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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1992Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: German (New High)Pennsylvania GermanDialectsLanguage maintenanceLanguage interactionAmishMennonitesEnglishYear of publication: 1992Export options:The Schnarrs from Erbsville 1853-1991: ancestors and descendants of Charles Demetrius Schnarr
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family whose ancestor came from Germany in 1853. It includes genealogical and biographical information, with reminiscences of farm life and the Erbsville community in the first half of ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansFarmersEducationSchools PublicSettlers GermanFood customsBiographiesSchnarr Charles DemetriusSchnarr Margaretha Jahn (m. Charles Demetrius)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1991Export options:The Sunset
Type: BookAbstract: A very rare issue for 12 January 1934 held in Special Collections, Wilfrid Laurier University Library. The newspaper was published mainly as a platform for the political views of C. Mortimer Bezeau ...Keywords: NewspapersPoliticiansMayorsYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1934Export options:The trek of the Pennsylvanians to Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed description of the route taken by migrants from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County. The travellers, mostly Mennonite, came from the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland, York, Berks, Franklin, ...Keywords: Migration processMennonitesYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options:Traugott Ochsner : ein schweizerische-kanadischer Auswandererroman
Type: BookYear of publication: 1992Export options:Waterloo County marriages, births and burials, 1840-1849, as recorded in Wellington District by the Clerk of the Peace Thomas Saunders
Type: BookAbstract: Transcription with index of manuscript records relating to the Waterloo County area before 1850, when it was part of the Wellington District. The entries include ceremonies conducted and recorded by ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1840-1849Export options:Waterloo County marriages, births and burials 1840-1849, as recorded in Wellington District by the Clerk of Peace Thomas Saunders
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcripts of vital statistics entered by Mennonite clergy Benjamin Eby, John Oesh, and Christian Miller, and recorded in the Clerk of Peace records.Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1840-1849Export options:Wellesley and Wilmot Amish Mennonite Cemeteries (CC#4551 and CC#6076): Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with indexes of 19 markers in the Wilmot cemetery and 75 markers in the Wellesley cemetery. The introduction explains that Michael Zehr sold land for the Wilmot cemetery in 1873 to the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1873-1990Export options:Zweisprachigkeit und Muttersprachgebrauch deutschstaemmiger Immigranten in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: In this study, special consideration has been given to the language of bilingual German immigrants and their use of language in various domains, as well as to so-called 'code-switching' from one ...Year of publication: 1992Export options: