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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Urban fringe and urban shadow in the Waterloo-southeast Wellington County area land space matrix
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A study of the impact of rapid urbanization in the region between 1941 and 1966, based on factor analysis of data variables from township assessment rolls. Urban fringe variables measure more ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1941-1966Export options: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 marriages, births and burials, 1840-1849, as recorded in Wellington District by the Clerk of the Peace Thomas Saunders
Type: BookAbstract: Transcription with index of manuscript records relating to the Waterloo County area before 1850, when it was part of the Wellington District. The entries include ceremonies conducted and recorded by ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1840-1849Export options:Waterloo County marriages, births and burials 1840-1849, as recorded in Wellington District by the Clerk of Peace Thomas Saunders
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcripts of vital statistics entered by Mennonite clergy Benjamin Eby, John Oesh, and Christian Miller, and recorded in the Clerk of Peace records.Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1840-1849Export 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:Wellesley and Wilmot Amish Mennonite Cemeteries (CC#4551 and CC#6076): Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with indexes of 19 markers in the Wilmot cemetery and 75 markers in the Wellesley cemetery. The introduction explains that Michael Zehr sold land for the Wilmot cemetery in 1873 to the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1873-1990Export 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:Zweisprachigkeit und Muttersprachgebrauch deutschstaemmiger Immigranten in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: In this study, special consideration has been given to the language of bilingual German immigrants and their use of language in various domains, as well as to so-called 'code-switching' from one ...Year of publication: 1992Export options: