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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Ontario Plain People's youth: 1969 and 2018
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Draper reflects on the changes in fashion and teaching among the youth of the 'plain people' Markum-Waterloo Mennonite community in which she grew up. She recalls the wedding of his brother in ...
Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1969-2018Export options:Pastoral ordinations in Ontario
Type: Magazine ArticleKeywords: ClergyOrdinationTheological schoolsSpiritualityReligious congregationsReligionChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2019Export options:Pastoral ordinations in Ontario
Type: Magazine ArticleKeywords: ClergyMennonite churchesOrdinationTheological schoolsSpiritualityReligious congregationsReligions And Theology--Other Denominations And SectsYear of publication: 2019Export 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:Questioning cultural narratives of economic development: An investigation of Kitchener‐Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords:Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 2000sExport 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:St Jacobs Kirche/ St James Lutheran Church, Baden given heritage designation
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Churches LutheranBadenBuildings HeritageYear of publication: 2019Export options:The history of the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835-1918
Type: BookAbstract:This is the story of the rise and eventual disappearance of approximately thirty German weekly newspapers during a period of slightly more than eighty years. It describes the successes and ...
Keywords: OntarioGerman newspapersYear of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1835-1918Export 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:Two second-generation Hessians help Berlin/Kitchener grow: Dr. William J. Schmidt and Casper Braun
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerHessiansYear of publication: 2019Export options: