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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A good Mennonite?
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:From a Mennonite Brethren background-her grandparents and parents were missionaries in India-[Ruth Klahsen] has been featured in several Mennonite Savings and Credit Union articles for her unique ...
Year of publication: 2014Export options:A Review of Aaron Eby's 'Geschichte Der Mennoniten in Canada,' Published in 1872
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes Aaron Eby's 'Geschichte der Mennoniten in Canada' (1872). Born in Ontario, Canada, in 1838, he studied medicine at the University of Toronto and practiced in Sebringville. He was encouraged ...Keywords: OntarioSebringvilleMennonitesEby AaronYear of publication: 1990Export options:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Community Mennonite celebrates 25 years
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The roots ran deep in both the Berea and Moorefield Mennonite Churches, north of Kitchener-Waterloo. Berea, first known as the Parker Mission, was founded in 1941 and joined the Ontario Mennonite ...
Year of publication: 2015Export options:John Goessman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the surveyor of the German Block in Wilmot Township for Christian Nafziger's Amish and Mennonite settlers. Goessman (1776-1841) also surveyed other townships and acted as an agent for ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1840Export options:Mississauga-Mennonite relations in the upper Grand River valley
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A revisionist account of Aboriginal- settler relations on the Upper Canadian frontier between the 1790s and 1850. The author argues that, while Mennonites and Indians seemed to benefit mutually from ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1799-1850Export options:Pastoral transition in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Staff changes Renate Dau Klaassen began as associate pastor of German worship at Niagara United Mennonite Church in Niagara-on-the-Lake on Oct 1, 2017.
Year of publication: 2018Export options:Pastoral transitions in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: CollegesClergyMennonitesRetirementYear of publication: 2018Export options:Schneider, Joseph
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler, sawmill owner and community leader, whose property, Lot 17 of the German Company Tract, became the site of Berlin. The authors explain the church and community ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesIndustriesBiographiesBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipMuseumsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1820-1843Export options:The Magdeburg Letter: a printed paper amulet traditionally used by Pennsylvania-German Mennonites to provide protection
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesYear of publication: 2018Export options: