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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
West Montrose United Church Cemetery (CC#4596), German Company Tract Lot 71, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 165 markers. The introduction notes that the first church was built in 1862-3, and the present one in 1906-07 at the time of union into the United Brethren ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1862-1985Export options:What kind of Mennonite?
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The CBC crime series Pure portrayed fictional Mennonite communities in Ontario and Mexico that were running a large illegal drug operation.Mennonite viewers posted their opinions on social media, ...
Year of publication: 2018Export options:What's in a Name? Questions of Loyalty in Berlin, Ontario during World War One
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines the attitudes of the citizens of Berlin, Ontario towards German nationality and loyalty in this community during the events leading up to and surrounding the first world war. Anti-German ...Keywords: Hett John Emil (1870-1956)PoliticiansBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerGross DavidDiseases InfluenzaPlace namesElections FederalElections MunicipalEthnic identityYear of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1912-1918Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Where is Jacob Bleam?
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short note from the "Canada Museum" of 9 June 1836, appealing for information on Jacob Bleam (Bliehm), a resident of Preston who disappeared in the Dundas area in February 1836.Year of publication: 1965Historical Period: 1836Export options:Who Are Mennonite German Pioneers?
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MennonitesWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 2005Export options:W.H.S. salutes Gordon Verne Hilborn
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the Blair osteopath and County Registrar of Deeds, who was president of the Waterloo Historical Society from 1944 to 1946.Year of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1900-1962Export options:W.H.S. salutes William H.E. Schmalz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Photograph and outline of achievements of Schmalz, architect and active member of the Waterloo Historical Society.Year of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1890-1962Export options:Why the Bechtel, Biehn, Betzner and Gingrich families chose the Beasley Tract in 1800
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A partly fictionalized account of how the early Pennsylvania Mennonite and Tunker settlers came to Waterloo Township and paid Richard Beasley forty thousand dollars for sixty thousand acres. The ...Keywords: FictionTunkersLand ownershipAgricultureCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansSettlersUpper CanadaWaterloo TownshipGerman languageYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1804Export options:Wi hollen tausamen, Rieck
Type: ReportAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Friedrich Christian Heinrich Rieck, who with his wife Wilhelmine Ilker, came to the county in 1873. [Mecklenburg dialect: Wi hollen tausamen = "We stick ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Germany Mecklenburg-StrelitzRieck familyRieck FrederickRieck Wilhelmine Ilker (m. Frederick)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1873-1983Export options: