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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Beginnings in Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the Mennonite migration to Ontario from Pennsylvania following the American Revolutionary War, and of the three settlements established in the Niagara, Waterloo and York districts.Keywords: MennonitesAmishImmigrationWar 1775-1783 American RevolutionaryPennsylvania GermansYork RegionNiagara RegionWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1783-1924Export options:Bowlby, Ward Hamilton
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the legal career and business and community interests of Waterloo County's Crown Attorney.Keywords: Bowlby W.H.Bowlby Lissie Hespeler (m. W.H.)BiographiesReal estateLawyersBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo County Court HouseYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1858-1886Export options:Bowman, Isaac Erb
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the business interests and public service of North Waterloo's representative in the Canadian parliament from 1864 to 1878.Keywords: BiographiesLeather industryTeachersInsurance agentsPoliticiansBowman Isaac ErbWoolwich Township CouncilOntario Mutual Life Assurance Co.Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1832-1886Export options:Bowman, Israel David
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief biography of the municipal officer who served as county clerk for Waterloo from 1861.Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1835-1886Export options:Bridging mind & spirit : Conrad Grebel University College, 1963-2013
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesConrad Grebel CollegeYear of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1963-2013Export options:Brief biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Notes on 22 Waterloo County residents who died in 1948: Henry Wolfhard, Mrs S.C. Tweed, Charles R. Phelps, Louis D. Merrick, Dr R.L. Shields, John E. Vogt, George Karges, Mary Weber, Mrs Minerva Dart ...Keywords: ObituariesBiographiesOccupationsWolfhard Henry DrVogt John E.Karges GeorgeWeber MaryDart Minerva MrsShantz Nelson G.Swartz Percy W.Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1850-1948Export options:Cooperation to Amalgamation to Merger: the Mennonite Conference of Eastern Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Over the course of the 20th century an Amish and two Mennonite groups in Ontario - the Mennonite Conference of Ontario and Quebec, the Western Ontario Mennonite Conference, and the United Mennonite ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Funcken, Very Rev. Louis, D.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief profile of the rector of St Jerome's College, Berlin.Keywords: BiographiesChurches CatholicSchools SeparateSchools SecondaryFuncken Louis Rev.St Jerome's College BerlinBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1864-1886Export options:Grand River
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A popular account of the history of the valley, by the former chief librarian of Kitchener Public Library. The treatment of the Indians of the Six Nations by land speculators, the arrival of the ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesLand surveysLand surveyorsLand speculationLand salesLand grantsSettlersRivers and streamsWar 1812Land patentsYear of publication: 1945Historical Period: 1800-1910Export options:Harvey W. Taves: one of Christ's men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical tribute to the achievements of Harvey Taves (1926-1965), the last director of the Canadian headquarters of the Mennonite Central Committee in Kitchener which closed in 1964, and one of ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1926-1965Export options: