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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Louis J. Breithaupt
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of Kitchener's leading businessman, including summaries of Breithaupt family history and business interests.Keywords: BiographiesMayorsPoliticiansLeather industryChurches EvangelicalBreithaupt familyBreithaupt A.L.Breithaupt Catharine Hailer (m. Louis)Breithaupt E. CarlBreithaupt Emma Devitt (m. L.J.)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1855-1926Export options:On the Mennonites who have come from Mexico to southern Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: A report on the trend since the mid-1950s of seasonal migration from Mexico to Ontario by Old Colony, Evangelical Mennonite Mission Conference, Sommerfelder and Church of God Mennonites. The author ...Keywords: EmploymentMennonitesImmigrationOccupationsAgricultureChurches MennoniteMexicoOntarioKitchenerElmiraYear of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1955-1974Export options:Rev. F.W. Bindemann, pioneer and preacher
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Bindemann (1790-1865) on the occasion of the demolition of his house.Keywords: BiographiesClergySettlers GermanChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranChurches MennoniteChurches SwedenborgianVeteransBindemann Frederick W. Rev. (1790-1865)Bindemann August GeorgeYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1830-1865Export options:S.R. Knechtel
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of the Evangelical Church minister who served for 64 years in various churches, including the Olivet Evangelical Church, Kitchener.Year of publication: 1947Historical Period: 1880-1947Export options:The family history of Jacob (1834-1891) and Catherine Schweitzer (1819-1888): major emphasis on the Michael Schweitzer branch, 1834-1972
Type: BookAbstract: A chronicle with biographical sketches of a German family who first settled in the Huron Tract and moved on to Wilmot Township in 1857. Descendants farmed near Mannheim and Erbsville and belonged to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesGermansBiographiesErbsville Huron TractsWilmot TownshipMannheimAlsace-LorraineSchweitzer familyYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1857-1972Export options:The Pure Church Movement
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The “Pure Church Movement” is introduced as a plain Anabaptist revival that unfolded in American, Canadian, and Latin American Swiss Mennonite, Russian Mennonite, and Amish churches over the ...
Year of publication: 2018Export options:Zion Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4576): South Erb's Road, Lot 4, Wilmot Township (east of St Agatha)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 90 markers. The introduction notes that the first services were held in the log schoolhouse on the present church property in December 1834 by the Rev. F.W. ...Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1834-1988Export options: