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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A biographical history of early settlers and their descendants in Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby 1895 & 1896; a supplement by Joseph P. Snyder 1931; plus an intensive index of all entries of all persons whose names are used throughout the volumes; an ordinal index of geography related to the numbered items; notes about some of the families and individuals; maps and other documents of interest
Type: BookAbstract:An introduction, notes, maps and set of indexes to accompany and update the reprinting of Ezra Eby's {Biographical history} of 1895-6 (qv) and Joseph B. Snyder's {Supplement} of 1931 (qv). Lists ...
Keywords: MennonitesSettlersPennsylvaniaGenealogyLand ownershipMaps18th century19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1798-1970Export options:And now we are many: a history and genealogy of the Brohman family
Type: BookAbstract: A detailed work, tracing the family from the migration of Gottlieb Brohman to New Germany (Maryhill) from Alsace in the late 1820s. He married Catherine Lauber and the succeeding generations to 1970 ...Keywords: GenealogyFolk medicineDiseasesFood customsAlsace-LorraineGermansBrohman familyBrohman JosephBrohman GottliebLauber CatherineYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1833-1968Export options:Benjamin Eby
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography to mark the unveiling of a plaque at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener.Year of publication: 1960Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options:Berlin's non-so-famous firefighter's fight
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 2015Export options:Catchy advertising 1950s Berlin style: John and Jacob Hoffman
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2015Historical Period: 1950sExport options:Clearbrook Mennonite closes its doors
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:"They, as church, tried as best to be healthy and effective," Garry Janzen, Mennonite Church B.C.'s executive minister, told Canadian Mennonite. "At the same time, eventually they were unable to ...
Keywords: MennonitesChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2015Export options:Community Mennonite celebrates 25 years
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The roots ran deep in both the Berea and Moorefield Mennonite Churches, north of Kitchener-Waterloo. Berea, first known as the Parker Mission, was founded in 1941 and joined the Ontario Mennonite ...
Year of publication: 2015Export options:Comparison of the Acculturation of Immigrants in Toronto, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, by Rudolf A. Helling
Type: BookKeywords: AcculturationGermansTorontoImmigrantsYear of publication: 1971Export options:Died in 1960
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of 28 notable people of Waterloo County who died in 1960: Dr C.C. Ballantyne, Msgr William Becker, Mrs Samuel B. Cassel, Mrs Sophia Doering, Dr Samuel H. Eckel, G.A.M. Edwards, Msgr William C ...Year of publication: 1960Historical Period: 1856-1960Export options:Elmira's oldest citizen
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Mrs Catherine Schierholtz, celebrating her 100th birthday, recalls the first Elmira school on the site of the present Link Belt factory.Year of publication: 1960Historical Period: 1860-1960Export options: