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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Bill Moyer's Waterloo County diary
Type: BookAbstract: Brief historical sketches about places, industries, prominent people and families. Interesting facts are also described about aspects of daily life from hex signs to weather predictions.Keywords: GermansMennonitesMilitary conscriptionWar 1812FestivalsCustoms and traditionsBiographiesIndustriesFood customsBusinessesYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:Canada Kalender
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: An annual publication containing information pertinent to each day of the year such as the time the sun rises and sets, weather predictions, holidays, seasons, astrological and astronomical data, ...Year of publication: 1849Historical Period: 1847-1920Export options:Canadischer Familien Calender auf das Jahr unsers Herrn Jesu Christi
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: An annual publication containing information pertinent to each day of the year such as weather predictions, holidays, astrological and astronomical data, sayings and proverbs, poems, short stories, ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1897Export options:Diary of Elias Eby, 1810-1878
Type: BookAbstract: Diary of Eby's last six years, 1872 to 1878, translated, edited and annotated by Isaac R. Horst. Second son of Bishop Benjamin Eby and Maria Brubacher, Eby bought Lancaster Mills following Jacob ...Keywords: DiariesMennonitesRussian MennonitesFuneralsDiseasesClergyBridgeportBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipEby EliasYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1872-1878Export options:Narrative of a voyage, with a party of emigrants, sent out from Sussex, in 1834, by the Petworth Emigration Committee, to Montreal, thence up the River Ottawa and through the Rideau Canal, to Toronto, Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint by Kelvinprint of James Marr Brydone's account of his expedition with British emigrants through Upper Canada, including a trek through the Waterloo area described on pages 31-33 and 42. He ...Keywords: DiariesSettlement processSettlement DirectedSettlers EnglishEmigrationEmigration agentsWeatherRivers and streamsSoilsMillsYear of publication: 1834Historical Period: 1833-1834Export options:Pennsylvania-German rhymes and sayings
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A collection of about 15 short poems written in dialect with an English translation. The topics of the verses vary from weather predictions to children's nonsense rhymes and a general acceptance of ...Year of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1800-1976Export options:Peter G. Martin letters
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of letters written by Peter G. Martin of St Jacobs to friends in other parts of Canada and the United States. The letters are mainly in German but have been transcribed from the Gothic ...Keywords: CorrespondenceMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)DiseasesAgricultureMartin familyMartin Peter G.MartinSt JacobsWoolwich TownshipYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1872-1899Export options:Statistical account of Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of information about boundaries, natural resources, agriculture, weather patterns, laws and government, settlement, churches, population, commerce and professional services. Brief ...Keywords: SettlersNatural resourcesBoundariesChurchesAgricultureClimateWaterloo TownshipDumfries TownshipDemographic statisticsUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1822Historical Period: 1815-1820Export options:Wavertree chronicles: the diary of Clayton H. Shuh 1899-1935
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of entries from his diaries, that were edited and published by his son. The entries present a picture of daily life on the Waterloo farm and in the community. Many family members and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1899-1935Export options: