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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Low German Mennonites of Aylmer, Ontairo: 1950-1990
Type: BookAbstract:Since the 1950s, there has been a unique movement of Low German Mennonites to Ontario, with thousands settling in the Aylmer area. As families arrive they face many challenges, such as language, ...
Year of publication: 2014Historical Period: 1950-1990Export options:Mennonite children in Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Reprinted from the "Canadian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology" (1969), a psychosocial study of 460 10-year-olds from traditional, transitional and progressive Mennonite backgrounds. Children ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1967-1968Export options:Mennonite memories of Pelee Island, Ontario, 1925–1950: Toward a framework for visual narrative inquiry
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Our research team documented the experiences of Russian Mennonite immigrants who settled on Pelee Island in the province of Ontario, Canada, between 1925 and 1950. We collected more than 200 ...
Keywords:Year of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1925-1950Export options:Mennonite settlement: the Bucks County caravan
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the migration of the families of John Biehn and George Bechtel from Bucks County, Pennsylvania in 1800. The author notes that, contrary to most historical sources, these Mennonite ...Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansLand ownershipImmigrationGenealogyMennonitesWaterloo TownshipBiehn JohnSchoerg JosephBetzner Samuel JrBechtel GeorgeYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1798-1800Export options:Michael and Anna Margaret Wilhelm, 1789- 1993
Type: BookAbstract: A revised edition of the earlier two volume work produced in 1988 by the author and Marilyn Baron. This book has information on Klotz family members, David Forsyth and Dr Rudolph Mylius, with ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanBiographiesWilhelm familyWilhelm MichaelWilhelm Margaret Wettlaufer (m. Michael)Klotz familyDiebel familyForsyth DavidMylius R. DrYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1789-1993Export options:More than A, B, C: Old Colony Mennonites and the challenges of Ontario Public Education Policy
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:The Old Colony Mennonites' history of migration can be traced from their 1874 migration from Russia to Canada, which marked the beginning of their diaspora, followed in 1922 by a second exodus to ...
Keywords: EducationMennonites (Old Order)SchoolsYear of publication: 2013Export options:Moser families of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogies of several Moser families who settled in Hespeler, Bamberg, Heidelberg and Berlin, and near Paradise Lake. Genealogical information is also given on the Musselmans who intermarried with ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaMoser familyMusselman familyMusselman DavidMusselman FrederickFrey Anna Musselman (m. Christian)Musselman Esther Martin (m. David)Moser MichaelYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1987Export options:Musselman family history
Type: ReportAbstract: Genealogies of the four sons of David and Esther Martin: Peter, David, John, and Solomon. It also covers the related families of Martin, Horst, Brubacher, Lichty, and Schneider.Keywords: MennonitesReligious dissensionSettlers PennsylvaniaGenealogyMusselman familyMartin familyMoyer familyHorst familyBrubacher familyLichty familyYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1819-1993Export options:My family tree
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the author's eight great- grandparents, of the Groh, Wanner, Bechtel and Clemens families who settled near Preston and Hespeler in the first two decades of the 19th century. ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesPennsylvania GermansGroh familyGroh JohnGroh Susannah WannerWanner TobiasWanner Catharine StryckerBechtel SamuelBechtel Barbara BaumanYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1969Export options:My mother's people: a history of the related families of the Bingamans - Betzners - Bowmans - Clemens and Sniders of Pennsylvania, Ontario and Michigan
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the ancestors and descendants of Elizabeth Betzner of Breslau and Aaron Bingaman, with brief accounts of the early Betzner, Bingeman, Clemens and Snider families in Waterloo County. Many ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaBingaman familyBetzner familyBowman familyClemens familySnider FamilyBingaman AaronBingaman Elizabeth Betzner (m. Aaron)Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1799-1985Export options: