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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A string of amber: the heritage of the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: A popular account with occasional references to Waterloo County. Topics include the settlement process, charming and divining, and marriage and funeral customs. Personal anecdotes by the author, who ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Memoranda of a settler in Lower Canada;
Type: BookAbstract: A guide for emigrants to Canada, in two parts. The second describes Upper Canada through letters by an Ayrshire emigrant to his brother in Glasgow. Letter five contains an optimistic account of the ...Keywords: ImmigrationTravellers' guidesSettlers GermanSettlers ScottishFarmersDamsFlora and faunaIndigenous peoplesSoilsClimateYear of publication: 1843Historical Period: 1842-1843Export options:Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the River Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint by Kelvinprint of James Marr Brydone's account of his expedition with British emigrants through Upper Canada, including a trek through the Waterloo area described on pages 31-33 and 42. He ...Keywords: DiariesSettlement processSettlement DirectedSettlers EnglishEmigrationEmigration agentsWeatherRivers and streamsSoilsMillsYear of publication: 1834Historical Period: 1833-1834Export options:The Canada Company
Type: BookAbstract: Most of this account of the company's role in the settlement of western Ontario is concerned with the Huron Tract (later organized as the counties of Huron and Perth) immediately to the west of ...Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1824-1830Export 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: