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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A sketch of the Mennonite settlement in Canada
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An overview of the settlement of Pennsylvania German Mennonites in Waterloo Township, translated from German by the editor. Migrations of Mennonites are traced from Franklin, Lancaster and Cumberland ...Year of publication: 1888Historical Period: 1799-1848Export options:Die Ansiedlung und Begründung der Mennoniten Gemeinschaft in Canada
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the settlement and founding of the Mennonite community in Canada. The author outlines the migration of Pennsylvania Germans to the county from Franklin, Lancaster and Cumberland ...Year of publication: 1872Historical Period: 1799-1848Export options:History of the Petworth emigration scheme: annual report for {Families}
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families, notably in Waterloo Township, came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:Petworth emigrants: an update
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families in Waterloo Township came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:The Petworth Emigration Committee: Lord Egremont's assisted emigrations from Sussex
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the colonization project, financed by Lord Egremont and directed by the Rev. Thomas Sockett, by which emigrants from southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:The Petworth Emigration Scheme: a preliminary list of emigrants from Sussex and neighbouring counties in England to Upper Canada 1832-1837
Type: BookAbstract: A working list of emigrant families from southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire) who were assisted to come to Upper Canada in the 1830s. Among those who settled in ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:'Till they get tidings from those who are gone...': Thomas Sockett and letters from Petworth emigrants
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of settlers' letters which were encouraged and published by promoters of a colonization project by which emigrants from the southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options: