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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Catherine Breithaupt Bennett
Type: ThesisKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1995Export options:David and Louisa (Bowman) Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of David Bergey who taught at various schools in Waterloo and Wilmot townships, combining teaching with farming until 1900. He later continued the Bowman cheesemaking tradition of his wife ...Keywords: TeachersSchoolsMennonitesWaterloo TownshipWilliamsburgWaterlooMannheimBergey DavidBergey Louisa Bowman (m. David)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1866-1878Export options:Descendants of Michael Zug and Ulric Zug
Type: ReportAbstract: Excerpts from the diary of Michael Zug of Pennsylvania, recording a trip to Waterloo County in 1883 and including genealogical information on the descendants of Elizabeth Zug and Abraham Stauffer who ...Keywords: GenealogyAgricultureDiariesMennonitesClergyZug familyStauffer familyFarmersPennsylvania GermansWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1805-1904Export options:Diary of Catherine Breithaupt, June-August, 1888: historical and linguistic interpretation
Type: ThesisKeywords: DiariesGermanLinguisticsBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Catherine (1834-1910)Description and travelYear of publication: 1995Export options:Edna Hunsperger Bowman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The story of Edna Hunsberger's alternative service during the Second World War as a nurse in England, for the Mennonite Central Committee.Keywords: World War IINursesBowman Edna Hunsperger (m. Henry Brubacher)Mennonite Central CommitteeConscientious objectionWomenYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1940-1945Export options:Ephraim Weber's letters home 1902-1955: letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Transcripts of letters from a teacher in western Canada to a Berlin High School friend with a mutual interest in the Christian Science Church, Herbert Leslie Staebler. The editors note in their ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesAssociations and clubsEthnic identityEthnic groupsMusicWritersChurches Christian ScientistTeachersCorrespondenceYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1902-1955Export options:Evidence of Grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1995Export options:Evidence of Grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1995Export options:Families and communities of Waterloo Township in 1861
Type: ReportAbstract: A reconstitution of Waterloo Township society by unique linkage of three sources -- the 1861 census manuscripts, the township assessment rolls for 1861, and Tremaine's map. An introductory essay ...Keywords: Census recordsEthnic identityGermansLand ownershipMennonitesOccupationsSchoolsWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1860-1861Export options:Family records of the descendants of Moses M. Weber, 1847-1937
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a family who moved to Canada from Pennsylvania in 1816. Moses' first wife was Barbara Horst and the second was Lydia Gingrich.Keywords: GenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesWeber familyWeber Moses M.Weber Barbara Horst (m. Moses M.)Weber Lydia Gingrich (m. Moses M.)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1816-1937Export options: