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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Alvin Ratz Kaufman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Kitchener businessman and city planning advocate, including a summary genealogy and account of the businesses promoted by his father, Jacob Kaufman.Keywords: BiographiesFootwear industrySaw mill industryRubber industryKaufman familyKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)Kaufman JacobKaufman Mary Ratz (m. Jacob)Kaufman MiltonRatz and Kaufman BerlinYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1877-1926Export options:Frederick William Snider
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the president and general manager of The William Snider Milling Co. of Waterloo, including a summary genealogy and a chronology of the Waterloo mill property.Keywords: BiographiesFlour mill industrySnider Frederick W.Snider WilliamSnider EliasSnider Lydia Ann Bowman (m. William)Snider's Mill WaterlooWilliam Snider Milling Co. WaterlooWaterloo Manufacturing Co. WaterlooWaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1886-1926Export options:Herbert Maplin Snyder
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the president of Snyders Ltd, with a summary genealogy and a biography of his father, Simon Snyder.Keywords: BiographiesFurniture industrySnyder H.M.Snyder Elma P. Snider (m. H.M.)Snyder SimonSnyders Ltd WaterlooSnyder Roos and Co. WaterlooDominion Life Assurance Co.Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Waterloo Manufacturing Co. WaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1806-1926Export options:John G. Cress
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Waterloo spring manufacturer, including a summary genealogy.Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1875-1926Export options:John Weicker family: 1830 pioneers of South Easthope Tsp., Perth County, East Zorra Township, Oxford County
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of family trees, reunion reports, photographs, biographies and reminiscences relating to the Weicker family, German Lutherans who settled mostly in Perth County. Some of the family ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansObituariesBiographiesMapsWaterloo CountyPerth CountyWeicker familyWeicker JohnWeicker Catherine Zinkan (m. John)Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1830-1987Export options:Levi Weber Shuh
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the manager and president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company including a summary Shuh genealogy and a chronology of the company.Keywords: BiographiesInsurance agentsShuh LeviShuh JohnShuh familyWaterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.WaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1861-1926Export options:Nelson Goetz Shantz
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the proprietor of The Brunswick Garage in Kitchener, including a summary Shantz genealogy.Keywords: BiographiesAutomobile dealersShantz Nelson G.Shantz familyShantz Doranda Dedels (m. Nelson G.)Brunswick Garage KitchenerKitchenerBreslau (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1866-1926Export options:Pioneering with John Weicker
Type: ReportAbstract: A history of a German family who settled in Perth, Oxford and Waterloo Counties, with a description of pioneer life in the first half of the 19th century based on Waterloo County historical sources.Keywords: GenealogySettlersGermansWeicker JohnWeicker family19th century20th centuryPerth CountyOxford CountyWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1830-1962Export options:Saint Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, sometimes known as Oswald or Hoffer Cemetery (CC#4582): German Company Tract lot 52, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of 83 memorials with translations of the kirkenbuch entries and a history of this vanished church. A name index is also included.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1853-1935Export options:Trinity Lutheran Church, Shantz Station Cemetery (CC#4595): German Company Tract Lot 85, Waterloo Township (now Woolwich)
Type: ReportAbstract: Alphabetical index to about 520 burials since 1862. The author notes that Trinity Lutheran Church was organized in 1860 by the Rev. Immanuel Wurster and that the cemetery was dedicated in 1863. The ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyInscriptionsYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1860-1982Export options: