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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Mennonite Canadians
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children with questions and activities. Mennonite faith, settlement in Waterloo County, the immigration of the Russian Mennonites and the present way of life are all ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1780-1980Export options:The Pequegnat story: the family and the clocks
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the large family of Ulysse and Francoise Pequegnat who arrived in Berlin from Switzerland in 1874. Various family members had clock and jewellery stores in Ontario towns and cities, ...Keywords: Pequegnat familySwissEntrepreneursGenealogyBiographiesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1874-1982Export options:The Pioneer House in Southern Ontario, Canada: Construction Material use and Resultant Forms to 1850
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation examines the evolution and distribution of domestic architectural patterns in Southern Ontario. The research seeks to define the relative importance of the various factors affecting ...Keywords: HousingGermansArchitectureYear of publication: 1982Export options:The puzzle tombstone and Rushes Cemetery
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the cryptic tombstone which marks the graves of the two wives of Dr Samuel Bean in the Rushes Cemetery, Wellesley Township. Replicas were placed beside the original weathered markers in ...Keywords: CemeteriesRushes Cemetery Wellesley TownshipBean Henrietta FurryBean Samuel DrBean Susanna CleggYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1848-1982Export options:The search for Dr Klinkert
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of the research to identify the man described in Uttley's history of Kitchener as the first doctor. The author provides information on both Dr Edward Klinckhardt and Dr Theodore ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1809-1974Export options:The Sherk family
Type: BookAbstract: A well-documented history of the Sherk family from 1635 to 1982. Most of the book refers to members in the United States, but two chapters refer to Canadian descendants. These include: Joseph Sherk ...Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1800-1982Export options:The Stager family in Canada since 1846
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes about a German family who settled near Preston in 1848. Their descendants later moved to farms near Hespeler and New Dundee. The family name was also spelled Stege ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansBiographiesStager familyFarmersPrestonHespelerNew DundeeWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1848-1980Export options:The Wilkins family: in New England from 1630 and in Ontario from 1868
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, with biographical notes on Charles Perkins Wilkins, a textile man who moved to Hespeler from New England in 1882 to install twelve new looms at the woollen mill. Many of his descendants ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1882-1980Export options:Theodore Dietrich of St Agatha
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the automobile and airplane enthusiast from St Agatha with an account of his many adventures in Skylark, the plane he built himself.Keywords: BiographiesSt AgathaWaterlooWilmot TownshipDietrich TheodoreDietrich Louis B.Gillies FredDietrich L.F.Dietrich Louis A.Dietrich Louis C.Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1896-1980Export options:Transylvanian Saxons: Historical Highlights
Type: BookKeywords: GermansTransylvaniaYear of publication: 1982Export options: