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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
'See the Vernal Landscape Glowing': the Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Swiss-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, in western Ontario, have a long tradition of seeing the landscape as a spiritual metaphor. Early settlement is often seen as the creation of a small, ...Year of publication: 1983Export options:Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of Cress who bought Lot 7 in Woolwich Township in 1819 from John Erb. The article provides information on the exact location of the homestead as well as biographical details of Simon' ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBiographiesSettlers PioneerCress SimonCress EphraimCress JacobCress CatharineBricker Elizabeth CressHewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1819-1852Export options:The anglicizing of German surnames - a frustrating genealogical experience
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the topics, followed by a discussion of the name Empey, for which the author finds over 65 spellings.Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1709-1983Export options:The Conrad Grebel Review
Type: Electronic journalKeywords: MennonitesAnabaptistsPeriodicalsYear of publication: 1983Export options:The German-Canadian Review: a quarterly, published in cooperation with the Goettingen Research Committee into the Refugee and Expellee Problem
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the monthly bulletin produced by the Canadian Society for German Relief to assist German-speaking immigrants. In 1954 the review was published in Manitoba and focused on the ...Year of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1954-1956Export options:The Toronto Yiddish Press
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the history of Yiddish newspapers in Toronto, Ontario.Keywords: TorontoNewspapersJewsYiddishYear of publication: 1983Export options:Thou art Peter: a story of the pioneer Peter Martin and the Woolwich Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: A short history of Peter Martin's family, beginning with his grandfather's birth in Switzerland. The main focus is on Peter Martin himself, his accomplishments, interests, and religious devotion, but ...Keywords: FamiliesGenealogyFarmersMennonites (Old Order)BiographiesFolk artPoetsWoolwich TownshipLancaster County PennsylvaniaSwitzerlandYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options:Transcription from tombstones in the original part of the Free Church Cemetery, Kitchener (Bridgeport)
Type: ReportAbstract: Typed with handwritten additions, in an unexplained order.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1983Export options:Two brother mayors died in 1954
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of Henry E. Ratz (1877- 1954) and his brother, Edward E. Ratz (1870- 1954). Henry was a Mayor of Waterloo and Edward was Mayor of Kitchener as well as a partner in the Ratz-Bechtel ...Year of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1870-1954Export options:Wi hollen tausamen, Rieck
Type: ReportAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Friedrich Christian Heinrich Rieck, who with his wife Wilhelmine Ilker, came to the county in 1873. [Mecklenburg dialect: Wi hollen tausamen = "We stick ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Germany Mecklenburg-StrelitzRieck familyRieck FrederickRieck Wilhelmine Ilker (m. Frederick)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1873-1983Export options: