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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 importance of local history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short address to the Waterloo Historical Society, mentioning Ezra Eby's biographical dictionary of the Mennonite settlers of Waterloo County, the work of Hon. James Young and W.H. Smith's gazetteer ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: 1806-1913Export options:The 'Jewish Phase' in the Movement for Racial Equality in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Following World War II, leaders of Canadian Jewry explained anti-Semitism as an aspect of racial prejudice in general, a problem attributable to pathological individuals who engaged in discrimination ...Keywords: DresdenJewsDiscriminationYear of publication: 2002Export options:The Kachelofen: Its Time Has Come, Again
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Jessica Steinhauser, owner of Stonehouse Pottery in Guelph, Ontario, is realizing her dream of bringing kachelofen clay-tile ovens to Canada. In various forms, these ovens have been heating European ...Year of publication: 2007Export options:The Kosher Lifestyle: Religious Consumerism and Suburban Orthodox Jews
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the development of a modern kosher lifestyle for Orthodox Jews since the 1950's. Contrary to the view that moving to the suburbs results in a dilution of religious observance for Jews, ...Keywords: TorontoJews (Orthodox)Food customsYear of publication: 2002Export options:The lively little saint of St Jacobs
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief sketch of Dr Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe, born in 1823 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who practised in St Jacobs from 1853 to 1857. He later built up a lucrative practice in Cincinnati and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1888Export options:The Mennonite communities of Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A summary of early Mennonite history and the founding of settlements in Waterloo and Wilmot Townships, followed by some discussion of differences in farming practices and general way of life between ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1861-1961Export options:The Mennonite heritage of the Huber family, Oxford and Waterloo Counties, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: An unpublished student essay on an influential Berlin family. There are biographical sketches of many members, including Henry S., Jacob, James T. and his wife Emmaline Schlichter, Benjamin S., Allen ...Keywords: MennonitesHuber familyGenealogySettlers PennsylvaniaBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerOxford CountyWaterloo County19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1820-1990Export options:The Mennonites in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A concise account first published to commemorate Canada's centennial year. There are variations in layout, ink colour, illustrations (including the cover photograph) and tables, but the text in ...Keywords: MennonitesOccupationsCustoms and traditionsAgricultureEducationAmishMennonites (Old Order)Mennonite Central CommitteeOntarioYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1787-1967Export options:The Mennonites of Waterloo, Ontario and Hanover, Manitoba, 1890s: a study of household and community
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A comparative study of the experience of two groups of Mennonites-those of Swiss/south German origin who migrated from Pennsylvania to Waterloo County between 1800 and 1830, and the Dutch/North ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1890-1899Export options: