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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
S.R. Knechtel
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of the Evangelical Church minister who served for 64 years in various churches, including the Olivet Evangelical Church, Kitchener.Year of publication: 1947Historical Period: 1880-1947Export options:The family book
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the Mennonite tradition of keeping a family book, an account book in which were recorded the expenses of the children once they reached their late teens.Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1883Export options:The Henry B. Steckle family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy including information on many family members born in the county. Numerical references correspond to Ezra E. Eby's notations in {Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other ...Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1820-1967Export options:The Mennonites in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A concise account first published to commemorate Canada's centennial year. There are variations in layout, ink colour, illustrations (including the cover photograph) and tables, but the text in ...Keywords: MennonitesOccupationsCustoms and traditionsAgricultureEducationAmishMennonites (Old Order)Mennonite Central CommitteeOntarioYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1787-1967Export options:Two pioneers of New Hamburg: William James Scott and Carl Germann
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Biographical sketches of two early settlers of New Hamburg whose families became related through marriage.Keywords: GermansBiographiesNew HamburgYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1812-1860Export options:Waterloo Chronicle's Century Honoured
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the newspaper's centennial celebrations.Keywords: NewspapersWaterloo CountyJaffray WilliamHett CasperKumpf ChristianBowman John J.Moyer P.E.W.Hilliard ThomasBean DavidDippel M.G.Year of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1854-1967Export options:Why the Bechtel, Biehn, Betzner and Gingrich families chose the Beasley Tract in 1800
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A partly fictionalized account of how the early Pennsylvania Mennonite and Tunker settlers came to Waterloo Township and paid Richard Beasley forty thousand dollars for sixty thousand acres. The ...Keywords: FictionTunkersLand ownershipAgricultureCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansSettlersUpper CanadaWaterloo TownshipGerman languageYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1804Export options:William Uffelman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An obituary of the prominent Waterloo citizen who was foreman with the Dominion Rubber Company for fifteen years, president of the Waterloo Board of Trade, and Reeve and Mayor of Waterloo.Year of publication: 1947Historical Period: 1947Export options:Yearbook of the United Mennonite Churches in Ontario.
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MennonitesChurchesPeriodicalsYear of publication: 1967Export options: