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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
The Swiss in Ontario
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the Swiss experience in Ontario, with chapters on the Pennsylvania Mennonites and European Amish in Waterloo County. The author refers to Waterloo Swiss pioneers including the Bettschen ...Keywords: AmishMennonitesBiographiesSwissPennsylvania GermansEthnic groupsEthnic identityOntarioWaterloo CountyUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1800-1991Export options:The Tailor Shop
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Presents a memoir of childhood in the 1950's-60's centered on the Toronto, Ontario, tailor shop owned and operated by the author's grandfather, father, and uncles, and of his first exposure to the ...Keywords: Ethnic identityTorontoJewsYear of publication: 1997Export options:The trail of the black walnut
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the migration to North America by ten different European religious groups, notably the Mennonites. The references to Waterloo County (pp. 108-113 and 122-124) relate initial ...Keywords: SettlersGermansPennsylvania GermansAgricultureAmishLutheransMennonitesTunkersEthnic identityMapsYear of publication: 1957Historical Period: 1800-1830Export options:The Trans-Canada Alliance of German Canadians: a Study in Culture
Type: BookKeywords: Associations and clubsEthnic identityYear of publication: 1985Export options:The wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Historical Period: 1780s - 1830sExport options:'Theirs was a Deeper Purpose': the Pennsylvania Germans of Ontario and the Craft of the Homemaking Myth
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Analyzes the immigrant narrative of the Pennsylvania Germans who settled Upper Canada between the 1780's and the 1830's, using Orm Overland's framework of a 'homemaking myth.' The Pennsylvania German ...Year of publication: 2006Export options:Through German-Canadian Eyes: A Revolutionist Approach to the Historical Identity of Berlin, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Berliner JournalEthnic identityGermansYear of publication: 2003Export options:Towards a Historical Archaeology of the German-Canadians of Markham's Berczy Settlement
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: In 'In Small Things Forgotten' (1977), James Deetz challenged archaeologists to use material culture as a source of information about human actions that may not be represented widely in the written ...Year of publication: 2004Export options:Tragedy and comedy in Mennonite life
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:[Magdalene Redekop] is a specialist in Low German, and since many in attendance also know the language, she indulges in a Low German-themed question structure based on the fingers on one's hand. ...
Keywords: WritingMennonitesHumorNovelsYear of publication: 2013Export options: