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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
150 years of Amish history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish in Wilmot Township beginning in the 1820s with the arrival of Christian Nafziger. A map, based on surveyor Samuel S. Wilmot's 1830 report, shows the early settlement of ...Keywords: MapsAmishMennonites (Old Order)GermanWilmot TownshipWestern Ontario Mennonite ConferenceMennonite Central CommitteeNafziger ChristianAmman JacobSchwartzentruber MichaelYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1822-1972Export options:A death in Olde Berlin, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords:Year of publication: 2016Export options:A life in Old Berlin, Ontario: Adolph Mueller, January 7 1850- January 8 1896
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)19th centuryYear of publication: 2016Historical Period: 1850-1896Export options:A partial history of the Crossman- Kressman-Cressman-Crissman-Crisman Family, first edition, by the History Committee, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, 1972
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an account of how the material was researched. One chapter gives reasons for the migration to Canada and the names of those who came to Waterloo County. Among those mentioned are ...Keywords: War 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsPennsylvania GermansSettlersGenealogyCressman Eben C.Cressman Ella M.Cressman JohnYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:A quiet diversity in the land: Mennonites in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:"Reviews of:
Draper, Barb. 2010. The Mennonites of St. Jacobs and Elmira: Understanding the Variety. Kitchener, ON: Pandora Press. Pp. 378.
Martin, Donald. 2003. Old Order ...
Keywords:Year of publication: 2016Export options:A time to be born: memoir of a Canadian Mennonite
Type: BookYear of publication: 2016Export options:Amish and Tunkers critiqued ca. 1830
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Contemporary descriptions of Waterloo County Amish and Tunkers in the 1830s, taken from a journal of Rev. William Proudfoot and a letter by Christian G. Klinckhardt. Brief introductions by E. ...Keywords: TunkersAmishMennonitesPennsylvania GermansEducationGerman languageCustoms and traditionsAgricultureWaterloo TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1829-1834Export options:Antisemitism in Ontario: the twentieth century
Type: Book ChapterKeywords: Anti-SemitismYear of publication: 1992Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation of the Hammet site (AiHb-57), Melran Estates subdivision, City of Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Report of excavation of a site, part of Lots 10 and 11, Concessions 3 and 4, Beasley's Lower Block in the former Waterloo Township, just north of Hespeler. The property belonged first to Abraham ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Archaeological mitigative excavation, Joseph Hoffman site (AjHd-27), draft plan of subdivision 30T-87027, town of Heidelberg
Type: ReportAbstract: Analysis of artifacts of glass, ceramics, metal and animal bones associated with a mid- 1850s homestead site.Keywords: ArchaeologySettlersHeidelbergYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1850-1870Export options: