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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A descriptive summary and analysis of the changing settlement and occupational patterns
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study by a Mennonite of settlement patterns and trends in Wilmot Township, the only area of Ontario settled by both Amish and Mennonites. The author surveys the whole township for the period from ...Keywords: Wilmot TownshipNew HamburgBadenMennonitesPennsylvania GermansAmishEducationOccupationsAgricultureBirthsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1860-1980Export options:A genealogical record of the descendants of Joseph Laschinger, Abraham Nash and Gwer Merner
Type: ReportAbstract: A family history of the author's forebears, the Laschingers of New Hamburg, who intermarried with the Nash and Merner families. Reminiscences of the author's childhood in New Hamburg and memories of ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyCarriages and wagons industryChildrenFarmersPoliticiansPost officesChurches EvangelicalWar 1861-1865 American CivilMerner FamilyYear of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1819-1966Export options:A geographic study of the Mennonite settlement in Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: A comprehensive study of early history, population, Mennonite churches and Mennonite farmsteads, and the economic and cultural patterns of Mennonite life. Charts, graphs and tables provide concise ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1800-1961Export options:A. M. Fire and Storm [Insurance]: Simplicity in a Strongly Amish Institution
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A group of primarily Old Order Amish and Mennonite churches in Ontario successfully maintain the Amish Mennonite Fire and Storm Aid Union that insures their members against natural disaster without ...Keywords: OntarioAssociations and clubsMennonites (Old Order)InsuranceAmish Mennonite Fire and Storm Aid UnionAmishYear of publication: 1997Historical Period: 1872-1997Export options:A plea for peoplehood: religious and ethnic identity, continuity, and change among the Mennonites of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the ethnic identity of the Mennonites, with particular reference to the Kitchener-Waterloo area. Topics include religious divisions, the amalgamation of church conferences, and the ...Keywords: MennonitesEthnic identityGermanCultural identityAcculturationKitchenerWaterlooWaterloo RegionMennonite Central CommitteeInter-Mennonite ConferenceYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1989Export options:A sample page from the Berlin Lutheran Church records [WRP]
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A page from the records of births, baptisms, marriages and deaths, kept by Henry William Peterson from 1833 to 1835.Keywords: ClergyRegistersSettlers PioneerChurches LutheranBaptismal recordsPeterson Henry WilliamMayerhoffer V. Philip Rev.Bernheim John H. Rev.Hagan SusannaHagan JohnYear of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1833-1835Export options:Aloyes Bauer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the Waterloo manufacturer and community leader.Keywords: BiographiesTextile IndustryFurniture industryBrewery industrySchools SeparateChurches CatholicBauer AloyesBauer familyBauer Magdalena Kuntz (m. Aloyes)Bauer Industries WaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1861-1926Export options:Amish Mennonites commemorate 200 years in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:On Sept. 30, Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 120 people met at Steinmann Mennonite Church in Baden to hear David G. Neufeld speak on "What stories have we not been telling," and ...
Keywords: Indigenous peoplesChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options:Among our Founding Fathers
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1840's-1980'sExport options:An example of an Amish Mennonite family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the author's families, the Gaschos who settled east of Baden and in Wellesley and the Nafzigers who farmed in Perth County. Both families were members and clergy of Amish Mennonite ...Keywords: GenealogyReligious dissensionClergyMennonitesAmishSettlers FrenchNafziger familyGascho familyGascho ChristianGascho Christina Petersheim (m. Christian)Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1854-1981Export options: