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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Jacob Y. Shantz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch of the Berlin entrepreneur and businessman, noted for his efforts in helping Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba during the 1870s.Keywords: Farmers' marketsMennonitesButton industryFelt industryFoundriesFootwear industryRussian MennonitesShantz Jacob Y.Shantz Barbara Biehn (m. Jacob Y.)Dominion Button Works BerlinYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1822-1909Export options:Kitchener's oldest merchant retires
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of the retirement of Jacob D. Miller from his business, Miller and Hohmeier, founded in 1912.Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1912-1961Export options:Master of the mill
Type: BookKeywords: FictionYear of publication: 1961Export options:Our story = Onse Jeschicht: The story of the Low German Mennonites who moved from Canada to Mexico
Type: BookAbstract:Originally broadcast to Low German radio listeners to inform them about their own Mennonite history, identity, and migrations.
Year of publication: 2017Export options:Pastoral ordination in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Rene Baergen was ordained at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, on Feb. 12. His work is primarily with the Hispanic community that gathers on Saturday evenings, often with food, and always to sing ...
Keywords: Churches MennoniteClergyYear of publication: 2017Export options:Pine Bush genealogy: something about the German people who came to Canada from 1850 on, and settled in "Pine Bush" a mile south of Hespeler, east of the Back Road, and of their descendents
Type: BookYear of publication: 1961Export options:Pine Bush genealogy: something about the German people who came to Canada from 1850 on, and settled in "Pine Bush" a mile south
Type: BookAbstract: Biographical and historical information about the first German families who settled in the Pine Bush area of Hespeler from about 1850. Most names were found in the records of births and deaths at St ...Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1850-1960Export options:Rev. F.W. Bindemann, pioneer and preacher
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Bindemann (1790-1865) on the occasion of the demolition of his house.Keywords: BiographiesClergySettlers GermanChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranChurches MennoniteChurches SwedenborgianVeteransBindemann Frederick W. Rev. (1790-1865)Bindemann August GeorgeYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1830-1865Export options:Romanus-Buchlain (little Romani or Gypsey book): an 18th-century collection of mystical or sympathetic folk charms donated to Waterloo Historical Society in 1930-1931
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: 18th centuryYear of publication: 2017Historical Period: 1700sExport options:Stories of Mennonite life
Type: BookAbstract:Learning materials developed by the Haldimand-Norfolk Literacy Council in conjuction with the Norfolk Community Help Centre for the adult Low German speaking community of Mexican Mennonites in ...
Keywords: English languageReadingEducationYear of publication: 2017Export options: