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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Kitchener's Swastika Club
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the unsuccessful organizational meeting of the Kitchener Swastika Club in 1933 and the efforts by Kitchener City Council and other concerned citizens to discourage any promotion of ...Keywords: GermansNewspapersEthnic groupsEthnic identityAssociations and clubsWorld War IBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerKitchener Daily Record118th Overseas BattalionYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1916-1933Export options:Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical and contemporary portrait of the relationship between the two cities. The author reports that the Kitchener metropolitan area (which included Waterloo) had the fastest rate of growth in ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Kropf family book, 1969
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of David N. Kropf of Baden and Magdelena Lichty of Wellesley, with a name index by Elizabeth Schmadl.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1845-1969Export options:My family tree
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the author's eight great- grandparents, of the Groh, Wanner, Bechtel and Clemens families who settled near Preston and Hespeler in the first two decades of the 19th century. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGroh familyGroh JohnGroh Susannah WannerWanner TobiasWanner Catharine StryckerBechtel SamuelBechtel Barbara BaumanYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:Origin of names in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of place names including Philipsburg, Rummelhardt, Weissenburg and Roseville, with a note on the derivation of some family names such as Eby, Brubacher and Lichty.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Pennsylvania Deutsch Home Life
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermansFolkloreYear of publication: 1979Export options:Pennsylvania German customs and cookery
Type: BookYear of publication: 1979Export options:Psycho-social roles of Mennonite children
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reference from the Canadian Periodical Index.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1969Export options:Retirement of Newspaperman Earl Werstine
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Werstine's roles as reporter, editor and columnist for 63 years on the "Galt Evening Reporter", including references to his coverage of the 1907 and 1947 Old Boys' Reunions and his " ...Keywords: NewspapersBiographiesReunionsYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1907-1969Export options:Separate and peculiar
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Old Order Mennonites in Woolwich Township. Homes, clothing, customs, religious services and family events are described with simple drawings and a short glossary.Keywords: Mennonites (Old Order)Customs and traditionsMarriageFood customsEthnic identityFuneralsWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1880-1980Export options: