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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Cambridge: the making of a Canadian city
Type: BookAbstract: A popular history of Cambridge to 1987, and of the three separate industrial towns that were amalgamated in 1973: Galt, Preston, and Hespeler. The author presents a general historical overview, ...Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1775-1987Export options:Catherine Litt and Peter Alles family
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of documents about Peter Alles (1829-1892), a German immigrant to Wilmot Township who became an Evangelical preacher, and his descendants. Peter and his wife Catherine later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyGermansSourcesWomenCorrespondenceWilmot TownshipAlles Peter Rev.Alles Catherine Litt (m. Peter)Alles ValentineYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1829-1987Export options:Checklist of indexes to Canadian newspapers
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A list of indexes to newspapers in Canada, including partial indexes to {Cambridge Reporter}, {Galt Evening Reporter}, {Hespeler Herald}, {Prestonian}, {Berlin Telegraph}, {Berliner Journal}, {Canada ...Keywords: NewspapersIndexesBirthsMarriageDeathsYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1830-1980Export options:Cholera: it swept this area like a scythe
Type: BookAbstract: A copy of an article from the "Kitchener- Waterloo Record" of 21 November 1963 by Laurie Jennings, with additional information on members of the Hembling family who were Bridgeport cholera victims, ...Keywords: Diseases CholeraFarmersSanitationGenealogyTelfer JohnMiller Robert DrCushman JosiahScott John DrGaukel Marie Roschang (m. Frederick)Gaukel HarryYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1813-1895Export options:Christian Litwiller genealogy 1848-1966
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Christian (1848-1924), youngest son of Peter and Elizabeth Lichti of Wilmot Township. Christian was ordained a minister of the Wilmot Amish Mennonite Church in 1877 ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyFarmersBiographiesChurches MennoniteAmishLitwiller familyLitwiller PeterLitwiller Elizabeth Lichti (m. Peter)Litwiller ChristianYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1829-1966Export options:Conference resolutions at the semi-annual conference of the Mennonite Church of Waterloo County, Ont., held in the C. Eby Church, Berlin, on the 13th
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1987Export options:Convention, power and the self in German Mennonite magic
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation looks at how historical problems have been defined in cultural anthropology. Attention has been given to how notions of evidence and argument have changed in anthropology since the ...Year of publication: 1987Export options:Descendants of Hans Jacob Bechtel of Pottstown, PA and George III to Ont. 1929, Rev. Joseph to Ont. 1802
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical chart of the descendants of the four members of the Bechtel family who came to Waterloo County from Pennsylvania, Abraham, Joseph, George and George B.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBechtel GeorgeBechtel familyBechtel AbrahamBechtel Hans Jacob Rev.Bechtel LeviWaterloo CountyUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1802-1987Export options:Die deutsche periodische Literatur des Banats : Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, Kalender 1771-1971 : Bibliographie
Type: BookKeywords: German periodicals Banat BibliographyGerman newspapers Banat BibliographyGerman imprints BanatBanat ImprintsYear of publication: 1987Export options:Died in 1966
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Brief notes on 32 Waterloo County residents, 15 of whom were over 95 years old: Martin Andesian, Jack Bechtel, William D. Brill, H. Milton Cook, Dr John D. Detweiler, Odo Eby, F.C. Forwell, W.L. ...Year of publication: 1966Historical Period: c1864-1966Export options: