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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Assimilation processes among immigrants : a study of German and Italian immigrants to Hamilton
Type: BookKeywords: GermansHamiltonAcculturationYear of publication: 1973Export options:Bowlby, Ward Hamilton
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the legal career and business and community interests of Waterloo County's Crown Attorney.Keywords: Bowlby W.H.Bowlby Lissie Hespeler (m. W.H.)BiographiesReal estateLawyersBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo County Court HouseYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1858-1886Export options:Deaths, 1956
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of prominent Waterloo County people who died in 1956: Bishop Oscar Burkholder, Amelia Warnock Garvin (who wrote under the pseudonym "Katherine Hale"), Owen A.F. Hamilton Q.C., Joseph A. Huck, ...Year of publication: 1956Historical Period: 1859-1956Export options:Elisha Hewitt and Rachel Cress: a record
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Cress and Hewitt families, containing biographical information on Elisha (1800-1863) and Rachel (1797-1846) who owned land near Winterbourne.Keywords: GenealogyCress familyHewitt familyHewitt ElishaHewitt Rachel Cress (m. Elisha)Hewitt EphraimHewitt Jane Wright (m. Ephraim)Schiedel JoshuaSchiedel Eliza Hewitt (m. Joshua)Hewitt Elisha JrYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1989Export options:Ferrie, Colin Campbell
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the merchant, banker and politician (1808-1856) who established a branch of his father's mercantile interests in Hamilton in 1830. Outlying branches of the business were established in ...Keywords: BiographiesMerchantsPoliticiansFerrie ColinPrestonDoonGaltWaterloo TownshipHamilton19th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1832-1865Export options:Mennonite girl at the Welcome Inn
Type: BookAbstract:Welcome to the Welcome Inn and welcome to the life of Mary Ediger. A work of creative non-fiction, Mennonite Girl follows Mary from her life as a young girl in a quiet rural parsonage to an inner ...
Year of publication: 2015Export options:Official telephone directory, Western Ontario: January, 1912
Type: BookAbstract: A directory for exchanges and toll offices west of Hamilton and between Guelph and Palmerston, including Ayr, Berlin, Galt, Hespeler, Linwood, New Dundee, New Hamburg, Preston, St Jacobs, Waterloo ...Keywords: Telephone systemsTechnologyDirectoriesYear of publication: 1912Historical Period: 1912-1913Export options:Sports in the Germania Club of Hamilton
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Part of the special issue, edited by Robert F. Harnoy entitled: Sports and EthnicityYear of publication: 1985Export options:St Patrick's Cemetery (CC#4496): Avenue Road, Galt
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions with index of some 300 markers. The introduction notes that the cemetery was originally cared for by St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church but then taken over by the Hamilton Diocese.Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1866-1986Export options:The Amish settlement in the Township of Wilmot in the County of Waterloo
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Amish from their beginnings in the late seventeenth century to the migration to Wilmot Township. The leaders of the Amish community are identified, as are the many of the early ...Keywords: AmishGerman languageWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1944Historical Period: 1820-1860Export options: