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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Of this earth: a Mennonite boyhood in the boreal forest
Type: BookKeywords: Wiebe Rudy Henry 1934- Childhood and youthMennonites Saskatchewan Speedwell BiographyFarm life Saskatchewan SpeedwellSpeedwell (Sask.) BiographyYear of publication: 2006Export options:Playing Their Part: The Role of the Kitchener Musical Society 1925-1950
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Rediscovering Carl Ahrens: The Painter
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Revolutionary refugees : German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860
Type: BookKeywords: Germans Great Britain History 19th centuryPolitical refugees Great Britain History 19th centuryGreat Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th centuryGermany Emigration and immigration History 19th centuryGermany Politics and government 1815-1866Year of publication: 2006Export options:Richard Roschman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Roschman migrated from Germany to Berlin in 1871 and established a button-making factory at Waterloo in 1878.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1848-1906Export options:Samuel Merner
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the entrepreneur who developed an extensive trade in blacksmithing and wagon- and carriage- building in New Hamburg and Waterloo into a wide range of other commercial and industrial ...Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1823-1906Export options:Speaking of power : the poetry of Di Brandt
Type: BookYear of publication: 2006Export options:Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:The Pennsylvania-Germans in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of the early Mennonite settlements of Ontario, with references to such pioneer leaders as Benjamin Eby, Henry Eby, Ezra Eby and H.W. Peterson. An introductory editorial note contains some ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGermansGerman languageSettlersBiographiesEby BenjaminEby HenryEby Ezra E.Peterson Henry WilliamYear of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1800-1841Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options: