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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:Elmira Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4584): on Highway #86, west of Elmira, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of approximately 900 markers, with a short historical introduction, a cemetery plan, and a name index.Keywords: GenealogyInscriptionsCemeteriesYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1855-1988Export options:First Saint Paul's Lutheran Cemetery, Wellesley (CC#4540): East Concession I, Lot 13, Wellesley Village, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of nearly 300 markers in the cemetery associated with the church originally established in 1854. An introduction provides additional historical information about Lutheran ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1854-1990Export 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: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:New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (CC#4498): 235 Cooper Street, Cambridge, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Revised version of the 1992 report containing transcriptions and indexes of the markers with the cemetery plans.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyWar memorialsYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1867-1991Export options:New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (CC#4498): 235 Cooper Street, Cambridge, formerly Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and indexes of the markers with the cemetery plans. Separate areas for a Potters Field and a Sons of England section are designated.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyWar memorialsYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1867-1991Export options:Saint Jacobs Mennonite Cemetery or Central Woolwich Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4583): Village of St Jacobs, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Cemetery transcriptions of over 300 markers with a plan and a name index.Keywords: CemeteriesInscriptionsGenealogyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1856-1990Export options:'See the Vernal Landscape Glowing': the Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Swiss-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, in western Ontario, have a long tradition of seeing the landscape as a spiritual metaphor. Early settlement is often seen as the creation of a small, ...Year of publication: 1983Export options: