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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A few words about my life: the recollections of Rev. Dr. J.C.E. Riotte
Type: BookAbstract:"Notes about the life and times of the late Reverend Dr Jules Charles Emil Riotte. He was a Lutheran pastor for the Lusatian Sorbian community who describes efforts to Germanize that Slavic ...
Year of publication: 2021Export options:A genealogical record of the descendants
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a family with combined German and Scottish ancestry. Those who settled in Waterloo County include the families of Philip Zeller who lived near Breslau, Elmer Zeller McIntyre who bred ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSettlersGermansWaterloo CountyZeller familyWilmot TownshipBreslau (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1840-1987Export options:A Longhouse genealogy
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of a German family who settled first in the Genesee region of New York State and later in Markham Township. Peter Longhouse, a farmer, moved to Waterloo County where he held land in ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansMarkham TownshipHespelerLonghouse familyLonghouse PeterBergey MichaelLonghouse Catharine Letson (m. Peter)Longhouse HenryLetson JacobYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-1986Export options:Being German Canadian: history, memory, generations
Type: BookAbstract:"Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, ...
Keywords: HistoryCanadaGermans20th centuryImmigrantsGerman Canadians1900-1999Collective memoryIntergenerational relationsYear of publication: 2021Export options:Births, deaths and marriages in Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung, 1835-1840
Type: ReportAbstract: A listing of names, dates of events, and dates recorded in the newspaper, prefaced by a brief introduction to the journal and its owner, Henry William Peterson.Keywords: GenealogyNewspapersGerman languageBirthsDeathsMarriagePeterson Henry WilliamCanada Museum und Allgemeine ZeitungDer Deutsche CanadierWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1835-1840Export options:Catherine Litt and Peter Alles family
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of documents about Peter Alles (1829-1892), a German immigrant to Wilmot Township who became an Evangelical preacher, and his descendants. Peter and his wife Catherine later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyClergyGermansSourcesWomenCorrespondenceWilmot TownshipAlles Peter Rev.Alles Catherine Litt (m. Peter)Alles ValentineYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1829-1987Export options:Coming home to the Third Reich: return migration of German nationals from the United States and Canada, 1933-1941
Type: BookAbstract:"During the 1930s, Germany's industrialization, rearmament, and economic plans taxed the country's existing manpower, forcing the country to explore new ways of acquiring Aryan-German labor. ...
Keywords: HistoryUnited StatesCanadaGermanyGermans20th centuryEmigration and immigrationAuslands-Organisation der NSDAPEuropeGovernment policyYear of publication: 2021Historical Period: 1933-1941Export options:Convention, power and the self in German Mennonite magic
Type: ThesisAbstract: This dissertation looks at how historical problems have been defined in cultural anthropology. Attention has been given to how notions of evidence and argument have changed in anthropology since the ...Year of publication: 1987Export options:Die deutsche periodische Literatur des Banats : Zeitungen, Zeitschriften, Kalender 1771-1971 : Bibliographie
Type: BookKeywords: German periodicals Banat BibliographyGerman newspapers Banat BibliographyGerman imprints BanatBanat ImprintsYear of publication: 1987Export options:Enfant volée
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: