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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Shantz Mennonite Church Cemetery (CC #4566): Lot 12, South Erb's Road, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with plan and index of some 175 markers. The introduction notes that the land was originally part of the farm of George Schmidt, with a schoolhouse in which the first church meetings ...Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1853-1989Export options:Sheard family monument (CC#4567), Block
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcription of text on the spired stone of red-faced granite and on the five small footstones that commemorate Titus and Mary Sheard and family.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1844-1890Export options:Simeon Eby Martin (1892-1984)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A transcript of an interview with the carpenter Simeon Martin about his life before the death of his wife, Barbara (nee Snyder) in 1977. Martin's stories convey his deep feelings for his Mennonite ...Keywords: BiographiesChurches MennoniteMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Oral historyLanguage rightsLinguistic minoritiesMartin Simeon EbyEby William K.Eby AmandaYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1892-1977Export options:Sports in the Germania Club of Hamilton
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Part of the special issue, edited by Robert F. Harnoy entitled: Sports and EthnicityYear of publication: 1985Export options:St Boniface Cemetery, Maryhill
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An historical sketch and description of the second oldest Roman Catholic cemetery in the region, originally established in 1834 but dating from 1851 in its present location.Keywords: CemeteriesGerman languageNew GermanyCatholicismSt Boniface Roman Catholic Cemetery MaryhillYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1834-1990Export options:St Boniface's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Maryhill (CC#4580): German Company Tract, Lot 81, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich Township)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with index and plan, of nearly 700 markers, 119 of which are inscribed in German script and 90 of which are crosses. A suggested walking tour is included.Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1851-1985Export options:St Jacobs, Ontario: from declining village to thriving tourist community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the transformation of the village, including a discussion of agents and factors in its original development and recent "renaissance". The case of St Jacobs is set in the more theoretical ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1870-1990Export options:St James Lutheran Church invites you to their memorial service in the church
Type: BookAbstract: A list of members of the Lutheran congregation in St Jacobs who died in each year from 1868 to 1991.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1868-1991Export options:St Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#6307): 235 Cooper Street, Hespeler, now Cambridge
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of the stones with an index to all personal names. A preface outlines the history of the Church of St Mary of the Visitation which was built in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1916. The ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1894-1951Export options:Swiss in the Province of Ontario, Canada, District 131, According to the Muskoka Census of 1881
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Lists 171 Swiss Canadians in the 1881 Muskoka, Ontario, census, giving each entrant's name, sex, age, birthplace, religion, country of origin, occupation, and marital status.Keywords: SwissMuskokaCensus recordsYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1881Export options: