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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Waterloo County: a population profile, 1951-1971
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of the demographic composition of the county and its component municipalities, based on census data. The author comments on the high degree of urbanization, rapid growth, ethnic background ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1881-1971Export options:Waterloo County - some aspects of settlement and economy before 1900
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A chronological outline of land purchases and pioneer settlement with a discussion of distinctive features of Mennonite land use and the siting of villages at early millsites. A table of populations ...Keywords: Census recordsWaterloo CountyMennonitesYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Why the Bechtel, Biehn, Betzner and Gingrich families chose the Beasley Tract in 1800
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A partly fictionalized account of how the early Pennsylvania Mennonite and Tunker settlers came to Waterloo Township and paid Richard Beasley forty thousand dollars for sixty thousand acres. The ...Keywords: FictionTunkersLand ownershipAgricultureCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansSettlersUpper CanadaWaterloo TownshipGerman languageYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1804Export options:Yearbook of the United Mennonite Churches in Ontario.
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MennonitesChurchesPeriodicalsYear of publication: 1967Export options:Zeller homesteads at Breslau
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the Zeller family who settled south of the village of Breslau. Philip Zeller, a native of Rhein Baierin, Germany, purchased the farm in 1846 from John Cressman. The last members of the ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1846-1971Export options: