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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Minerva Hoffman Martin and Simeon Eby Martin: two Swiss-German Mennonite folk artists of the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: BookYear of publication: 1983Export options:More about Dr Samuel Bean
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the man who was first a teacher, then a physician, then a minister. Also detailed are names and birth and death dates of his five children.Keywords: TeachersPhysiciansClergyBiographiesChildrenWilmot TownshipWellesley TownshipBean Samuel DrYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1842-1977Export options:'On the Very Boundary of Civilization': Adolf Halleen's Drei Monate in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: GermansHalleen AdolfDrei Monate in Canada (1870)ProseLiterary criticismDescription and travelYear of publication: 1983Export options:Ontario Fraktur
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1983Export options:Ontario local history
Type: ReportAbstract: Local history and feature stories dealing with 830 Ontario municipalities and clipped from newspapers mainly of the 1950s and 1960s. Waterloo County communities represented in the collection are Ayr ...Keywords: Buildings StoneBusinessesEconomic conditionsFactoriesFinancial institutionsIndustriesOwnership ForeignOwnership LocalNewspapersYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1950-1970Export options:Over Prairie Trails. With Illus. by C.M. Manly
Type: BookYear of publication: 1925Export options:Poth family history: descendants of Andrew Poth and Magdalena Lautenschlager
Type: BookAbstract: A scrapbook of photographs, articles, documents and genealogical charts relating to the New Dundee family.Keywords: FarmersGenealogyPoth familyLautenschlager familyLautenschlager PhilippPoth AndrewPoth EarlmontPoth FrederickPoth Emma Diebel (m. Frederick)Diebel PeterYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1822-1983Export options:Reminiscences of early Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch of Waterloo County during the second half of the nineteenth century, including references to the communities of Freeport, Blair, Ayr, Doon, Preston and Berlin and to community ...Year of publication: 1925Historical Period: c1850-1924Export options:Resources for local history and genealogical research
Type: BookAbstract: A list of resource materials located in the Kitchener Public Library, including municipal, county, business, church and family histories as well as primary sources such as census records, directories ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: c1800-1983Export options:'See the Vernal Landscape Glowing': the Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Swiss-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, in western Ontario, have a long tradition of seeing the landscape as a spiritual metaphor. Early settlement is often seen as the creation of a small, ...Year of publication: 1983Export options: