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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Richard Beasley and the German companies
Type: BookYear of publication: 2005Export options:The Catharsis of Gemütlichkeit: Explaining the Success of Kitchener's Oktoberfest in 1969
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Kitchener-Waterloo OktoberfestYear of publication: 2005Export options:The Heimat abroad : the boundaries of Germanness
Type: BookKeywords: Germans Foreign countriesJews German Foreign countriesPopulation transfers GermansGermany Emigration and immigrationYear of publication: 2005Export 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 Schmecks of Kitchener-Waterloo and area: Edna Staebler and the foodways of Waterloo County, Ontario, 1960s-1990
Type: BookYear of publication: 2005Export 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:"We Shall Go Forward with Our Songs into the Fight for Better Life": Identity and Musical Meaning in the History of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir, 1925-1959.
Type: ThesisAbstract: This project explores the early years of the Toronto Jewish Folk Choir (known initially as the Freiheit Gezang Farein or Freedom Singing Society), a mixed amateur ensemble with roots in the secular ...Year of publication: 2005Historical Period: 1925-59Export options:Who Are Mennonite German Pioneers?
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MennonitesWaterloo CountyWaterloo RegionYear of publication: 2005Export options:Zwischen Fremde und Fremde: Displaced Persons in Australien, den USA und Kanada 1946-1952
Type: BookAbstract: Das 20. Jahrhundert war das Jahrhundert der Flüchtlinge, Vertriebenen und Deportierten. Zu den vielen Opfern staatlich sanktionierter Entwurzelung zählten auch die mehr als 8 Millionen ›Displaced ...Keywords: World War IYear of publication: 2005Export options: