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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Death and Ethnicity: Swiss-German Mennonite Gravestones of the 'Pennsylvania Style' (1804-54) in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many of the Mennonite tombstones in Waterloo County are stylistically similar to Pennsylvania-German tombstones, particularly with respect to construction features, design, the use of motifs, and the ...Year of publication: 1982Export options:Landscape and Meaning: Structure and Symbolism of the Swiss-German Mennonite Farmstead of Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Waterloo Region Swiss-German Mennonite farmstead reconciles in its paradisal structure three polarities: male/female, farmstead/world, and God/humankind. Perpetuating a landscape developed in ...Year of publication: 1984Export options:Mennonite Folk Art of Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Waterloo CountyFolk artMennonitesYear of publication: 1968Export options:Saint Clement's Roman Catholic Cemetery (CC#4534): St Clements Village, East Concession VIII, Lot 2, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of nearly 500 markers in the cemetery that has been associated with St Clement's Catholic Church since 1840. The introduction notes that the cemetery was moved in 1885 and ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyIndexesYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1840-1990Export options:Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Heidelberg (CC#4593): German Company Tract Lot 13, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of about 450 markers in the cemetery located a little east of Heidelberg. The introduction notes that the cemetery adjoined the original log church erected in 1851 and the ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1851-1990Export options:'See the Vernal Landscape Glowing': the Symbolic Landscape of the Swiss-German Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The Swiss-German Mennonites of Waterloo County, in western Ontario, have a long tradition of seeing the landscape as a spiritual metaphor. Early settlement is often seen as the creation of a small, ...Year of publication: 1983Export options:St John's Lutheran Cemetery, Bamberg (CC#4537): Concession VI, Lot 6, Eastern Section, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index and plan of about 130 markers. The introduction notes the association with St John's Lutheran Church (Canada Synod), founded in 1852 with the present stone church built in ...Keywords: CemeteriesBuildings StoneGenealogyYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1872-1973Export options:Swiss-German and Dutch-German Mennonite Traditional Art in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: BookYear of publication: 1979Export options:Wreath & Bough: Decorative Arts of Amish-Mennonite Settlers in Waterloo County
Type: BookYear of publication: 1983Export options: