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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A socio-economic history of German- Canadians: they, too, founded Canada: a research report
Type: BookAbstract: A survey of German groups who settled in the Waterloo County area, including discussion of migration, settlement, war, education, politics, recreation, communications and culture.Keywords: Ethnic groupsEthnic identityGermansImmigrationPublishersLeisure activitiesOccupationsAssociations and clubsEducationUnited Empire LoyalistsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1799-1984Export options:Contribution of the Mennonites to the development of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An essay in the special centennial issue about the role of Mennonites in settling Waterloo County and their subsequent contributions as farmers, entrepreneurs, educators, lawyers, clergy and ...Keywords: MennonitesAgricultureOccupationsWomenIndustriesSettlersPennsylvania GermansAmishWaterloo CountyBeasley's TractYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1800-1967Export options:John Adam Rittinger: the 'Glockemann' (1855-1915)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the editor of the "Berliner Journal" who earlier edited the Walkerton paper, "Ontario Glocke". The author discusses letters to the editor written by Rittinger in the Pennsylvania ...Keywords: NewspapersGermanBiographiesGermansRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Ontario GlockeBerliner JournalWalkertonYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1855-1915Export options:Landscape and Meaning: Structure and Symbolism of the Swiss-German Mennonite Farmstead of Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Waterloo Region Swiss-German Mennonite farmstead reconciles in its paradisal structure three polarities: male/female, farmstead/world, and God/humankind. Perpetuating a landscape developed in ...Year of publication: 1984Export options:Pioneers of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the settlement of the townships in the Waterloo region from the time of the Six Nations Indians to 1850, with an appraisal of the three main ethnic groups, the Scots, the Pennsylvania- ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersPennsylvania GermansGermansMennonitesScotsImmigrationAmishOccupationsEthnic groupsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Reunions and anniversaries: the Schiedel reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the reunion of the descendants of Martin and Susannah Ries, Mennonites who came to Breslau from Pennsylvania in 1825. Some genealogical notes are included.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesGenealogyBreslau (Ontario)Schiedel familySchiedel MartinSchiedel Susannah Ries (m. Martin)Schiedel JohnYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1825-1984Export options:Samuel Betzner
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An obituary for Samuel Betzner (1771- 1856), reprinted from the "Berlin Chronicle" of August 27, 1856.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansObituariesBiographiesSettlersWaterloo TownshipUpper CanadaBetzner SamuelMennonitesYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1798-1856Export options:The Germans in Ontario: a bibliography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A listing of nearly 750 titles of articles appearing in newspapers, periodicals and encyclopedias, as well as of genealogies, biographies, and church, local, and provincial histories, many of which ...Keywords: BibliographiesArchitectureAgricultureAmishArt and artistsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityReligious buildingsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1984Export options:The Mennonites in Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: An student dissertation written in France "sous la direction de Daniel Gouadec," comparing stereotypes of Waterloo Mennonites with the realities. The author outlines the history of Canadian ...Keywords: Waterloo CountyMennonitesOccupationsEthnic groupsPennsylvania GermansCustoms and traditionsAgricultureGerman languageMennonites (Old Order)SportsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1984Export 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: