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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The reciprocal influences of the Old Order Mennonite community and tourism in St. Jacobs, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: St JacobsMennonites (Old Order)TourismYear of publication: 2014Export options:The Schnarrs from Erbsville 1853-1991: ancestors and descendants of Charles Demetrius Schnarr
Type: BookAbstract: A history of a family whose ancestor came from Germany in 1853. It includes genealogical and biographical information, with reminiscences of farm life and the Erbsville community in the first half of ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansFarmersEducationSchools PublicSettlers GermanFood customsBiographiesSchnarr Charles DemetriusSchnarr Margaretha Jahn (m. Charles Demetrius)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1853-1991Export 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 story of Conestoga
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the word Conestoga. First used to describe "the people of the forked roof poles" in what is now Virginia, the word has also become synonymous with the early migrations of the ...Year of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1812Export options:The Waterloo Mennonites: a community in paradox
Type: BookAbstract: A scholarly study by a sociologist who was also founding president of Conrad Grebel College of what he calls "the most ethnically and organizationally diverse of any Mennonite community." Information ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options:The Waterloo Pennsylvania German dialect community
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Report on a project to compile a linguistic atlas of the dialect in Waterloo County. The information was based on a survey of 164 farm families. The author comments on the importance of church, ...Keywords: AmishGerman languageDialectsMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)SchoolsAgriculturePennsylvania GermanOntarioYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1970Export 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:The yesteryears, 1902-1989: a collection
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of Duretta and Harry Wolfhard who lived in Elmira and Kitchener. Information is presented about their life together and their community activities, such as Red Cross fundraising ...Keywords: World War IGenealogyPoetryWolfhard Duretta LeslieWolfhard HarryLeslie familyBerlin (Ontario)GaltKitchenerElmiraYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1902-1989Export options:The yesteryears, 1902-1989: a collection of memories
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of Duretta and Harry Wolfhard who lived in Elmira and Kitchener. Information is presented about their life together and their community activities, such as Red Cross fundraising ...Keywords: World War IGenealogyPoetsWolfhard Duretta LeslieWolfhard HarryLeslie familyCasino BridgeportBerlin (Ontario)GaltKitchenerYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1902-1989Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options: