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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#6307): 235 Cooper Street, Hespeler, now Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the stones with an index to all personal names. A preface outlines the history of the Church of St Mary of the Visitation which was built in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1916. The ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1894-1951Export options:The Bricker connection, part 1: Jacob C. Bricker and Mary Greenfelder, their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: Part of a 5-volume genealogy of the children of Peter Bricker and Elizabeth Cress, devoted to their son Jacob.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBricker JacobBricker PeterBricker JohnBricker Elizabeth CressBricker Elizabeth Cress (m. John C.)Bricker Jacob C.Bricker Mary Greenfelder (m. Jacob C.)Snider FamilyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The Bricker connection, part 2: Nancy Bricker and Jacob Snider, their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A portion of the genealogy of Peter and Elizabeth Cress devoted to their daughter Nancy, her husband Jacob Snider and their four children.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBricker PeterBricker Elizabeth CressSnider JacobSnider Nancy BrickerBricker familySnider FamilyPeterson familySimpson Harry A.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:The Bricker connection, part 4: John C. Bricker and Sallie Wideman (Elizabeth Cress), their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of John C. Bricker, son of Elizabeth Cress and Peter Bricker, with his first wife, Sallie Wideman, and his second wife, Elizabeth Cress.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyBricker PeterBricker Elizabeth CressBricker John C.Bricker Sallie Wideman (m. John C.)Bricker Elizabeth Cress (m. John C.)Wideman familyBricker familyCress familyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:The Christie Pits Riot: a Case Study in the Dynamics of Ethnic Violence - Toronto, August 16, 1933
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A violent riot in which Jews and anti-Semites clashed in a Toronto softball park culminated a series of incidents involving the provocative use of the swastika symbol by young gentiles.Keywords: TorontoJewsAnti-SemitismYear of publication: 1985Export options:The County of Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A concise history of the county with profiles of the communities of Galt, Kitchener, Waterloo, Preston, Hespeler, Elmira and Doon. Short biographies are included for prominent citizens such as Robert ...Keywords: Art and artistsDiseasesFestivalsIndustriesReligious buildingsSchoolsPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesMusicYear of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1800-1951Export options:The Defence of Identity: Ida Siegel and the Jews of Toronto Versus the Assimilation Attempts of the Public School and its Allies, 1900-1920
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the history of Ida Siegel's struggle to protect the cultural and religious identity of Toronto's Jews during a time when the Canadian majority in Toronto saw the public schools as a means ...Keywords: Siegel IdaTorontoJewsAcculturationYear of publication: 1985Export options:The Eidt and Eydt families in Canada, 1835-1985
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an introduction describing the arrival of the Eidt and Eydt families in Woolwich Township from Germany in 1835. The authors explain the connections between the two families, their ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansEidt ConradEidt CasparEidt John C.Eidt familyDoering familyEydt familyWilmot TownshipPhilipsburgYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1835-1985Export options:The family history of John Hahn
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with a brief biographical introduction to two brothers, John and Henry, who left Hesse Darmstadt in Germany in 1853 to settle near Heidelberg in Waterloo County. The genealogy charts the ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesLutheransGermansBiographiesHahn FamilyHahn JohnHahn HenryWagner JacobHahn Elizabeth Sippel (m. John)Year of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1853-1952Export options:The family of Johann Georg Hahn and Elizabeth Herber
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of George Hahn, a German farmer who settled near Bamberg in 1860. Among his descendants was Lewis Hahn, an entrepreneurial carpenter who founded the Hahn Furniture Company ...Keywords: GenealogyFamiliesBiographiesChurches LutheranSettlers GermanFarmersHahn FamilyHahn George SrHahn Elisabeth Herber (m. George Sr)Voll Henry A.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1860-1985Export options: