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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An essay about German identity in southwestern Ontario, based on examples from German-language newspapers in Ontario. The author attributes the lack of active political ambition by early German ...Keywords: NewspapersIndustriesPoetryGerman languageEthnic groupsEthnic identityCustoms and traditionsOntarioWorld War IAcculturationYear of publication: 1952Historical Period: c1800-c1950Export options:History of the pioneer German language press of Ontario, 1835-1918
Type: BookKeywords: NewspapersGerman19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1968Export options:History of the Thaler family: tracing the descendants of George Adam Thaler, born September 11, 1785, died December 11, 1865
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, biographical notes and reunion reports relating to a German family who settled near Breslau about 1820. An expanded second edition was published in 1966.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1960Historical Period: 1820-1960Export options:History of the Thaler family: tracing the descendants of George Adam Thaler, born September 11, 1785, died December 11, 1865, second edition
Type: BookAbstract: A revised and expanded edition of the Thaler genealogy published in 1960. The family emigrated from Germany about 1820 and farmed near Breslau. Biographical notes and reunion reports are included ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo Township19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1820-1966Export options:John A. Rittinger
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the Berlin newspaper editor who wrote a regular series of letters in the Pennsylvania German dialect under the pseudonym of Joe Klotzkopp.Year of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1855-1915Export options:Letters of Joe Klotzkopp, Esq.
Type: BookYear of publication: 1968Export options:Name and address supplement to the History of the Thaler family
Type: BookAbstract: A list grouped according to the families of Christina, Joseph, David and Adam Thaler, complementing the author's work on the family history.Keywords: GenealogyDirectoriesSettlersGermansThaler familyThaler George Adam 1785-1865Breslau (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipKitchenerPrestonYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1965-1966Export options:Peterson, Heinrich Wilhelm
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the Berlin printer, publisher and editor (1793-1859), who published Canada's first German newspaper, the "Canada Museum" from 1835, as well as various secular and religious titles. ...Keywords: NewspapersGerman languageBiographiesGermansGuelphBerlin (Ontario)Peterson Henry WilliamPeterson Harriet Middleton Clayton Douglas (m. H.W.)Canada Museum und Allgemeine ZeitungWellington DistrictYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1834-1840Export options:The History of the German Newspapers of Ontario, Canada, 1835-1918
Type: ThesisKeywords: NewspapersGerman19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1953Export options: