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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Adam Beck and apple pie
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An anecdote about how a friendly piece of apple pie given to Adam Beck later resulted in St Agatha's acquiring electricity long before its unincorporated status would have merited.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1867-1920Export options:Bechtel family, originator: Hans Jacob Bechtel, 1720
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, some members of which came to Canada in 1817 and settled in Wilmot Township and Roseville. There are transcripts of 18th century wills and a household ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1817-1981Export options:Brothers beyond the sea: national socialism in Canada
Type: BookKeywords: Deutscher Bund CanadaOntarioGermansEthnic identityPolitical partiesWaterloo CountyNational socialismYear of publication: 1981Export options:C.G. Klinckhardt's Reise nach Nord- Amerika und dessen erste Ansiedelung daselbst, aus Briefen von demselben gezogen und herausgegeben von C.G. Temper, Pastor in Ruppertsgrn
Type: BookAbstract: A photocopy of the published letters from C.G. Klinckhardt to family and friends in Germany. Relating his trip to North America including Upper Canada, he provides one of the earliest accounts of ...Keywords: Klinckhardt Christian GottliebCorrespondenceSettlersMennonitesAmishAnabaptistsGermansGore DistrictYear of publication: 1833Historical Period: 1830-1833Export options:Die deutschkanadische Literatur: Umfang und Problemstellungen
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1981Export options:German immigration into Canada: a survey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An overview of German settlement including the waves of migration to the Waterloo area. It is noted that this article is a translation of the original German work by Werner A. Bausenhart.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1799-c1835Export options:Gingrich family genealogy: with limited historical and other data of the Ulrich Gingrich family
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of Pennsylvania Mennonite Abraham Gingrich and his wife Barbara Hunsicker, who settled in Waterloo Township in 1801.Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1801-1981Export options:Nachrichten aus Ontario: deutschsprachige Literatur in Kanada
Type: BookKeywords: GermansLiterary criticism20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Export options:Splendid harvest : Germanic folk and decorative arts in Canada
Type: BookKeywords: GermansFolk artPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1981Export options:The Ahrens story
Type: ReportAbstract: A lively narrative of the life and times of the Ahrens family, German immigrants who were prominent in the development of Berlin/Kitchener and related to the J.M. Schneider family by marriage. The ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesAhrens familySettlersGermansBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerChurches Swedenborgians19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1803-1980Export options: