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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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Type: BookKeywords: FictionBiographiesYear of publication: 1950Export options:St Jacobs Kirche/ St James Lutheran Church, Baden given heritage designation
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Churches LutheranBadenBuildings HeritageYear of publication: 2019Export 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 the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835-1918
Type: BookAbstract:This is the story of the rise and eventual disappearance of approximately thirty German weekly newspapers during a period of slightly more than eighty years. It describes the successes and ...
Keywords: OntarioGerman newspapersYear of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1835-1918Export 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 part played by immigrants from Waterloo County to the Didsbury, Alberta, settlement in 1894
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of the migration which was arranged by Jacob Y. Shantz and included the families of Mr Hunsberger, J.B. Shantz, Ephraim Shantz, M. Weber, Elias Shantz and Rev. J.B. Detwiler.Year of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1893-1950Export options:Two second-generation Hessians help Berlin/Kitchener grow: Dr. William J. Schmidt and Casper Braun
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerHessiansYear of publication: 2019Export options:Yost genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated genealogy of five generations of the descendants of John and Katherine Kohl, German settlers who came first to Perth County about 1850 and later settled in Wellesley Township. The name ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansSocial life and customsChildrenMennonitesPerth CountyWellesley TownshipBadenYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1846-1950Export options: