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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Baumann/Bauman/Bowman family genealogy: ancestors and descendants of Henry (Shantz) Bauman, 1867-1935
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical chart of an Elmira family connected with the Martin, Steckle, Weber and Bearinger families. Places, occupations, religions and addresses are sometimes included with the vital dates.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBauman familyBaumann familyBowman familyMartin familySteckle familyWeber familyBearinger familyYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1867-1993Export options:Beginnings in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the Mennonite migration to Ontario from Pennsylvania following the American Revolutionary War, and of the three settlements established in the Niagara, Waterloo and York districts.Keywords: MennonitesAmishImmigrationWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryPennsylvania GermansYork RegionNiagara RegionWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1783-1924Export options:Cooperation to Amalgamation to Merger: the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Over the course of the 20th century an Amish and two Mennonite groups in Ontario - the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec, the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference, and the United Mennonite ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Just for nice: German-Canadian folk art
Type: BookKeywords: GermansFolk artPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1993Export options:Musselman family history
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of the four sons of David and Esther Martin: Peter, David, John, and Solomon. It also covers the related families of Martin, Horst, Brubacher, Lichty, and Schneider.Keywords: MennonitesReligious dissensionSettlers PennsylvaniaGenealogyMusselman familyMartin familyMoyer familyHorst familyBrubacher familyLichty familyYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1819-1993Export options:Pennsylvania German Dialect Writings, North and West
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanDialectsYear of publication: 1950Export options:The Hallman-Clemens genealogy with a family's reminiscence
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of Rev. Eli Schmidtt Hallman, who was born near New Dundee and moved to Saskatchewan in 1905, later moving to Goshen, Indiana and then Texas. He describes the Mennonite revival led ...Keywords: GenealogyTeachersBusinessesMennonitesSchoolsSaengerfestsIndustriesEducationFarmersCustoms and traditionsYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1825-1949Export options:The history of Waterloo County: a Story courage, vision, progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief historical outline to mark a century of county government. The author is most concerned with early settlement by Mennonites, Amish and European Germans before 1850, but she mentions the ...Year of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1800-1950Export options:The Quest for Mennonite Peoplehood: Ethno-Religious Identity and the Dilemma of Definitions
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Using data from 1984 to 1988 of predominantly Swiss Canadian Mennonites from southern Ontario, examines the ambiguity that arises from attempts to define a group identity in light of the outside ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: BookYear of publication: 1993Export options: