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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Old Order Mennonite community in the early twentieth century
Type: ReportAbstract: A report intended for the use of interpreters at Doon Heritage Crossroads, where the Peter Martin house represents an Old Order Mennonite farm. Information is presented on family and social units, ...Keywords: Educational publicationsMennonites (Old Order)German languageReligionEthnic groupsEthnic identityFood customsAgriculturePennsylvania GermansFuneralsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1900-1920Export options:The Schenk family of Utzhausen, Hessen, Germany
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of facsimiles of documents relating to the Schenk family. Papers referring to Waterloo County settlers Johann Conrad and his wife, Katherina Siebert, include a dismissal permit, a ...Keywords: GenealogySchenk familySchenk Johann ConradSchenk Katherina Seibert (m. Johann Conrad)Schenk CasperSchenk Maria Doerr (m. Casper)FarmersSettlersGermansWeaving industryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1941Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: BookYear of publication: 1995Export options:Those enterprising Pennsylvania Germans
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A special issue of the publication of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society of Ontario, with a collection of stories of business activity among Mennonites who have sometimes been wrongly assumed ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1800-1995Export options:Three Schneider Pennsylvania German pioneering families
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the families and descendants of the Schneider brothers Christian, Jacob and Joseph, who came to Waterloo Township in 1806-7. Their roles as farmers, millers and landowners in the local ...Keywords: MennonitesWaterloo TownshipSchneider ChristianSchneider Elizabeth Erb (m. Christian)Schneider Jacob YochSchneider Maria Erb (m. Jacob)Schneider Barbara Eby (m. Joseph)Schneider JosephBean John SrSchneider Jacob C.Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1806-1968Export options:Time for building: essays on Lutherans in Canada
Type: BookKeywords: LutheransLutheran ChurchYear of publication: 1988Export options:Umbach family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogical chart of the descendants of Johann Umbach (1797-1879) and Katherine Laschinger (1802-1871).Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesUmbach familyUmbach JohannUmbach Katherine Laschinger (m. Johann)Umbach ConradUmbach J.L.Umbach JacobUmbach Mary Reichert (m. Conrad)Griffin familyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1824-1988Export options:Vicarious pioneer: the life of Jacob Y. Shantz
Type: BookAbstract: A biography of the Waterloo County Mennonite who played a significant role in helping Mennonites from Ukraine emigrate to Manitoba in the 1870s. Shantz's life is traced from his farm childhood and ...Keywords: ImmigrationEntrepreneursBiographiesRussian MennonitesUkraineBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerShantz Jacob Y.19th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1822-1909Export options:Volunteers for a Dream
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses the organization, members, and activities of Toronto's Hadassah-WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization) since 1917. The author pays particular attention to the Hadassah's efforts ...Year of publication: 1988Export options:Waterloo and Wellington Counties book index volume II
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation of indexes to seven books: {The floodgate}; {Hespeler, New Hope, C.W.}; {Hespeler yarns}; {La rue de commerce}; {Lot six in the third of Waterloo}; {Pine Bush genealogy}; and {Waterloo ...Keywords: Historical sourcesIndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1857-1957Export options: