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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Schrch von Sumiswald
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Schrch (Schuerch, Shirk, Sherk, Sherrick) family from its 16th- century origins in Switzerland. The research contains information on the origin of the family name, heraldry, the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Schooling across contexts: the educational realities of Old Colony Mennonite students
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:This paper narrates the schooling experiences of the Old Colony Mennonites (OCM) across two contexts based on my first-hand observations as a principal in a rural, southwestern Ontario school and ...
Year of publication: 2016Export options:Schürch von Sumiswald
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Schürch (Schuerch, Shirk, Sherk, Sherrick) family from its 16th- century origins in Switzerland. The research contains information on the origin of the family name, heraldry, the ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:Separation or Integration? the Russian Mennonite Immigrant Community in Ontario, 1924-45
Type: ThesisAbstract: How do ethnic groups survive and maintain their identity when transplanted into an alien cultural environment? That question is one of the major issues in the study of ethnicity. Both historians and ...Keywords: Russian MennonitesAcculturationYear of publication: 1986Export options:Simple life Fretz: a kitchen table memoir of the first Mennonite sociologist
Type: BookAbstract:"The engaging life story of J. Winfield Fretz, the first Mennonite sociologist, told in his personable voice from childhood days on a Pennsylvania farm through the years as a student, professor, ...
Keywords: BiographyMennonitesSociologyYear of publication: 2016Export options:Stauffer Abandoned Cemetery (CC#4547): Canada Company Block A Concession 2, Lot 22, Wilmot Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcription with plan and index of 20 markers in the small cemetery located about one mile south on a winding road from Haysville, at the north corner of the first road to the west. The cemetery, ...Keywords: CemeteriesMennonitesGenealogyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1852-1908Export options:The Bricker connection, part 3: Catherine Bricker and George Brink, their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the family of Catherine Bricker, daughter of Elizabeth Cress and Peter Bricker, and her husband George Brink.Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBricker PeterBricker Elizabeth CressBrink GeorgeBrink Catherine Bricker (m. George)Waterloo CountyYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The Cress connection, part 2: a record of Jacob Cress (1804-1881) and Magdalena Eby (1813-1883), their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical details on the descendants of Jacob, the eldest son of Simon, who moved with his family from St Jacobs to Port Elgin. There is introductory biographical information about the Eby and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesCress familyCress JacobCress Magdalena Eby (m. Jacob)David JohnDavid Barbara Cress (m. John)Puttock Veronica Cress (m. David)Puttock DavidCress SimonYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options:The family history and genealogy of Nicolaus and Barbara (Roth) Schlegel
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of a French Mennonite family who emigrated to the East Zorra area in 1839, with the main focus on Perth and Oxford Counties. There are introductory biographies of each ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesBiographiesSchlegel familyRoth familyPerth CountyOxford CountyEast Zorra TownshipWilmot TownshipSt AgathaYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1986Export options:The family tree of Heinrich (Henry) and Phillipine Grube
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of a German emigrant couple who settled in Wilmot Township, and the families of their thirteen children. Henry was a shoemaker in New Hamburg, but later farmed in Logan Township. ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFootwear industryGrube familyGrube HenryGrube Phillipine Ritz (m. Henry)Ritz JacobWillert familyWilhelm John S.Wilhelm Louisa Grube (m. John S.)Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1815-1986Export options: