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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A bibliography of Mennonites in Waterloo County and Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A list of over 120 monographs, serials, journal articles, newspaper articles and unpublished works, including theses and private papers relating to the Mennonite and Amish.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:A reflection on the collective biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of a project that gathered data on 547 councillors, summarizing some of the collective results derived from the data including information on religion, occupation, political party and sex ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options:Canadian ancestral roots of Arthur Thomas Kloepfer and Philomena Agnes Gilker
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family's progenitors and descendants. Arthur and Philomena came to the Maryhill area from Germany early in the nineteenth century. There are maps of the family farms, located on lots ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersFamiliesMapsSettlers PennsylvaniaKloepfer familyKloepfer JacobKloepfer Monica Winter (m. Jacob)Kloepfer Jacob A.Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1810-1988Export options:Elfriede and company: a tale of two families
Type: BookAbstract: The chronicle of the Janzen family, Russian Mennonites who fled to Waterloo County in 1924. The story includes the Neufeld family, for Eliese Neufeld married Rev. Jacob H. Janzen, and both had ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesRussian MennonitesGenealogyMusicArt and artistsSocial conditionsEducational exchangesChildrenSettlers UkrainianYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1903-1979Export options:Ephraim Weber's letters home 1902-1955: letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Transcripts of letters from a teacher in western Canada to a Berlin High School friend with a mutual interest in the Christian Science Church, Herbert Leslie Staebler. The editors note in their ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesAssociations and clubsEthnic identityEthnic groupsMusicWritersChurches Christian ScientistTeachersCorrespondenceYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1902-1955Export options:Evidence of Grammaticalization in Pennsylvania German
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1995Export options:Grace Schmidt honoured
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A summary of the local history achievements that won Grace Schmidt a provincial Outstanding Achievement Award at a Volunteer Service Award ceremony.Keywords: WomenOccupationsAssociations and clubsHistoric sitesSchmidt GraceLibrariansJoseph Schneider Haus Gallery and Museum KitchenerWaterloo County Hall of FameYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1972-1995Export options:Heimbecker family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A brief history, with genealogical charts, of the descendants of George and Margaret Hoffman, who emigrated from the Alsfeld region of Hessen-Darmstadt of Germany in 1841. There are notes on the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesGermansHeimbecker familyHeimbecker JohnHeimbecker GeorgeHeimbecker Anna Juliana Demmer (m. Johannes)Heimbecker Margaret Hoffman (m. George)Heimbecker FrederickWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1841Export options:Herbert Bergey era
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family tradition of cheesemaking and retailing continued by Herbert Bergey, youngest child of David and Louisa. Herbert made Farmers Cheese at his farm near New Hamburg from 1930 ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1913-1963Export options:Jean Margaret Steckle, 1993 alumnus of honour
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Jean Steckle's career in home economics and international development, quoted from her citation by the University of Guelph Alumni Association, with a note about her new role with the J ...Keywords: MennonitesWomenSteckle Jean Margaret (1929-2003)Steckle Susannah Chase (m. John)Steckle JohnUniversity of GuelphJ. Steckle Heritage HomesteadWaterloo CountyWilliamsburgYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1958-1993Export options: