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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The history of the Sararas family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch describing the family's migrations, first from North Carolina to Pennsylvania and then to Waterloo County in 1802. After settling first on Lot 12 of Beasley's Old Survey, the Sararaas family ...Keywords: GenealogyFarmersSettlers PennsylvaniaSararas familySararas Nicolas L.Sararas NicolasSararas Mary LivergoodLivergood JacobSararas AndrewSararas Elizabeth LivergoodYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1802-1975Export options:The Old-Order Mennonite wedding and highlights of their social life
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of Old Order Mennonite weddings in Waterloo County, with particular reference to the author's marriage in 1922. Customs include the wedding feast, the hiding of the bride's shoes by ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1922-1977Export 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 Weber family: a historical novel [WRP]
Type: BookAbstract: An unpublished historical novel telling of the migrations of the Anabaptists from Switzerland to the Palatinate, then to Pennsylvania and lastly to Canada in 1819. Based on the experiences of the ...Keywords: Weber familyMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)SettlersFolkloreSocial life and customsLiteratureGenealogyWaterloo CountyWellesley TownshipYear of publication:Historical Period: 1819-1905Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A special issue of the publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, with a collection of stories of business activity among Mennonites who have sometimes been wrongly assumed ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options:Three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads in Ontario: the families and their way of life
Type: BookAbstract: Illustrated accounts of three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads, including the Shantz family homestead in Wilmot Township. Each family is described with its crops, livestock and farm buildings, ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobShantz Amos Y.Shantz Noah S.Shantz Walter C.AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMapsFood customsFolkloreYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1781-1955Export options:Was Grossdaudy un Grossmammy gsaht hen: stories, poems and proverbs
Type: BookYear of publication: 1994Export options:Waterloo County to 1972: an Annotated Bibliography of Regional History
Type: BookAbstract: Annotated bibliographic references to about 890 books, 620 booklets, 540 reports, 290 theses, and 1,850 articles and notes, as well as newspapers, chapters in books, directory series, gazetteers and ...Keywords: BibliographiesIndexesAgricultureArchitectureArchive recordsBiographiesBusinessesCemeteriesChurchesUrbanizationYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1800-1990Export options:Waterloo Region Gardens in the Germanic Tradition
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1984Export options:William John Wintemberg
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the archaeologist born in New Dundee, including references to his research in Ontario prehistory and his many scholarly papers on folklore and Indian artifacts.Keywords: BiographiesArchaeologyFolkloreNew DundeeIndigenous peoplesWintemberg William JohnWintemberg Elizabeth Lederman (m. Francis)Wintemberg FrancisBoyle David DrWaugh F.W.Year of publication: 1979Historical Period: 1876-1941Export options: