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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Tailor Shop
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Presents a memoir of childhood in the 1950's-60's centered on the Toronto, Ontario, tailor shop owned and operated by the author's grandfather, father, and uncles, and of his first exposure to the ...Keywords: Ethnic identityTorontoJewsYear of publication: 1997Export options:The Weishar family, 1818-1983
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the ancestors and descendants of Andrew Weishar and Margaretha Zinger. Andrew, a native of Alsace- Lorraine, farmed in Waterloo Township from 1863 to 1871, when he and his family moved ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersBiographiesWeishar familyWeishar AndrewZinger ChrysostumWeishar Margaretha Zinger (m. Andrew)Brohman LeonardAlsace-LorraineWaterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1860-1983Export options:Twigs, branches and roots : the Habermehl family of Waterloo County, showing the connection to the Schwantz, Ringler, Grody & Wildfong families
Type: BookKeywords: GenealogyFamiliesWaterloo CountyHabermehl familyWildfong familyRingler familyGrody familySchwantz famillyMennonitesYear of publication: 1997Export options:Und ob ich schon wanderte--: Geschichten zur Geschichte der Flucht und Wanderung der Mennoniten von Preussen über Russland nach Amerika
Type: BookKeywords: Mennonites ColonizationMennonites Prussia (Germany) HistoryCanada Emigration and immigrationLatin America Emigration and immigrationUnited States Emigration and immigrationYear of publication: 1997Export options:Vier Jahreszeiten: Gedichte und Lieder
Type: BookYear of publication: 1984Export options:Waterloo Region Gardens in the Germanic Tradition
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1984Export options:Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery (CC#4597) and Winterbourne Pioneer Methodist Cemetery (CC#4587): both Lot 5, Broken Front Concession East of Grand River, Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of about 580 markers in the Presbyterian cemetery and 81 in the Methodist cemetery. The introduction notes that one acre for Presbyterian cemetery purposes was ...Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1835-1983Export options:Yiddish in Canada: Picture and Prospects
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Using data from the 1981 census of Canada and earlier censuses, it is shown that Yiddish - once the predominant daily language of Canadian Jewry - is going out of general use among Canadian Jews in ...Year of publication: 1984Export options: