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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The new cemetery of St Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Church Street, Maryhill, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index, plan, and a brief description of the cemetery.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1953-1994Export options:The old walled cemetery of St Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Church Street, Maryhill, Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised edition of the 1985 list of transcriptions, with an index and plan of nearly 700 markers. One hundred and nineteen were in German and were translated by Anna Klausnitzer. A suggested ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1851-1994Export options:The Pennsylvania Germans in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A review of the early migrations of Pennsylvania Germans into Upper Canada, based on the works of Ezra Eby, L.J. Burkholder and Mabel Dunham. The author also discusses "vestiges of Pennsylvania" such ...Keywords: DialectsAgricultureMennonitesImmigrationFolkloreGerman languageLand ownershipMennonites (Old Order)ReligionPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1946Historical Period: 1800-1946Export 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:The Rev. Albert Lawrence Zinger, C.R., Ph.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the pastor of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Kitchener and former head of St Jerome's College.Keywords: BiographiesChurches CatholicSchools SeparateCollegesClergyZinger Albert Rev.St Mary's Roman Catholic Church KitchenerSt Jerome's CollegeKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1901-1926Export options:The 'sewists' of Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Community effort yields hundreds of gowns for frontline workers When Bev Suderman-Gladwell was asked by a physician friend to "leverage her Mennonite connections," to respond to a time-sensitive ...
Keywords: COVID-19Homeless peopleMasksMedical suppliesPersonal protective equipmentChurches MennoniteSocial life and customsYear of publication: 2020Export options:The years of Benjamin Eby, pioneer Mennonite leader in Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A study of the life and times of Benjamin Eby (1785-1853), early community and church leader. A chronological account of Eby's accomplishments as a writer, educator, bishop and patron of new ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonites (Old Order)CorrespondenceEconomic conditionsPublishersWritersReligious dissensionTemperance movementTeachersFurniture industryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1785-1909Export options:Tremaine's Map of County of Waterloo, Canada West (1861)
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A useful account of historical maps of the Waterloo area, notably the Tremaine map as an example of a commercial type of county map already well developed in the United States. The author discusses ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1851-1861Export options:Trinity Anglican Cemetery (CC#4497): Blenheim Road, Galt
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of over 1,000 markers. The introduction notes that the cemetery was begun as a traditional Anglican burying ground at a time when each church had its own.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyChurches AnglicanYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1840-1990Export options:Trinity Anglican Church, Galt, Ontario: marriage register 13 January 1850 to 25 January 1893, publication no. 207
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of marriages including names and places of residence of both bride and groom and their wedding date. The occupations of both parties are usually included, with names of the parents and the ...Year of publication:Historical Period: 1850-1893Export options: