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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Being German Canadian: history, memory, generations
Type: BookAbstract:"Being German Canadian explores how multi-generational families and groups have interacted and shaped each other's integration and adaptation in Canadian society, focusing on the experiences, ...
Keywords: HistoryCanadaGermans20th centuryImmigrantsGerman Canadians1900-1999Collective memoryIntergenerational relationsYear of publication: 2021Export options:Beyond the Nation?: immigrants' local lives in Transnational Cultures
Type: BookAbstract:Beyond the Nation? outlines how German-Canadians invented ethnicity under Canadian expectations, and provides moving case studies of how notable immigrant groups integrated into Canadian society. ...
Year of publication: 2017Export options:Burghalle remembered: a Saxon village in Transylvania
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the people and customs of the Transylvanian village of Burghalle, some of whom came to the Waterloo area following the Second World War. There are recollections of immigrants, such as ...Keywords: World War IIRomaniaGermansBiographiesMusicAssociations and clubsImmigrationEthnic groupsEthnic identityAcculturationYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1945-1989Export options:Canadian Society for German Relief Bulletin
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A bulletin published in co-operation with the Göttingen Research Committee into the Refugee and Expellee Problem, an organization devoted to the alleviation of suffering in Germany and Austria. The ...Year of publication: 1948Historical Period: 1948-1953Export options:Canadiana Germanica: a journal for German- Canadian Studies and news bulletin of the German-Canadian Historical Association and the Historical Society of Mecklenburg Upper Canada Ont.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A quarterly publication with articles in both English and German on German-Canadians. Many are transcripts or facsimiles of articles in other periodicals such as the "Kitchener-Waterloo Record". ...Keywords: GermansEthnic identityIndexesPeriodicalsMennonitesPennsylvania GermansOntarioWaterloo CountyAssociations and clubsYear of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1799-1992Export options:Ethnicity Employed: William Hespeler and the Mennonites
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the life of immigrant William Hespeler (1830-1921) of Baden, Germany, who came to Waterloo, Ontario, in 1850 and in 1873 to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Hespeler was sent as an immigration agent by ...Year of publication: 2000Export options:Fragmented identity: a comparative study of German Jewish and Canadian Mennonite literature after World War II
Type: ThesisAbstract: This thesis examines the common theme of fragmented identity in the literature of German Jewish and Canadian Mennonite authors after World War II. An historical perspective liven in the introduction ...Year of publication: 2001Export options:German-Canadian Review: quarterly of the Canadian-German Society, Inc.
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the quarterly "German- Review", published by the Canadian Society for German Relief in Manitoba. The format, place of publication and publisher all changed in 1956 when the Canadian ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1948-1956Export options:Hervey M. Bowman, Ph.D.
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the learned Berliner, who, after receiving his university education in Leipzig, Germany, returned to Canada to live. He was employed at one time by the Canadian Archives in ...Year of publication: 1931Historical Period: 1873-1931Export options:In pioneer days
Type: BookAbstract: A Canadian elementary school reader which contains three sections relating to the county. A chapter entitled "Waterloo: the first settlement back from the lake," beginning on page 181, recounts the ...Keywords: EducationCorrespondencePennsylvania GermansMennonitesWaterloo TownshipDumfries North TownshipWaterlooSettlersBricker SamuelSchoerg JosephYear of publication: 1926Historical Period: 1799-c1830Export options: