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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Of this earth: a Mennonite boyhood in the boreal forest
Type: BookKeywords: Wiebe Rudy Henry 1934- Childhood and youthMennonites Saskatchewan Speedwell BiographyFarm life Saskatchewan SpeedwellSpeedwell (Sask.) BiographyYear of publication: 2006Export options:Pioneering with John Weicker
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a German family who settled in Perth, Oxford and Waterloo Counties, with a description of pioneer life in the first half of the 19th century based on Waterloo County historical sources.Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansWeicker JohnWeicker family19th century20th centuryPerth CountyOxford CountyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1830-1962Export options:Playing Their Part: The Role of the Kitchener Musical Society 1925-1950
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Rediscovering Carl Ahrens: The Painter
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 2006Export options:Revolutionary refugees : German socialism in Britain, 1840-1860
Type: BookKeywords: Germans Great Britain History 19th centuryPolitical refugees Great Britain History 19th centuryGreat Britain Emigration and immigration History 19th centuryGermany Emigration and immigration History 19th centuryGermany Politics and government 1815-1866Year of publication: 2006Export options:Sir Adam Beck plaque
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of the dedication of a plaque honouring Beck, the Baden native who was the first chairman and organizer of the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario.Keywords: BiographiesBadenBeck AdamYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1960Export options:Speaking of power : the poetry of Di Brandt
Type: BookYear of publication: 2006Export options:Teaching Identity: German Language Instruction in Old Order Schools
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Examines patterns of language use in Old Order church communities, specifically the use of Pennsylvania German, English, and Amish High German (AHG) in Schwartzentruber Amish and Mennonite ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:The Witmer story
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of the Witmer family, Tunkers who came to Preston from Pennsylvania in 1804 and intermarried with the Grohs and Gingerichs. It includes reminiscences of the Isaac Witmer family who ...Keywords: GenealogyTunkersFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWitmer familyPrestonWilmot TownshipWaterloo Township19th centuryYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1804-1910Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options: