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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Reflections on an Amish Curriculum in Ontario: Language Arts with Moral Purpose
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the alternative private schooling curriculum of the Ontario Amish. Until the 1960's many Amish schools used publicly available curricula. With the advent of such modernizing elements as ...Year of publication: 2000Historical Period: 1970-99Export options:Refugee pilgrimage: a story of God's care. Lina (Heinrich) Wohlgemut: from Poland
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The story of how the author's mother led her fatherless family first from the advancing Russian army in early 1945, and then by way of a Mennonite Central Committee refugee camp to Canada in late ...Keywords: ImmigrationMennonitesWorld War IIRefugeesWomenMennonite Central CommitteeWohlgemut Lina (Heinrich)Dick AbramDick AnnaDick PeterYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1945-1995Export options:Reinterpreting the Old Mennonite/Russländer encounter in 1924
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the familial, cultural and environmental differences between Russian Mennonites and their Amish Mennonite hosts which help to explain why the two groups did not merge in the same ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1924-1980Export options:Reist family reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A report on the reunion at St Jacobs, with genealogical notes on this Pennsylvania Mennonite family. Although Abraham Reist owned land in Woolwich Township he never came to Canada, but his son John ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesGenealogyReist familyReist JohnReist SamuelKoch Barbara Reist (m. Ludwig)Reist Susannah Huber (m. John)Reist John JrReist IsaacYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1821-1986Export options:(Re)locating Anna Weber's art within Pennsylvanian-German Mennonite folk culture
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2013Export options:Reminiscences of early Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch of Waterloo County during the second half of the nineteenth century, including references to the communities of Freeport, Blair, Ayr, Doon, Preston and Berlin and to community ...Year of publication: 1925Historical Period: c1850-1924Export options:Reminiscences of Grandmother Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed account of a Mennonite family in Waterloo County over a period of nearly 150 years, based on the recollections of the author's mother-in-law. Births, deaths, marriages, illnesses, ...Keywords: BiographiesFood customsElectricityFarmersFuneralsGenealogyGerman languageMennonites (Old Order)Settlers PennsylvaniaTransportationYear of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1967Export options:Residents' perceptions of Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest: An inductive analysis
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2004Export options:Retirement of Newspaperman Earl Werstine
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Werstine's roles as reporter, editor and columnist for 63 years on the "Galt Evening Reporter", including references to his coverage of the 1907 and 1947 Old Boys' Reunions and his " ...Keywords: NewspapersBiographiesReunionsYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1907-1969Export options:Reuben Snyder Oberholtzer (O.G.S. #1): origin of the Ontario Genealogical Society
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the founder and first member of the Ontario Genealogical Society. He was also a member of the Waterloo Historical Society and a leader in the formation of the Pennsylvania German ...Keywords: GenealogyOntario Genealogical SocietyBiographiesOberholtzer Reuben SnyderWaterloo Historical SocietyPennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1904-1981Export options: