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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The genealogy of Henry and Froenika Neuschwanger who arrived in North America from Germany in 1846: organized down to the sixth generation
Type: BookAbstract: A six-generation history of the descendants of Henry and Froenika Neuschwanger and their twelve children. Henry was ordained as a Mennonite bishop in 1867. He and his family led a group of settlers ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1846-1988Export options:The genealogy of the Detweiler, Detweiler family
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the descendants of Hans and Susanna Detweiler.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesDetweiler familyDetweiler HansDetweiler Susanna19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1810-1990Export options:The Gerber family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with an introductory biographical sketch of Michael and Veronica Jantzi, Mennonite farmers near Shingletown. John Gerber, Michael's father, settled in Wilmot Township in 1838. A list of ...Keywords: GenealogyGerman languageBiographiesMennonitesWilmot TownshipShingletownBadenSt AgathaGerber familyGerber JohnYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1838-1985Export options:The German Canadian mosaic today and yesterday: identities, roots and heritage
Type: BookYear of publication: 1991Export options:The gilded cage : Gravenhurst German prisoner-of-war Camp 20, 1940-1946
Type: BookYear of publication: 2003Export options:The gilded cage : Gravenhurst German prisoner-of-war Camp 20, 1940-1946
Type: BookYear of publication: 1999Export options:The golden Bible looking-glass
Type: BookAbstract: A translation of the autobiography of the Elmira resident who considered himself to be the Second Moses. The work focuses on his life's experiences, but also includes passages from the Bible and ...Year of publication: 1913Historical Period: c1868-1913Export options:The Gordon C. Eby diaries, 1911-13: chronicle of a Mennonite farmer
Type: BookAbstract: The diary of a Mennonite farmer, Gordon Christian Eby (1890-1965), son of Christian Eby, the well-known healer or charmer. The diaries describe farm life in Waterloo County before the First World War ...Keywords: BiographiesAgricultureCustoms and traditionsMennonitesGenealogyFolkloreDiariesEby Gordon C.Eby ChristianEby familyYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1911-1913Export options:The Hallman-Clemens genealogy with a family's reminiscence
Type: BookAbstract: An autobiography of Rev. Eli Schmidtt Hallman, who was born near New Dundee and moved to Saskatchewan in 1905, later moving to Goshen, Indiana and then Texas. He describes the Mennonite revival led ...Keywords: GenealogyTeachersBusinessesMennonitesSchoolsSaengerfestsIndustriesEducationFarmersCustoms and traditionsYear of publication: 1950Historical Period: 1825-1949Export options:The Heimat abroad : the boundaries of Germanness
Type: BookKeywords: Germans Foreign countriesJews German Foreign countriesPopulation transfers GermansGermany Emigration and immigrationYear of publication: 2005Export options: