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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Germany - Canada Migration
Type: Web project pageAbstract: This exhibit examines German immigration to Canada over the past 300 years. Various themes on German migration to Canada are followed using personal accounts, images, historical text and census data ...Keywords: ImmigrationFolk artSymbolismMapsYear of publication: 0Export options:Simon Cress - the first Mennonite settler in the St Jacobs area
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief account of Cress who bought Lot 7 in Woolwich Township in 1819 from John Erb. The article provides information on the exact location of the homestead as well as biographical details of Simon' ...Keywords: Settlers PennsylvaniaMennonitesBiographiesSettlers PioneerCress SimonCress EphraimCress JacobCress CatharineBricker Elizabeth CressHewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1819-1852Export options:Wi hollen tausamen, Rieck
Type: ReportAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Friedrich Christian Heinrich Rieck, who with his wife Wilhelmine Ilker, came to the county in 1873. [Mecklenburg dialect: Wi hollen tausamen = "We stick ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Germany Mecklenburg-StrelitzRieck familyRieck FrederickRieck Wilhelmine Ilker (m. Frederick)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1873-1983Export options: