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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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Type: BookAbstract:"Stolen from her family by the Nazis, Nadia is a young girl who tries to make sense of her confusing memories and haunting dreams. Bit by bit, she starts to uncover the truth: that the German ...
Keywords: ChildrenCanadaRefugeesWorld War IIJuvenile fictionUkrainiansKidnapping victimsLebensborn e.V. (Germany)NightmaresRecovered memoryYear of publication: 2021Export options:Erb, Abraham
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the pioneer settler (1772- 1830) who migrated from Pennsylvania to the German Company Tract in 1806. The village of Waterloo eventually developed around the nucleus of Erb's water- ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansIndustriesSchoolsBiographiesErb AbrahamWaterloo TownshipGerman Company TractYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1806-1830Export options:Essential Mennonite texts now on-line
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: MennonitesYear of publication: 2021Export options:Family history of Jacob and Elizabeth Eby Bergey
Type: BookAbstract: An annotated genealogy updating the 1925 work by Dr David Hendricks Bergey and including brief histories of the Bergey and Clemens families.Keywords: GenealogyPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesBergey JacobEby ElizabethBergey familyClemens familyBirky familyBergey DavidYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1818-1987Export options:From separation to assimilation: Mennonites in Berlin, 1800-1880
Type: ReportAbstract: A discussion of the process by which some Mennonites in 19th-century Berlin accommodated their lifestyles and values to the larger urban society. The author uses statistical methods to describe two ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1880Export options:Index to Pine Bush genealogy (Hespeler, Ontario) by Winfield Brewster
Type: ReportAbstract: An index to some 650 personal names mentioned in Brewster's book.Year of publication: 1987Export options:Inventory of Ontario newspapers: 1793-1986
Type: BookAbstract: A guide to English-language newspapers, including those of Waterloo County. The entries are arranged alphabetically, first by place of publication, then by masthead name. Frequency of publication ( ...Keywords: NewspapersPublishersYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1844-1986Export options:Jacob Y. Shantz: Mennonite businessman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the financial fortunes of Shantz (1822-1909), from his farming and sawmill business enterprises in the 1850s, the founding of the Dominion Button Works and other industries in the 1870s ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesBusinessesEntrepreneursSaw mill industryFarmersButton industryShantz Jacob Y.Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1843-1914Export options:John Weicker family: 1830 pioneers of South Easthope Tsp., Perth County, East Zorra Township, Oxford County
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of family trees, reunion reports, photographs, biographies and reminiscences relating to the Weicker family, German Lutherans who settled mostly in Perth County. Some of the family ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansObituariesBiographiesMapsWaterloo CountyPerth CountyWeicker familyWeicker JohnWeicker Catherine Zinkan (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Kinzie-Bean Cemetery (CC#5425): Biehn Tract Lot 1, Waterloo Township (now Mill Park Drive, Kitchener, west of Doon)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and index of about 80 surviving markers and monuments in the cemetery located on the original farm of John Biehn who came from Montgomery County, PA in 1800. Biehn's son-in-law, Dilman ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options: