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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Berliner Journal
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history commemorating the centennial of the newspaper's founding in 1859, including a discussion of its contents compared with other county newspapers.Keywords: NewspapersBerliner JournalGermanWaterloo CountyPeterson Henry WilliamEby BenjaminEby HenryEby PeterRittinger FriedrichMotz JohnYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1859-1959Export 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'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:Community union of the Mennonites: for the purpose of restoring fire damage or loss
Type: BookAbstract: From: http://www.grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/archivesfonds/II-5.2.htm. Community union of the Mennonites for the purpose of restoring fire damage or loss, 1959 (English translation of of 1876 ...Keywords: Mennonite Aid UnionInsuranceYear of publication: 1959Export options:Died in 1959
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people of Waterloo County who died in 1959: Rev. MacFarlane Bell Davidson, Mrs S.A. Detweiler, Louis Blake Duff, Gordon C.G. Fleming, Harry L. Guy, Alexander F. Hahn, Charles Keith ...Year of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1869-1959Export options:Excerpts from letters by Abraham Sherk
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Observations about the roles of Jacob Bechtel and the Sherks in the pioneer settlement of Waterloo Township.Keywords: Indigenous peoplesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesLand ownershipEmigrationWaterloo TownshipSherk AbrahamBuckler LucyBreithaupt William Henry (1857-1944)Bechtel JacobYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1799-1944Export options:Galt founders honoured
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of early settlement in Galt to mark the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on September 12, 1959.Keywords: Settlers PioneerSettlement DirectedYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1816-1836Export options:Kaiser family reunion: February 1854, St. Agatha
Type: BookAbstract: A description of the Kaiser family reunion of 1854 by the teacher, Wendlin Schuler, including poems dedicated to Anton Kaiser the elder and Anton Kaiser the younger. The poems and description were ...Keywords: Settlers FrenchGenealogyKaiser AnthonyKaiser familySchuler WendlinBaumgartner John B. Rev.Messner Columban Rev.Ebner Rev.Baumgarten CarolinaKaiser Elisabetha BohmeYear of publication: 1854Historical Period: 1853-1854Export options: