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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Public Career of P.R. Hilborn: a Waterloo County Entrepreneur
Type: ThesisAbstract: A biography of Percy Richard Hilborn (1886-1972) by his grandson, tracing his entrepreneurial rise and fall. Hilborn made his fortune with Canada Sand Papers Ltd and furniture factories but sold his ...Keywords: BiographiesArt and artistsParksWorld War IIFurnitureIndustriesEconomic conditionsEntrepreneursLabour movementsHilborn Percy Richard (1886-1972)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1886-1972Export options:The Rummelhardts of Rummelhardt
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief family history beginning with the arrival of stonemason, Franz Joseph Rummelhardt, in Canada in 1833. Bascom, Freiburger, and Schwarz are three family names mentioned among Rummelhardt's ...Keywords: GermansRummelhardtSt AgathaGerman Company TractWilmot TownshipWaterloo TownshipRummelhardt Franz JosephEby BenjaminEby MagdalenaRummelhardt AnastasiaYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1833-1967Export options:The settlement of the German Block in Wilmot Township, Upper Canada
Type: ReportAbstract: A paper given at the Mennonite Experience in America Conference VI, November 5-7, 1987, at Bluffton, Ohio. The author relates the efforts of Christian Nafziger, and of Canadian Mennonites on his ...Keywords: AmishMennonites (Old Order)BiographiesSettlersLand economicsLand ownershipGerman BlockWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1820-c1850Export options:The settling of southern Ontario: an appreciation of the work of Carl Schott.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Carl Schott came to Canada from the University of Kiel in 1931 to pursue research into the settlement of Southern Ontario. The results of his study were published in Kiel in 1936 and his thorough ...Year of publication: 1981Export options:The Stager family in Canada since 1846
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes about a German family who settled near Preston in 1848. Their descendants later moved to farms near Hespeler and New Dundee. The family name was also spelled Stege ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansBiographiesStager familyFarmersPrestonHespelerNew DundeeWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1848-1980Export options:The Swiss in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Swiss experience in Ontario, with chapters on the Pennsylvania Mennonites and European Amish in Waterloo County. The author refers to Waterloo Swiss pioneers including the Bettschen ...Keywords: AmishMennonitesBiographiesSwissPennsylvania GermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityOntarioWaterloo CountyUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1800-1991Export options:The Swiss Move to Almaguin [Ontario, Canada]
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the Canadian government's promotional efforts to lure Swiss farmers to immigrate in the 1870's, notes one group of immigrants who arrived in Ontario in 1875, and briefly sketches the lives ...Keywords: AlmaguinSwissBrand GottliebYear of publication: 1991Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: ReportAbstract: A teaching aid intended for high school students learning about the ties between Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo County, Ontario. The kit consists of loose overhead transparencies and ...Keywords: Educational literatureMennonitesImmigrationPennsylvania GermansUpper CanadaWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: c1790-c1820Export options:The trail of the Conestoga
Type: BookAbstract: An historical novel based on fact about the migration of Pennsylvania German Mennonites from Lancaster County to the Waterloo area at the beginning of the 19th century. The 1924 edition contains a ...Year of publication: 1924Historical Period: 1800-1830Export options:The trek of the Pennsylvanians to Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A detailed description of the route taken by migrants from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County. The travellers, mostly Mennonite, came from the counties of Lancaster, Cumberland, York, Berks, Franklin, ...Keywords: Migration processMennonitesYear of publication: 1934Historical Period: 1805Export options: