This site is a work in progress. Tell us what you think.
German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
7th cousins: an automythography
Type: BookAbstract:"From July 7th to August 6th, 2015, we walked 700 kilometres, from Pennsylvania to Ontario. A stranger asked if we were walking to learn how to work and be together. This was certainly part of it ...
Keywords: CanadaBiographyDescription and travelHikingHospitalityNortheastern StatesTravelWomen performance artistsYear of publication: 2019Export options:A history of the ancestors and relations
Type: BookAbstract: A sequel to the author's 1973 book which followed the Woolwich couple's descendants. This book examines the German and French antecedents and the U.S. family connections.Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansReunionsRitter familyRitter PhilipRitter Elizabeth Knechtel (m. Philip)Schweitzer Elizabeth Ritter (m. Jacob)Schweitzer JacobRitter ValentineYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1819-1994Export options:A history of the Shantz family
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of Isaac and Barbara Reiff, particularly of Peter Erb Shantz, the author's grandfather. There are charts, biographies, reunion notes, information on the P.E. Shantz Foundry ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesShantz familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1850-1994Export options:A history of the Stauffer families who came to Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy based on the 1934 work by C.T. Groh. This report includes more information on the European ancestors, the names of all Stauffers who came to Upper Canada before 1867, and a brief ...Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1800-1977Export options:A reflexive view of refugee integration and inclusion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Through a qualitative case study with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) sponsorship groups and former refugee newcomers, we adopt a reflexive, relational, and systemic lens (Bourdieu) to analyze ...
Keywords: MennonitesAmbivalenceCase studiesCommitteesCorporate sponsorshipHabitusInterpersonal relationsNewcomersQualitative researchRefugeesYear of publication: 2019Export options:A struggle for survival: the Russian Mennonites in Ontario, 1924-1939
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the group's difficulties in adjusting from a rural to an urban society and its development of religious, cultural and educational organizations. About half the Russian Mennonites who ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesKitchenerWaterlooYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1924-1939Export options:A tribute to a great community builder: an official souvenir program
Type: BookAbstract: A programme for the retirement celebration of Dominic Cardillo, who had served on Kitchener City Council from 1962- 1982, and was Kitchener's longest serving mayor, serving from 1982-1994. There are ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1962-1994Export options:Aaron Weber family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical chart of the family of Aaron (1833-1916) and Mary Weber who farmed north of Elmira. Aaron was a Deputy Reeve of Woolwich Township from 1890 to 1894 and Reeve in 1895.Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansMennonitesWeber familyWeber DavidWeber Mary Lyons (m. David)Weber AaronWeber Mary Weber (m. Aaron)ElmiraWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1833-1977Export options:Advocating for peace: stories from the Ottawa office of Mennonite Central Committee, 1975-2008
Type: BookAbstract:"In 1975, Mennonite Central Committee Canada established the Ottawa Office to monitor and interpret government policy for its Mennonite and Brethren in Christ constituency, and to undertake ...
Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1975-2008Export options:Advocating for peace: stories from the Ottawa office of Mennonite Central Committee, 1975-2008
Type: BookAbstract:"In 1975, Mennonite Central Committee Canada established the Ottawa Office to monitor and interpret government policy for its Mennonite and Brethren in Christ constituency, and to undertake ...
Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1975-2008Export options: