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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
John Metz Schneider
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief biography of the Kitchener meat packer and sausage manufacturer, including a summary family history and an account of the growth of his business.Keywords: BiographiesMeat packing industrySchneider familySchneider Anna MetzSchneider Helena R. Ahrens (m. J.M.)Schneider J.M.Schneider Charles A.Schneider Fred H.Schneider NormanJ.M. Schneider Ltd KitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1859-1926Export options:John R. Eden
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the general manager of the Ott Brick Company, with details of civic improvements during his terms as Mayor of Kitchener, especially between 1899 and 1903.Keywords: BiographiesBrick making industryRailwaysMayorsOtt Brick and Tile Co. KitchenerKitchener Canadian Pacific RailwayMcBrine Luggage Co. KitchenerTuerk Engine and Tool Co. BerlinBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1858-1926Export options:Joseph H. Wuest
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the president of the Fischmann Spring Co. of Kitchener.Keywords: BiographiesMattress industryWuest Joseph H.Fischman Spring Co. KitchenerKitchenerWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1854-1926Export options:Kinzie-Bean Cemetery (CC#5425): Biehn Tract Lot 1, Waterloo Township (now Mill Park Drive, Kitchener, west of Doon)
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions and index of about 80 surviving markers and monuments in the cemetery located on the original farm of John Biehn who came from Montgomery County, PA in 1800. Biehn's son-in-law, Dilman ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1800-1985Export options:Lawyers as members of urban business elites in southern Ontario, 1860 to 1920
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An analysis of the changing distribution and organization of law practices in southern Ontario communities, in relation to the main phases of business activity. Lawyers are described as members of " ...Keywords: UrbanizationAssociations and clubsEthnic identityGermansLand ownershipLawyersLegislationPoliticiansTaxationBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1860-1920Export options:Levi Erb Seibert
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Berlin embalmer and funeral director, whose business was merged with that of the Schreiter Furniture Company in 1919.Keywords: BiographiesFuneralsSeibert Levi ErbSchreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home and Chapel KitchenerBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1883-1926Export 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:Limerick Cornell Cemetery (CC#5417): Broken Front Concession, East of the Grand, Lot 9, Waterloo Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with an index, of some 31 stones that were moved in about 1967, from the original location on the west side of Highway 8 about one mile north of Preston, to a location beside Doon ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1810-1900Export options:Linwood Cemeteries: St Peter's Lutheran Cemetery (CC#4541), Concession XI, Lot 11; Linwood Union Cemetery (CC#4531), Concession
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 190 stones in St Peter's Cemetery, founded for the German- speaking people of the community in about 1900, and of the 135 stones in the Linwood Union Cemetery (used from about ...Keywords: CemeteriesGenealogyYear of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1860-1986Export options:Lloyd Elmo Hagedorn
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Kitchener Suspender Co., founded by Charles K. Hagedorn (1859-1921).Keywords: BiographiesButton industryPoliticiansHagedorn C.K.Hagedorn Emily Cairnes (m. C.K.)Hagedorn L.E.Berlin Suspender and Button Co.Kitchener Suspender Co.Kitchener City CouncilBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1859-1926Export options: