-1878
Type: BookAbstract: Diary of Eby's last six years, 1872 to 1878, translated, edited and annotated by Isaac R. Horst. Second son of Bishop Benjamin Eby and Maria Brubacher, Eby bought Lancaster Mills following Jacob ...Keywords: DiariesMennonitesRussian MennonitesFuneralsDiseasesClergyBridgeportBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipEby EliasYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1872-1878Export options:Mennonite odyssey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of Mennonite history, with some emphasis on Waterloo County.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options:The history and genealogy of the Schantz family
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with a brief section on Shantzes in Canada and the United States. This portion mentions Christian who settled near Freeport in 1810 and Jacob Yost Shantz, a Berlin industrialist who ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSchantz familyShantz familyShantz Jacob Y.Shantz MosesShantz ChristianFreeportBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1810-1980Export options:The history and heritage of German immigration to Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A brief overview of German groups who settled in Waterloo County, from the Pennsylvania-German Mennonites in the early nineteenth century to the Volksdeutsche in the 1950s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: c1800-c1950Export options:The Mennonite Canadians
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children with questions and activities. Mennonite faith, settlement in Waterloo County, the immigration of the Russian Mennonites and the present way of life are all ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1780-1980Export options: