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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export options:They found a home in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A collection of reminiscences of Russian Mennonites who came to Waterloo County in the 1920s. The stories of painter Woldemar Neufeld, Herbert and Marie (Warkentin) Enns, Herman and Agnes (Wiens) ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: c1924-1974Export options:Thirty Families from Otterstadt to Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2000Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A special issue of the publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, with a collection of stories of business activity among Mennonites who have sometimes been wrongly assumed ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options:'Till they get tidings from those who are gone...': Thomas Sockett and letters from Petworth emigrants
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of settlers' letters which were encouraged and published by promoters of a colonization project by which emigrants from the southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:W. Ervin Woelfle
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of the proprietor of the W.E. Woelfle Shoe Company and active member of the Waterloo County Health Association, the Lodge, Rotary, and St John's Anglican Church.Year of publication: 1949Historical Period: 1871-1949Export options:Waterloo Chronicle's Century Honoured
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the newspaper's centennial celebrations.Keywords: NewspapersWaterloo CountyJaffray WilliamHett CasperKumpf ChristianBowman John J.Moyer P.E.W.Hilliard ThomasBean DavidDippel M.G.Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1854-1967Export options:Waterloo County Hall of Fame 1996 inductions
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Biographical sketches of six people: Milton R. Good, A. Carl Rieder, Benita Rope, M. Grace Schmidt, James (Jim) Grant Schoenfeld, and Dr George Erskine Duff Wilson.Keywords: BiographiesBusinessmenLibrariansPhysiciansAssociations and clubsArchitectsSports GymnasticsSportsHockeyWomenYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1904-1996Export options:Waterloo County history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary history of Waterloo County and its five townships. Topics include local historians, the Attiwandaronk Indians, various groups of settlers, education, newspapers, railways, and Waterloo ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesMennonitesAmishMillsFlour mill industryEthnic groupsImmigrationSettlementSettlement processFurniture industryYear of publication: 1919Historical Period: 1800-1918Export options:Waterloo County marriages, 1866
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of marriages from 1863 to 1869 in two parts, the first by bridegroom's name, the second by bride's name, with details of their ages, places of birth and the names of their parents. The author ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1863-1869Export options: