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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A socio-economic history of German- Canadians: they, too, founded Canada: a research report
Type: BookAbstract: A survey of German groups who settled in the Waterloo County area, including discussion of migration, settlement, war, education, politics, recreation, communications and culture.Keywords: Ethnic groupsEthnic identityGermansImmigrationPublishersLeisure activitiesOccupationsAssociations and clubsEducationUnited Empire LoyalistsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1799-1984Export 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:Jacob Shantz (c1710-1781) and his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the three of Jacob's children whose families came to Waterloo County: Isaac who married Barbara Reiff, Esther who married Abraham Bergey, and Christian who married Hannah Paul.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaShantz IsaacShantz Barbara ReiffBergey AbrahamBergey Esther Shantz (m. Abraham)Shantz ChristianShantz Hannah Paul (m. Christian)Shoemaker Mary ShantzYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1808-1983Export options:John Adam Rittinger: the 'Glockemann' (1855-1915)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the editor of the "Berliner Journal" who earlier edited the Walkerton paper, "Ontario Glocke". The author discusses letters to the editor written by Rittinger in the Pennsylvania ...Keywords: NewspapersGermanBiographiesGermansRittinger John Adam (1855-1915)Ontario GlockeBerliner JournalWalkertonYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1855-1915Export options:Landscape and Meaning: Structure and Symbolism of the Swiss-German Mennonite Farmstead of Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Waterloo Region Swiss-German Mennonite farmstead reconciles in its paradisal structure three polarities: male/female, farmstead/world, and God/humankind. Perpetuating a landscape developed in ...Year of publication: 1984Export 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:Pioneers of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A study of the settlement of the townships in the Waterloo region from the time of the Six Nations Indians to 1850, with an appraisal of the three main ethnic groups, the Scots, the Pennsylvania- ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersPennsylvania GermansGermansMennonitesScotsImmigrationAmishOccupationsEthnic groupsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1850Export options:Reunions and anniversaries: the Schiedel reunion
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the reunion of the descendants of Martin and Susannah Ries, Mennonites who came to Breslau from Pennsylvania in 1825. Some genealogical notes are included.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansMennonitesGenealogyBreslau (Ontario)Schiedel familySchiedel MartinSchiedel Susannah Ries (m. Martin)Schiedel JohnYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1825-1984Export options:Schneider, Snider and Snyders: the descendants of Hannes, 1534 and Catherine (Haus) of Berne Switzerland and Jacob, 1764- 1853 (Bloomingdale)
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy, based on historical sources, of the ancestors and descendants of the three Schneider brothers, Jacob, Joseph and Christian, who came to Waterloo County early in the 19th century. Jacob ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBloomingdaleDoonBerlin (Ontario)Berne SwitzerlandSchneider familySnider FamilySnyder familyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1800-1983Export options:The ancestors and descendants of Solomon Snider and Elizabeth Martin
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy relating to the larger family tree of Peter Bricker and Elizabeth Cress, grandparents of Elizabeth Martin.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaSnider SolomonSnider Elizabeth Martin (m. Solomon)Snider FamilyCress familyBricker familyMusselman familySchwartz familyYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1846-1984Export options: