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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Deutsche Bräuche und Volkslieder in Maryhill (Waterloo County)
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief overview of German customs and folk songs traced back to the settlement of the community (known as New Germany before 1941) by Catholic Alsatians in the 1820s and 1830s. Based on interviews ...Keywords: Customs and traditionsGerman languageGermansEthnic groupsMusicMarriageCatholicismLeisure activitiesPoetryMaryhillYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: c1820-1976Export options:Diary of Catherine Breithaupt, June-August, 1888: historical and linguistic interpretation
Type: ThesisKeywords: DiariesGermanLinguisticsBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Catherine (1834-1910)Description and travelYear of publication: 1995Export options:Diary of Elias Eby, 1810-1878
Type: BookAbstract: Diary of Eby's last six years, 1872 to 1878, translated, edited and annotated by Isaac R. Horst. Second son of Bishop Benjamin Eby and Maria Brubacher, Eby bought Lancaster Mills following Jacob ...Keywords: DiariesMennonitesRussian MennonitesFuneralsDiseasesClergyBridgeportBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipEby EliasYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1872-1878Export options:Dickie Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo County
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A description of a family cemetery, unusual because it was used by both Scots and Pennsylvania Mennonites, including members of the Bechtel, Dickie and Amos families.Year of publication: 1978Historical Period: 1828-1878Export options:Die Kraichgauer Vorfahren von John George
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of former Canadian Prime Minister, John George Diefenbaker, whose ancestors are traced back to the Kraichgau region in what is now Baden-Württemburg, Germany. Diefenbaker's grandfather, ...Keywords: GenealogyPoliticiansHawkesvilleGermansDiefenbaker John GeorgeDiefenbacher George JacobDiefenbaker familyWellesley TownshipYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1853-1979Export options:Diebel Reunion minutes, 1926-1974
Type: BookAbstract: Minutes containing information on the reunion location, programme, expenses and people who attended. About half the reunions were held in Waterloo County, usually at Waterloo or Victoria Parks.Keywords: GenealogyReunionsDiebel familyKnechtel familySeip familyOppertshauser familyVictoria Park KitchenerWaterloo Park WaterlooYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1926-1974Export options:Documents do tell stories
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An examination of Steinman family's German correspondence and papers dating from 1800 to 1849. They illuminate the relationships and occupations of the Christian Steinman family which settled in ...Keywords: GenealogyAmishOccupationsCorrespondenceGerman languageSteinman familySteinman ChristianSteinman Christian JrSteinman Veronica Eyer (m. Christian)Stoltzfus familyYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1843-1989Export options:Dorothea Schlote and her family: a remembrance
Type: BookAbstract: An anecdotal family history celebrating the 100th birthday of Dorothea Herbst Schlote. The book includes descriptions of the family's emigration from Germany, farming in Ontario at the end of the ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyFarmersSettlers GermanGerman languageGermansDiseasesWorld War IIDepressionsSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1830-1988Export options:Dr William Geiger, M.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Waterloo physician, including information about his family in Huron County.Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1911-1926Export options:Drudge family history: Uriah Drudge family genealogy, other Drudge family lines, from John Drudge, 1774 emigrant to Canada to the present
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the family represented in Waterloo County by Ben Drudge's family who lived between Bridgeport and Lexington.Keywords: FarmersGenealogyDrudge BenjaminDrudge Barbara Shirk (m. Benjamin)Drudge familyBridgeportLexingtonYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1900-1972Export options: