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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character
Type: BookAbstract:A collection of biographical sketches of the mainly Pennsylvania German Mennonites who settled in Waterloo Township and adjoining areas in the first half of the nineteenth century. The details for ...
Year of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1798-1895Export options:A genealogical history of the Kolb, Kulp
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes on a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, including Dillman Ziegler and his sister Hetty Detweiler, children of Elizabeth Kolb and Jacob Ziegler, who came to Waterloo ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansKolb familyZiegler DilmanZiegler Kate Schwartz (m. Dilman)Detweiler JacobDetweiler Hetty Ziegler (m. Jacob)Upper CanadaWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1895Historical Period: 1816-1895Export options:Albert I. Hunsberger
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the president of the Waterloo Historical Society in 1981-1982, noting his career in education and service on many boards including the Conrad Grebel College, the Fairview Mennonite ...Keywords: TeachersWritersMennonitesAssociations and clubsBiographiesWaterloo Historical SocietyConrad Grebel CollegeFairview Mennonite Home PrestonUniversity of WaterlooKitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational SchoolYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1912-1982Export options:Briefe über West-Canada: das Runner-Unwesen und die Deutsche Gesellschaft in New-York, nebst einem Anhange [übe]r die östlichen Townships in Unter Canada und die Passage-Bureaus in Europa und Amerika : ein Wegweiser für Auswanderer
Type: BookAbstract: A guide to prospective German emigrants and travellers to Canada. Also published by Schabelitz in Basel.Keywords: GermansEmigration literatureCanada WestYear of publication: 1854Historical Period: 1853-1854Export options:Briefe über West-Canada das Runner-Unwesen und die deutsche Gesellschaft in New-York, nebst einem Anhange über die östlichen Townships in Unter Canada und die Passage-Büreaus in Europa und Amerika: ein Wegweiser für Auswanderer
Type: BookYear of publication: 1854Export options:Briefe über West-Canada: ein Wegweiser für Auswanderer
Type: BookAbstract: Written in the form of letters, this book provides information to German-speaking Europeans about life in Canada West. The "third letter" focuses on the first German-speaking settlers.Year of publication: 1854Export options:Canada meine Reise an den Nipissing (Ontario) und die Schweizercolonie
Type: BookKeywords: SwissGermansNipissing DistrictYear of publication: 1982Export options:Canada's Zustände, Uebersetzung einer Depesche von Sr. Excellenz dem General Gouverneur, an den Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Baronet
Type: BookAbstract: A German translation of an 1852 dispatch from the Governor General relating Canada's imports, exports, transportation, population, agriculture and other production. Five thousand copies of this ...Keywords: GermansGovernment documentsImmigrationEmigration literatureSettlersGerman languageWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1854Historical Period: 1848-1854Export options:Concordia Club fonds
Type: BookYear of publication: 1895Export options:David Klassen and the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children, including biographical notes on William Hespeler and Jacob Y. Shantz of Waterloo County who helped Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba in the 1870s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1813-1900Export options: