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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Place names in the Kitchener-Stratford area as indicators of national origin
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An article criticizing McKay's attempt to interpret place names in terms of the ethnicity of settlers in the area depicted on the Kitchener 1:250,000 topographic map which includes all of Waterloo ...Year of publication: 1968Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Tracing the descendants of John and Mary Ruppel
Type: ReportAbstract: A revised edition of a 1971 genealogical chart, tracing the family of a German who came to Berlin in 1852 and settled in Elmira a year later.Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanRuppel FamilyRuppel JohnRuppel Mary Huehn (m. John)Kress familyBorth familyPeters familyMilne FamilySchlitt familyYear of publication: 1975Historical Period: 1827-1975Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options: