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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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Type: BookAbstract: Materials for teachers on the four settler groups of the Waterloo area, the Mohawks, the Pennsylvania-Germans, the Germans and the Scots. Printed material, slides and audio cassettes are provided on ...Keywords: Ethnic groupsEthnic identityTeachersIndigenous peoplesPennsylvania GermansGaelicGerman languagePoetryEducationChildrenYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1850Export options:New Dundee Cemetery (CC#4561): Block B, Concession III, Lot 6, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of more than 450 markers dating from the 1870s to the present. The introduction notes that the first burial ground was located on the farm of Frederick ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1876-1986Export options:Official telephone directory: including Fergus, Guelph, Preston, Galt, Kitchener, Waterloo and surrounding territory
Type: BookAbstract: A 1926 telephone directory for areas in Waterloo and Wellington Counties, with a small classified section at the end of the book.Keywords: DirectoriesTelephone systemsTechnologyYear of publication: 1926Historical Period: 1925-1926Export options:Old Christner Cemetery (CC#4548): North Schneider's Road, Lot 23 Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of 23 markers in the long unused cemetery located one mile north of New Hamburg, near the border with Perth County. The introduction notes that the cemetery was used by ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyBuildings StoneYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1841-1919Export options:Pioneer settlers of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An address at the dedication of the Memorial Tower in August 1926, listing Waterloo County settlers of German origin.Keywords: GermansPennsylvania GermansMennonitesOccupationsWorld War IWaterloo CountySchoerg JosephBetzner Samuel JrGaukel FrederickEnslin JacobYear of publication: 1926Historical Period: 1800-1926Export options:Place names in historical geography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the value of place names as an indicator of ethnicity in the area shown on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map.Keywords: Place namesEthnic groupsGermansGermanYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Rushes Presbyterian Cemetery (CC#4536): Wellesley Township, East Concession IV Lot 13, with index to minute and account book, 1878-1921
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 270 markers that date from as early as 1848. The report includes an index to the minute book of Rushes Cemetery, and a facsimile and decoded inscription of the " ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1848-1986Export options:Steinmann Amish Mennonite Cemetery (CC#4570): Wilmot Township, Waterloo County, Lot 18, South Snyder's Road
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 340 markers preceded by a history and guide to the cemetery, a plan of the cemetery and an index. The introduction explains that the cemetery's origins are obscure but that it ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyMennonitesAmishYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1860-1986Export options:The Adventure of Faith
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Text of an address given at the dedication of the Pioneers' Memorial Tower, reflecting on various groups of people who have migrated from their homelands for reasons of faith and conscience.Year of publication: 1926Export options:The descendants of Henry S. Bauman
Type: ReportAbstract: The third edition of a 1965 mimeographed report listing the descendants of Henry S. Bauman (1867-1935). It was also revised in 1979. Henry, the fifth son of Martin H. Bauman, first married Judith ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1867-1987Export options: