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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Bishop Benjamin Eby
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch of the spiritual leader of the early Mennonites in Waterloo County.Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansBiographiesDiseasesClergyTeachersNewspapersIndustriesPublishersSchoolsYear of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1785-1855Export options:David Norman Panabaker
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of one of Hespeler's prominent citizens who worked his way up to become General Manager of the R. Forbes Co., and was Mayor of Hespeler and an active member of the Waterloo ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyTextile IndustryMayorsReevesSettlers PennsylvaniaChurches MethodistAssociations and clubsPanabaker D.N.Panabaker DavidYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1874-1939Export options:Expansion of the Pequea and Germantown settlements
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A general history that is largely a revised and enlarged version of a book entitled "The Mennonites" by the same author, published in 1920 and included in the WRP database. A section relating to the ...Year of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1799-1827Export options:John Motz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of John Motz (1830- 1911), the German immigrant who published the Liberal newspaper, the Berliner Journal.Keywords: NewspapersBiographiesSettlers GermanMayorsPublishersMotz JohnKalbfleisch JoachimRittinger FriedrichRittinger John A.Motz Helena VogtYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1830-1911Export options:Note on the dyeing of halb leinich among the Pennsylvania-Dutch of Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1939Export options:Philip Frowde Seagram
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Seagram (1911-1941), businessman son of Edward Seagram. He was killed in London during an air-raid.Year of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1911-1941Export options:The "Canada Museum"
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the "Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung", Kitchener's oldest German newspaper, published from 1835 to 1840.Keywords: GermansNewspapersWaterloo CountyPeterson Henry WilliamEby BenjaminSchneider Jacob C.Van Egmond AnthonyIsrael CarlScott John DrRobinson PeterYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1835-1850Export options:The Canada Museum
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1835-1850Export options:The Hunsbergers
Type: BookAbstract: Most Waterloo County Hunsbergers in this book are descendants of Abraham and his son Abram who settled in Wilmot Towmship after migrating from Pennsylvania in 1801.Keywords: GenealogyFamiliesMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaHunsberger AbrahamHunsberger AbramHunsberger Mollie Janzen (m. Abram)Waterloo CountyNew HamburgBadenYear of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1801-1940Export options:The Pennsylvania German family named Kinsey
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A genealogical account of the Kinsey family whose ancestor, Jacob Kintsing, came from Switzerland to Pennsylvania in 1737. The article deals primarily with family members in Pennsylvania, the ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyKinsey familyKintsing JacobSwissWaterloo CountySourcesUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1941Historical Period: 1800-1867Export options: