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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
This unique heritage: the story of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A popular history from the Indian period to about 1930, with chapters on the Indians, Richard Beasley, the pioneers, John Galt, the Mennonites, the Scots, the Germans, the County, City of Galt, City ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersMennonitesGermansPennsylvania GermansMusicArt and artistsWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1750-1930Export options:Three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads in Ontario: the families and their way of life
Type: BookAbstract: Illustrated accounts of three Pennsylvania German pioneer homesteads, including the Shantz family homestead in Wilmot Township. Each family is described with its crops, livestock and farm buildings, ...Keywords: Shantz familyShantz JacobShantz Amos Y.Shantz Noah S.Shantz Walter C.AgricultureCustoms and traditionsMapsFood customsFolkloreYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1781-1955Export options:Tremaine's Map of County of Waterloo, Canada West (1861)
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A useful account of historical maps of the Waterloo area, notably the Tremaine map as an example of a commercial type of county map already well developed in the United States. The author discusses ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1851-1861Export options:United Brethren, Congregational and Methodist marriages 1898-1931
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical and chronological lists of marriages performed at the United Brethren in Christ, Hawkesville from January 1898 to September 1906, the Bloomingdale Congregational Church from March 1909 ...Keywords: MarriageMarriage registersChurches CongregationalChurches MethodistChurches United BrethrenYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1898-1931Export options:Urban fringe and urban shadow in the Waterloo-southeast Wellington County area land space matrix
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A study of the impact of rapid urbanization in the region between 1941 and 1966, based on factor analysis of data variables from township assessment rolls. Urban fringe variables measure more ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1941-1966Export options:Waterloo County: a population profile, 1951-1971
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of the demographic composition of the county and its component municipalities, based on census data. The author comments on the high degree of urbanization, rapid growth, ethnic background ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1881-1971Export options:Waterloo County - some aspects of settlement and economy before 1900
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A chronological outline of land purchases and pioneer settlement with a discussion of distinctive features of Mennonite land use and the siting of villages at early millsites. A table of populations ...Keywords: Census recordsWaterloo CountyMennonitesYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Waterloo County Times
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A quarterly publication covering the topics of heritage and history in Waterloo Region. The "Times" was first published in 1986 as a four-page newsletter for the Historic Sites Department in the ...Year of publication: 1986Export options:Wavertree chronicles: the diary of Clayton H. Shuh 1899-1935
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of entries from his diaries, that were edited and published by his son. The entries present a picture of daily life on the Waterloo farm and in the community. Many family members and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1899-1935Export options:Weber's write-up: history and heritage, Johannes Weber and Elisabeth Muench: a compilation of papers published on and for the descendants of Johannes Weber and Elisabeth Muench who settled in Ontario in 1854
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of issues of a family journal published quarterly in California from 1981 to 1984. The collection contains genealogical information, mostly in charts, about the Weber family who came to ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesGermansWaterloo CountyWeber JohnWeber Elisabeth MuenchWeber familyPflug HaroldOberthauser familyKalbfleisch familyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1854-1984Export options: