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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A string of amber: the heritage of the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: A popular account with occasional references to Waterloo County. Topics include the settlement process, charming and divining, and marriage and funeral customs. Personal anecdotes by the author, who ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1973Export options:Cedar Creek Cemetery (CC#4490): Dickie Settlement Cemetery (CC#4491) North Dumfries Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the markers in each cemetery, with an alphabetical index and a list of known burials in Cedar Creek that have no stones.Keywords: CemeteriesCemetery recordsYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1834-1977Export options:Deutschkanadische Bibliographie. Eine Auswahl
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A select German-Canadian bibliography listing publications in German on literature, the press, education, settlement, travels in Canada by Germans from the late 19th and the 20th centuries, German ...Keywords: BibliographiesGermansGerman languageEthnic groupsEthnic identitySettlersPennsylvania GermansPublishersEducationAssociations and clubsYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1800-1970Export options:Gaukel, Friedrich
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the emigrant from Württemberg who came to Waterloo Township in 1820, first farming and operating a distillery near Bridgeport. In 1833 he purchased land in the small settlement of ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1820-1853Export options:Harvest of stones: the German settlement in Renfrew County
Type: BookKeywords: Renfrew CountyGermansSettlersYear of publication: 1985Export options:John and Elizabeth Shupe and descendants: a family history of certain Shupes in North America from the early 18th century to the present; including notes on families of Dieffenbach, Munson, Overhold, Warner, Fulsom, Ahrens, Hirschy, Shantz & Bock
Type: BookAbstract: The life and times of the Shupe family who bought land near Freeport in 1810. Background information about the early settlement, the Tunkers and the War of 1812 is interwoven with biographical and ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesMennonitesImmigrantsSettlersTunkersPennsylvaniaLand ownershipShupe familyWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1810-1984Export options:The Petworth Emigration Committee: Lord Egremont's assisted emigrations from Sussex
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the colonization project, financed by Lord Egremont and directed by the Rev. Thomas Sockett, by which emigrants from southern English counties (such as Sussex, Surrey, Kent and ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options: