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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Descendants of Jacob and Maria Burckhart, a genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the Burckhart or Burkhard family of Pennsylvania. Peter Burkhard and his wife, Barbara Good, came in 1820 to Waterloo Township where Peter served the Martin Mennonite Church. Four of ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansBurkhard familyBurkhard Barbara Good (m. Peter)Burkhard PeterBurkhard JosephBurkhard Elizabeth Gingerich (m. Joseph)Burkhard Anna Gingerich (m. Peter G.)Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1820-1970Export options:Dumfries Reformer: notices of births, marriages, deaths 1853-1859
Type: BookAbstract: Alphabetical listings of names, including the date of the birth, death or marriage, with the date of the newspaper and other information given listed as comments. The birth listings show the sex of ...Keywords: NewspapersStatisticsPolitical partiesClergyDiseasesObituariesOccupationsChildrenBirthsDeathsYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1850-1859Export options:Emily Seibert
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the elementary school teacher for forty years and active member of the Waterloo Historical Society.Keywords: TeachersWomenGermansAssociations and clubsMuseumsBiographiesSeibert EmilyErb Elizabeth EbySeibert JacobBroome A.E. DrYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1929-1969Export options:Evaluation of long term implications of social policies: The 1967 Immigration Act as a case study
Type: ThesisAbstract: The purpose of this thesis was to provide an assessment of some possible implications of the 1967 Immigration Act and subsequent legislation on the distribution of occupation types for selected ...Year of publication: 1994Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:Fruits of the Earth. Introd.
Type: BookKeywords: FictionYear of publication: 1970Export options:Going by the moon and the stars : stories of two Russian Mennonite women
Type: BookYear of publication: 1994Export options:Graaf, Graf, Groff, Bale
Type: BookAbstract: An updated version of a 1932 genealogy of the descendants of Abraham Groff (1829- 1885), the fourth son of Andrew Groff and Annie Huber. Andrew and his family migrated to Waterloo County from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1822-1970Export options:Grace Schmidt Room of Local History celebrates 10th anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of the local history resources and materials available at Kitchener Public Library, with an account of the anniversary celebration.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1984-1994Export options:Henry B. Tiessen's experiences as a Russian Mennonite immigrant
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Translation of an excerpt from Tiessen's "50 Jahre in Canada: damals und heute" (1973, pp.5-14). It describes the arrival of the Hoffman family from Russia at the Waterloo station in the early 1920s ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1923-1924Export options: