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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A plea for peoplehood: religious and ethnic identity, continuity, and change among the Mennonites of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the ethnic identity of the Mennonites, with particular reference to the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Topics include religious divisions, the amalgamation of church conferences, and the ...Keywords: MennonitesEthnic identityGermanCultural identityAcculturationKitchenerWaterlooWaterloo RegionMennonite Central CommitteeInter-Mennonite ConferenceYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1989Export options:"Auf deutschen Bühnen gibt es nichts zu lachen": Einakter und Gedichte; mit einem Vorwort von Karin Guerttler.
Type: BookYear of publication: 1989Export options:Benjamin Eby: pioneer Ontario bishop- teacher-writer
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical account of Benjamin Eby, focusing on his books, the marriage certificates he signed, and the fraktur inscriptions of the Eby meeting house hymnals. There is a modern transcription of ...Keywords: MennonitesFolk artClergyGerman languageChurches MennoniteSchoolsWritersTeachersPublishersBiographiesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options:Burghalle remembered: a Saxon village in Transylvania
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the people and customs of the Transylvanian village of Burghalle, some of whom came to the Waterloo area following the Second World War. There are recollections of immigrants, such as ...Keywords: World War IIRomaniaGermansBiographiesMusicAssociations and clubsImmigrationEthnic groupsEthnic identityAcculturationYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1945-1989Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Family history of Anthony Wilhelm II
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogical chart of seven generations of the Wilhelm family, German farmers who bought portions of Bechtel's Tract and Heistand's Tract in Waterloo County in the mid-19th century. A list of land ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersReinhart familyWilhelm AnthonyWilhelm familyWilhelm Anthony JrWilhelm MargaretWilhelm Margaret Wendling (m. Anthony Jr)Wilhelm Mary Tauss (m. Anthony Jr)Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1850-1980Export options:German immigration and assimilation in Ontario, 1783-1918
Type: BookKeywords: GermansAcculturationImmigrantsYear of publication: 1989Export options:Heiteres und Satirisches aus der deutschkanadischen Literatur : John Adam Rittinger, Walter Roome, Ernst Loeb, Rolf Max Kully
Type: BookKeywords: LiteratureGerman20th centuryRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Roome WalterLoeb ErnstKully Rolf MaxYear of publication: 1980Export options:Little paradise: the saga of the German Canadians in Waterloo County, Ontario 1800-1975
Type: BookKeywords: Waterloo CountyCultural identityCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansMennonitesGermansYear of publication: 1980Export options:Pennsylvania-German dialect : a localized study within a part of former Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the dialect, in four sections: a pronunciation guide and explanation of the spelling system, lists of vocabulary and expressions, a description of the grammar, and an example of the ...Year of publication: 1989Export options: