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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Pieces of memory
Type: BookAbstract:"After the death of her grandma, it feels like everything in eleven-year-old Molly's life has fallen apart at the seams. The kids at school are mean, her stomach hurts all the time, and her ...
Year of publication: 2023Export options:Profile of the life and work of Edna Breithaupt
Type: ThesisYear of publication: 1988Export options:Records of Linwood Union Cemetery
Type: ReportAbstract: Photocopy of two indexes of burials, by location and by year of death. The first list includes details of names (including maiden names of married women), dates of birth and death, age at death and ...Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsGenealogyWomenYear of publication: 195Historical Period: 1860-1953Export 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:Reichert: some ancestors and descendants of Joseph Reichert (1812-1863) and Katharina Ganshorn (1814-1893)
Type: BookAbstract: A descriptive genealogy of a Lexington family that intermarried with the Broedel, Koch, Musselman, Hallman and Snider families. There are many photographs of family members with reproductions of ...Keywords: WomenTextile IndustryGenealogySettlers GermanMartin Meeting House Cemetery St JacobsWaterloo Township SS 18 LexingtonReichert JosephReichert Katharina Ganshorn (m. Joseph)Hartman HelgaReichert CharlesYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1847-1993Export options:Reminiscences of Grandmother Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of a Mennonite family in Waterloo County over a period of nearly 150 years, based on the recollections of the author's mother-in-law. Births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, ...Keywords: BiographiesFood customsElectricityFarmersFuneralsGenealogyGerman languageMennonites (Old Order)Settlers PennsylvaniaTransportationYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1967Export options:Sisters or strangers: immigrant, ethnic and racialized women in Canadian history
Type: BookKeywords: Women immigrants Canada HistoryMinority women Canada HistoryRace discrimination Canada HistorySex discrimination against women Canada HistoryYear of publication: 2004Export options:The autobiography of Samuel S. Moyer
Type: BookAbstract: The reminiscences of Samuel S. Moyer, tenth of thirteen children, who managed the Dominion Button Factory in Berlin/Kitchener and later owned his own button works. He relates his financial ...Keywords: MennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Churches Salvation ArmyGenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaDisabilities PhysicalDisabilities MentalIndigenous peoplesWomenSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1940Historical Period: 1850?-1940?Export options:The demographic basis of the Old Order Mennonites
Type: ReportAbstract: A study of marital patterns, fertility, migration and occupations of Old Order Mennonites in Canada and the United States between 1939 and 1985. Research shows a young population, an increasing ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1939-1985Export options:The {Evening Reporter} celebrates its 125th anniversary, 1846-1871
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the founding and development of the newspaper, with excerpts of some notable stories.Keywords: NewspapersWomenWarsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1846-1971Export options: