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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Bridging mind & spirit : Conrad Grebel University College, 1963-2013
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesConrad Grebel CollegeYear of publication: 2013Historical Period: 1963-2013Export 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:Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:From Baden to Baden
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of factors in the emigration of German residents of Baden (Sachsens and Schwabens) to Baden, Waterloo County, in 1816-17, the 1840s and the 1920s. The author uses evidence from ...Year of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1816-1920Export options:From Strasburg to Strasburg
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the European background of Waterloo County's village of Strasburg, from the Amish settlers led by Christian Nafziger in the 1820s to Alsatians who came between the 1830s and 1850s.Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1820-1850Export 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:I found Waterloo County in Hesse
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of life for peasants in Hesse, Germany, from which significant numbers emigrated to Waterloo County in the 1830s and 1840s. The article is based on research done on the author's trip ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1830-1850Export options:Impressions of a German immigrant
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short article, based on comments made by Waterloo County newcomers in letters to European relatives in the 1830s, about the availability of food, low taxes, free hunting and good pay.Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1830-1840Export options:Mennonite women slowly gain equality
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A general review with no specific references to Waterloo County except that one of the two photographs shows Mennonites picking berries in Berlin, circa 1912.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:Mennonites in Ontario: an introduction
Type: BookAbstract: Successor to the booklet by J. Winfield Fretz, published in 1967 (and reprinted in 1974 and 1982), this concise account has short chapters defining Ontario Mennonites, tracing the origins of ...Keywords: MennonitesTechnologyEthnic groupsOccupationsCustoms and traditionsAgricultureEducationAmishMennonites (Old Order)OntarioYear of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1787-1994Export options: