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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Death and Ethnicity: Swiss-German Mennonite Gravestones of the 'Pennsylvania Style' (1804-54) in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many of the Mennonite tombstones in Waterloo County are stylistically similar to Pennsylvania-German tombstones, particularly with respect to construction features, design, the use of motifs, and the ...Year of publication: 1982Export options:Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4556): Petersburg, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 225 stones listed by row and plot, followed by an index. The introduction notes that there have been four church buildings associated with the cemetery, dating from 1844, 1851 ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1844-1980Export options:Freeborn Cemetery, also known as Zion Presbyterian Cemetery (CC#4543): West Concession 3, Lot 10, Wellesley Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of nearly 100 stones, by row and plot, followed by an index. The introduction notes that the cemetery, while located on what was historically the Freeborn farm, served as a community ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1845-1988Export options:German-Alsatian Iron Gravemarkers in Southern Ontario Roman Catholic Cemeteries
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: CatholicismTombstonesCemeteriesYear of publication: 1983Export options:Landscape and Meaning: Structure and Symbolism of the Swiss-German Mennonite Farmstead of Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Waterloo Region Swiss-German Mennonite farmstead reconciles in its paradisal structure three polarities: male/female, farmstead/world, and God/humankind. Perpetuating a landscape developed in ...Year of publication: 1984Export options:Linwood Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4544), West Concession 10, Lot 12, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 21 markers in a recently opened cemetery beside the yellow brick Mennonite meeting house just east of Linwood. In almost all cases, the family name is Martin.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1965-1985Export options:Martin's Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4533): East Concession 12, Lot 7, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 29 stones in a small cemetery adjoining a traditional Mennonite meeting house on the Linwood road. More than half the stones have the family name Martin; other names ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1945-1985Export options:Mennonite Folk Art of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Waterloo CountyFolk artMennonitesYear of publication: 1968Export options:Minerva Hoffman Martin and Simeon Eby Martin: two Swiss-German Mennonite folk artists of the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: BookYear of publication: 1983Export options:Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, sometimes known as Oswald or Hoffer Cemetery (CC#4582): German Company Tract lot 52, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 83 memorials with translations of the kirkenbuch entries and a history of this vanished church. A name index is also included.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1853-1935Export options: