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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Moritz Lindner, Berlin toymaker
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of Moritz Lindner (1816-1898), a German immigrant who came to Berlin with his family in 1867 and became a toymaker. An example of one of the toys he made is the " ...Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1867-1898Export options: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: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: