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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The John W. Wagler family history and genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: With the same family background as the Jacob Wagler genealogy (1989), this book traces relationships of all the Canadian Waglers and descendants of the John Wagler branch and also includes ...Keywords: AmishWagler familyWagler John W.MennonitesGenealogyBiographiesWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipAlsace-Lorraine19th centuryYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1839-1989Export options:The Kraemer-Spetz families: early settlers in Waterloo County, 1827-1961
Type: ReportAbstract: Family histories and genealogies of the Kraemer and Spetz families, Catholics of Waterloo County who intermarried. Information about St Jerome's College and early priests of Waterloo County is given ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers FrenchBrewery industrySettlers GermanKraemer GeorgeKraemer Johanna Spetz (m. George)Kraemer familySpetz FamilyKroetsch JohnKroetsch Mary Ann Spetz (m. John)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1827-1961Export options:The Lyle S. Hallman story
Type: BookAbstract: The biography of a developer who began his company, Hallman Construction, in 1945, and who built many homes and apartment towers in the Kitchener/Waterloo area. The appendices list the companies ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesPrestonKitchenerWaterlooHallman familyHallman Lyle S.Hallman AnsonHallman Anson MrsHallman GeorgeYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1887-1993Export options:The Mennonite home in Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: A general description of Old Order Mennonite daily life with sections on the history, life and customs, and architecture and interior design of houses.Keywords: MennonitesMennonites (Old Order)ArchitectureMarriageCustoms and traditionsFood customsWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1802-1961Export options:The Mullers of Dittweiler and related Knorr and Geuder families
Type: BookAbstract: A profile of a German family that is related to the Knorr and Zoller or Zeller families. It includes a section on Theobald Knorr and his wife Elisabeth Zoller, who came from Germany in 1838 and ...Keywords: FamiliesGenealogySettlers GermanFarmersSocial conditionsZeller familyZoller FamilyKnorr familyZeller PhilipZeller Jacob S.Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1838-1993Export options:The Peterson diary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the diary of Rev. John Peterson of Markham, including a brief reference to the description by his son, Henry William, of a church service conducted by Benjamin Eby.Keywords: ClergyDiariesMennonitesGerman languageLutheransEby BenjaminPeterson Henry WilliamPeterson Henry William JrPeterson familyPeterson Harriet Middleton Clayton Douglas (m. H.W.)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1819-1852Export options:The Quest for Mennonite Peoplehood: Ethno-Religious Identity and the Dilemma of Definitions
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Using data from 1984 to 1988 of predominantly Swiss Canadian Mennonites from southern Ontario, examines the ambiguity that arises from attempts to define a group identity in light of the outside ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:The rural-urban fringe with comparative reference to London, Kitchener-Waterloo and Sarnia
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the relationship between the rural-urban fringe and the factors of physiography and soils, city site, situation and shape, and location of industrial areas. The author discusses ...Keywords: UrbanizationLandscape RuralZoningLand developmentLand useRural-urban fringeLandscape UrbanEnvironment PhysicalFarmersPopulationYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: c1930-1961Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: BookYear of publication: 1993Export options:'Till they get tidings from those who are gone...': Thomas Sockett and letters from Petworth emigrants
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of settlers' letters which were encouraged and published by promoters of a colonization project by which emigrants from the southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options: