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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A separate people: an insider's view of Old Order Mennonite customs and traditions
Type: BookYear of publication: 2000Export 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:Cedar Creek and Dickie Cemeteries
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of two cemeteries in North Dumfries Township, with references to well- known area surnames found on the tombstones, such as Kersell, Cranston, Veitch, Brown, Lee, Wilson, Dalgleish, ...Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsFamiliesYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1834-1950Export options:Delayed impact: the Holocaust and the Canadian Jewish community
Type: BookKeywords: Holocaust JewishJewsAnti-SemitismYear of publication: 2000Export options:Ethnicity Employed: William Hespeler and the Mennonites
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the life of immigrant William Hespeler (1830-1921) of Baden, Germany, who came to Waterloo, Ontario, in 1850 and in 1873 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hespeler was sent as an immigration agent by ...Year of publication: 2000Export options:Experience of Canadian women in World War I
Type: ThesisKeywords: World War IWomenOccupationsBennett Catherine Olive Breithaupt (1896-1977)GermansBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 2000Export options:Folk-lore of Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: Parts of these had already been published in the "Journal of American Folk-lore".Year of publication: 1950Export options:Former Enemies Come to Canada: Ottawa and the Postwar German Immigration Boom, 1951-1957
Type: ThesisAbstract: The 1950s was the decade of the largest volume of immigration to Canada. Germans figured prominently in this great wave contributing 200,000 migrants in the peak years of 1951-57, a number only ...Keywords: Immigration policyGermansYear of publication: 2000Export options:How to live without wars and wedding rings
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of a week the author spent living with an Old Order Mennonite family in Waterloo County, and what she learned about their way of life. This article was included in a collection of Staebler ...Keywords: Mennonites (Old Order)Ethnic groupsConscientious objectionMarriageCustoms and traditionsWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1950Export options:Inuk
Type: BookKeywords: Inuit Canada DramaYear of publication: 2000Export options: