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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Reinterpreting the Old Mennonite/Russländer encounter in 1924
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the familial, cultural and environmental differences between Russian Mennonites and their Amish Mennonite hosts which help to explain why the two groups did not merge in the same ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1924-1980Export options:Re-thinking ethnic boundaries: the negotiation of German-Canadian ethnic identities in Ottawa, 1945-1975
Type: ThesisAbstract: Using "ethnic identity" and "community" as socially constructed elements of historical experience, this thesis looks at how these concepts evolved among German immigrants in post-World War II Ottawa ...Keywords: OttawaEthnic identityYear of publication: 1996Export options:State responses to immigration in culturally homogeneous and multicultural societies: comparative perspectives
Type: BookKeywords: MulticulturalismGermannessImmigrationYear of publication: 1996Export options:Tagebuch über meine Amerikareise Sommer 61 : Bremerhaven, Amsterdam, London, Le Havre, Cobh, Quebec, Montreal, Boston, Concord, Fort Lee, Phoenix,
Type: BookYear of publication: 1996Export options:Taking Root in the Patronage Garden: Jewish Businessmen in Toronto's Conservative Party, 1911-1921
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many political scientists label patronage elite accommodation or associate it with corruption, while others accept it as a tool for political management, but it has always been an integral part of ...Year of publication: 1996Export options:The black experience in the Queen's Bush Settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley Township and ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsSettlers BlackSettlement processSchoolsChurches MethodistYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:The missionaries in the black settlement
Type: ThesisAbstract: Part of a larger study of the settlement by escaped slaves and other blacks in the area to the north and west of Waterloo County, which included in the 1830s and 1840s the northern half of Wellesley ...Keywords: Black peopleChurches BaptistClergyLand developmentLand salesLand surveyorsMissionariesSchoolsChurches MethodistSettlers BlackYear of publication: 1996Historical Period: 1830-1860Export options:The Pequegnat family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history of the Swiss family who settled in Berlin in 1874 and established clock and jewellery stores around southwestern Ontario. The author notes the family reunion at Eugene's home at Bridgeport ...Keywords: BusinessesSwissBerlin (Ontario)GuelphBridgeportPequegnat PierrePequegnat familyPequegnat ArthurPequegnat C.D.Pequegnat E. PaulYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1874-1948Export options:The settlement of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of pioneer settlement by Mennonites from Pennsylvania in the early nineteenth century, including the families of Schoerg, Eby, Erb, Betzner, Brubacher, Baumann, Bechtel, Biehn, Bergey, ...Keywords: SettlersWaterloo CountyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesScotsAmishEby Ezra E.Young JamesSherk A.B. Rev.Beasley RichardYear of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1800-1856Export options:To a new land a guided automobile adventure through Ontario's Old Order Mennonite heartland.
Type: SoundAbstract: Script and research by Johanna Zomers and Tom McCullough. Notes and map on liner. Bernard McCaffery, narration ; music performed by Carol Ann Weaver, the Distorter Band, and Mennonite choirs. ...Year of publication: 1996Export options: