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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:Evaluation of long term implications of social policies: The 1967 Immigration Act as a case study
Type: ThesisAbstract: The purpose of this thesis was to provide an assessment of some possible implications of the 1967 Immigration Act and subsequent legislation on the distribution of occupation types for selected ...Year of publication: 1994Export options:Folk song book in the street-talk of Berlin, Ontario: a look at: birds, flowers, to market in Berlin, little barnyard friends; a German dialect of Ontario Canada in English phonetic form with historical background
Type: BookKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)MusicDialectsYear of publication: 1991Export options:German Peace Festival 1871
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An address written at the time of the Friedensfest of 1871 in Berlin by W. Jaffray, G. Davidson and J. King on behalf of the English residents of Berlin. The address was sent to the members of the ...Year of publication: 1966Historical Period: 1871Export options:German-Canadian Review: quarterly of the Canadian-German Society, Inc.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the quarterly "German- Review", published by the Canadian Society for German Relief in Manitoba. The format, place of publication and publisher all changed in 1956 when the Canadian ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1948-1956Export options:Hannes Schneider and his wife Catharine Haus Schneider: their descendants and times, 1534-1939
Type: BookAbstract: A history of thirteen generations of Schneiders, including a wide miscellany of information gathered by Joseph M. Snyder. The range of materials is so inclusive that, as the preface indicates, it is ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesSchneider familySnyder familySchneider HannesSchneider Catharine HausWaterloo CountyMennonitesRussian MennonitesYear of publication: 1937Historical Period: 1800-1943Export options:History of the Petworth emigration scheme: annual report for {Families}
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A progress report on the Petworth history project. Some pioneer families, notably in Waterloo Township, came to Upper Canada under the auspices of this assisted emigration scheme.Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1832-1837Export options:Irish Palatine communities in nineteenth-century Ontario
Type: ThesisAbstract: The Irish Palatines are one of Ontario's forgotten ethnic groups. Forced to flee the German Palatinate in 1709, many settled in England first with the expectation of being sent to America. A small ...Year of publication: 1990Export options:Kaiser family reunion: February 1854, St. Agatha
Type: BookAbstract: A description of the Kaiser family reunion of 1854 by the teacher, Wendlin Schuler, including poems dedicated to Anton Kaiser the elder and Anton Kaiser the younger. The poems and description were ...Keywords: Settlers FrenchGenealogyKaiser AnthonyKaiser familySchuler WendlinBaumgartner John B. Rev.Messner Columban Rev.Ebner Rev.Baumgarten CarolinaKaiser Elisabetha BohmeYear of publication: 1854Historical Period: 1853-1854Export options:Kitchener: an illustrated history
Type: BookKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1996Export options: