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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Ontario Old Colony Church loses beloved leader
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: ClergyDeathsChurches MennoniteReligionYear of publication: 2022Export options:Ontario Plain People's youth: 1969 and 2018
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Draper reflects on the changes in fashion and teaching among the youth of the 'plain people' Markum-Waterloo Mennonite community in which she grew up. She recalls the wedding of his brother in ...
Year of publication: 2019Historical Period: 1969-2018Export options:Origin of names in Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of place names including Philipsburg, Rummelhardt, Weissenburg and Roseville, with a note on the derivation of some family names such as Eby, Brubacher and Lichty.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Origin of the place and stream names of Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A systematic explanation of the probable sources of names of townships, cities, towns, villages, smaller localities, streams, rivers and lakes following the same plan as the author's previous study ...Keywords: Place namesMapsWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1800-1920Export options:Origins and early Pennsylvania Dutch settlements in Upper Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief historical account of the migrations to North America, including the journey to Canada by some sixty families in the 1790s.Year of publication: 1932Historical Period: 1790-1800Export options:Ottawa Mennonite Church hears stories from refugees
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:Mary Enns was [Faduma Mahmoud]'s high school teacher and remembers Faduma as an angry, disengaged youth. When Faduma approached Mary, upset that nothing was planned for Black History month, they ...
Keywords: RefugeesChurches MennoniteMuseumsYear of publication: 2015Export options:Otto Julius Klotz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of the Preston native's appointment as Dominion Astronomer.Year of publication: 1914Historical Period: 1852-1914Export options:Otto Julius Klotz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An address given at the unveiling of a bronze tablet in Preston Town Hall commemorating the achievements of Dr Otto Julius Klotz, Preston-born surveyor and engineer.Year of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1852-1952Export options:Palatine Settlements in York County
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: PalatinateYork CountyMarkham TownshipVaughan TownshipSettlementSchools GermanTunkersMennonite Brethren of ChristLutheransEckhardt familyYear of publication: 1945Export options:Panabaker family history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A narrative of the family, from its European origins to the settlement in the Hespeler area of Waterloo Township. The author explains variant spellings of the family name and refers to other pioneer ...Keywords: GenealogySaw mill industryBlacksmithsMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaPannebecker HendrickTyson BarbaraPenebecker BarbaraPannebecker CorneliusDetwiler AnnYear of publication: 1937Historical Period: 1800-1937Export options: