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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Swiss Mennonite ancestors and their relationship from 1775
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy referring mainly to the South Dakota Swiss Mennonites. Waterloo County names occurring in this genealogy are indexed in the WRP database. These are the Albrecht, Gerin, Graber, Kaufman, ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:The Bowmanville Riot
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The writer discusses the history of the three-day Battle of Bowmanville, which occurred in Ontario in October 1942 when Canadian troops fired on German prisoners of war during a rebellion at a camp. ...Keywords: World War IIPrisoners of warBowmanvilleYear of publication: 2002Export options:The breath you take from the Lord
Type: BookKeywords:Year of publication: 2002Export options:The differential growth rates of urban centres in Waterloo County, 1800-1910
Type: ThesisAbstract: An assessment of ethnicity, railway systems, technological change and industrialization as factors in the growth of Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Preston, Ayr, Elmira and New Hamburg.Keywords: SettlersEthnic identityWaterloo TownshipWellesley TownshipWoolwich TownshipWilmot TownshipDumfries North TownshipBerlin (Ontario)HespelerPrestonYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1910Export options:The dragon and the pearl: poems
Type: BookKeywords: China PoetryYear of publication: 2002Export options:The family history of Enoch Clemens Erb and Catharine Stauffer Good: their descendants and his ancestors
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the seven children and a niece who were raised by Enoch Clemens Erb (1842-1917) and his wife Catherine. Background biographical information is included about the Erb family.Keywords: MennonitesGenealogyFamiliesSettlers PennsylvaniaBiographiesBerne SwitzerlandGermany PfalzWilmot TownshipErb FamilyErb EnochYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1800-1980Export options:The history and genealogy of the Schantz family
Type: BookAbstract: A family history with a brief section on Shantzes in Canada and the United States. This portion mentions Christian who settled near Freeport in 1810 and Jacob Yost Shantz, a Berlin industrialist who ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSchantz familyShantz familyShantz Jacob Y.Shantz MosesShantz ChristianFreeportBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1810-1980Export options:The history of Earl Einwechter by himself, 1980
Type: BookAbstract: A short autobiography of the employee of the New Dundee Creamery, including stories about his family and neighbours and reminiscences are his work as a hauler for the creamery and as musician-manager ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1902-1980Export options:The 'Jewish Phase' in the Movement for Racial Equality in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Following World War II, leaders of Canadian Jewry explained anti-Semitism as an aspect of racial prejudice in general, a problem attributable to pathological individuals who engaged in discrimination ...Keywords: DresdenJewsDiscriminationYear of publication: 2002Export options:The Kosher Lifestyle: Religious Consumerism and Suburban Orthodox Jews
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the development of a modern kosher lifestyle for Orthodox Jews since the 1950's. Contrary to the view that moving to the suburbs results in a dilution of religious observance for Jews, ...Keywords: TorontoJews (Orthodox)Food customsYear of publication: 2002Export options: