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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
(Re-)discovering hidden Pennsylvania-German folk beliefs and practices
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Pennsylvania GermanFolkloreYear of publication: 2018Export options:Redrawing nations : ethnic cleansing in East-Central Europe, 1944-1948
Type: BookKeywords: Forced migration Europe EasternPopulation transfers GermansPopulation transfers UkrainiansEurope Eastern Ethnic relations Political aspectsEurope Eastern Politics and government 1945-1989Year of publication: 2001Export options:Reesor Family in Canada
Type: Film (Motion picture)Year of publication: 2000Export options:Reflected lights
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of a Hespeler painter, with illustrations of his work. The first five chapters are boyhood reminiscences, and the remaining stories mention the Panabaker family and the Hespeler area.Keywords: Art and artistsChildrenBiographiesChurches MethodistPanabaker Frank S.Panabaker FamilyPanabaker J.D.Panabaker W.Panabaker D.N.Knowles McGillivrayYear of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1904-1957Export options:Reflections on an Amish Curriculum in Ontario: Language Arts with Moral Purpose
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the alternative private schooling curriculum of the Ontario Amish. Until the 1960's many Amish schools used publicly available curricula. With the advent of such modernizing elements as ...Year of publication: 2000Historical Period: 1970-99Export options:Refractions of Germany in Canadian literature and culture
Type: BookKeywords: Canadian literature German influencesCanadian literature German authors History and criticismCanadian literature History and criticismGerman literature Appreciation CanadaGermans CanadaYear of publication: 2003Export options:Refugee pilgrimage: a story of God's care. Lina (Heinrich) Wohlgemut: from Poland
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The story of how the author's mother led her fatherless family first from the advancing Russian army in early 1945, and then by way of a Mennonite Central Committee refugee camp to Canada in late ...Keywords: ImmigrationMennonitesWorld War IIRefugeesWomenMennonite Central CommitteeWohlgemut Lina (Heinrich)Dick AbramDick AnnaDick PeterYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1945-1995Export options:Register of interments in the Preston Public Cemetery
Type: ReportAbstract: Photocopy of the register from 1858 to 1901, with details of some 575 burials, including date of burial, name, age at death, place of birth and place of death, cause of death, marital status, and lot ...Year of publication:Historical Period: 1858-1901Export options:Reichert: some ancestors and descendants of Joseph Reichert (1812-1863) and Katharina Ganshorn (1814-1893)
Type: BookAbstract: A descriptive genealogy of a Lexington family that intermarried with the Broedel, Koch, Musselman, Hallman and Snider families. There are many photographs of family members with reproductions of ...Keywords: WomenTextile IndustryGenealogySettlers GermanMartin Meeting House Cemetery St JacobsWaterloo Township SS 18 LexingtonReichert JosephReichert Katharina Ganshorn (m. Joseph)Hartman HelgaReichert CharlesYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1847-1993Export options:Reinhart heritage: Germany 1617 to Canada 1993
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogical tree that includes the descendants of Andreas and Martin Reinhart who settled near New Germany in the late 1830s and early 40s. Stories or biographical sketches are added to some names ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansFood customsCatholicismClergyNew GermanyMaryhillReinhart familyDietrich familyZettel familyYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1838-1993Export options: