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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Family history of Joseph Y. Shantz and Elizabeth (Stauffer) Shantz
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy introduced by reminiscences of Joseph and Elizabeth's twelve children. Joseph owned a sawmill on Plum Creek and founded the Haysville Cheese Factory, the first in Waterloo County. The ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesSchoolsMennonitesNew HamburgHaysvilleWilmot TownshipShantz Joseph Y.Shantz Elizabeth Stauffer (m. Joseph Y.)Year of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1971Export options:History of Daniel E. Cressman family
Type: BookAbstract: A brief account of the ancestors and descendants of a Mennonite farmer, Daniel, (1847-1925) and his wife, Hannah Shantz (1848-1940), who settled in Oxford County. Some of the family later moved to ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesCressman familyCressman Daniel E.Cressman Hannah Shantz (m. Daniel E.)Schmitt EmanuelSchmitt Elmina Cressman (m. Emanuel)Axt familyWilmot TownshipKitchenerYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1847-1967Export options:People Apart : Portrait of a Mennonite World in Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: BookYear of publication: 1978Export options:The Mennonites in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: A concise account first published to commemorate Canada's centennial year. There are variations in layout, ink colour, illustrations (including the cover photograph) and tables, but the text in ...Keywords: MennonitesOccupationsCustoms and traditionsAgricultureEducationAmishMennonites (Old Order)Mennonite Central CommitteeOntarioYear of publication: 1967Historical Period: 1787-1967Export options:The Pennsylvania German Dialect in Southern Ontario, Canada
Type: Book ChapterYear of publication: 1992Export options:The plain and not so plain Mennonites in Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of twelve Mennonite groups, concluding that the differences are more sociological than theological. The author cites statistics showing Old Order Mennonites' responses to economic ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1977Export options:The Waterloo Mennonites: a community in paradox
Type: BookAbstract: A scholarly study by a sociologist who was also founding president of Conrad Grebel College of what he calls "the most ethnically and organizationally diverse of any Mennonite community." Information ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1988Export options: