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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
And in their silent beauty speak: a Mennonite family in Russia and Canada, 1790-1990
Type: BookKeywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 2004Export options:Anleitung für die Emigranten aller Klassen, welche nach Ober Canada auszuwandern beabsichtigen, ganz besonders den kleinern Güterbesitzern der Ackerbau treibenden Klasse gewidmet, die aber auch für solche Klassen von Interesse die im Besitze eines ziemlichen Capitals oder sicheren Einkommens den Entschluß fassen, nebst ihren Familien die alte Heimath zu verlassen
Type: BookAbstract:A pamphlet containing a series of questions and answers intended to help Europeans, especially farmers, considering emigration to Upper Canada. The guide was prepared by a commissioner with the ...
Keywords: Emigration literatureAgricultureSettlersGerman languageSchoolsUpper CanadaGermansCanada WestYear of publication: 1850Historical Period: 1850-1855Export options:Ashkenazi is jazzy
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses Yiddish culture in Canada in light of the summer 1997 Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto, Ontario. Performers at the festival; The Wedding Project and its attempts to rejoice in the Yiddish ...Keywords: Jews (Ashkenazi)YiddishTorontoFestivalsYear of publication: 1997Export options:Augustus Jones, Upper Canada Public Land Surveyor
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of one of the earliest surveyors in Upper Canada, who surveyed the Grand River Indian land for Joseph Brant as well as eleven townships between Toronto and the Trent River. ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1786-1836Export options:Beauty and Simplicity: Germanic Folk Art in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: GermansFolk art19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1983Export options:Bechtel family, originator: Hans Jacob Bechtel, 1720
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a Pennsylvania Mennonite family, some members of which came to Canada in 1817 and settled in Wilmot Township and Roseville. There are transcripts of 18th century wills and a household ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1817-1981Export options:Being German Canadian: history, memory, generations
Type: BookAbstract:"Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, ...
Keywords: HistoryCanadaGermans20th centuryImmigrantsGerman Canadians1900-1999Collective memoryIntergenerational relationsYear of publication: 2021Export options:Berlett's Corner Cemetery (CC#4552): Canada Company Block B, Concession III, Lot 13, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of grave markers, numbered by rows, with an index of names. The introduction notes that the cemetery occupies the site of the Berlett's Corners Lutheran Church, next to a building ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1862-1925Export options:Berlin, a German settlement in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1907Export options:Berlin, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses how the 20th-century experiences of German Canadians in Berlin, Ontario - a city that symbolized German Canadian prosperity in the 19th century and was renamed Kitchener during World War I ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 2005Export options: