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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Founding families of Waterloo Township, 1800-1830
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles and tables of nearly 170 families who came to Waterloo Township -- mainly Mennonites from southeastern Pennsylvania. An introductory essay surveys the main phases in migration and early ...Keywords: Ethnic identityAgricultureGenealogyGermansImmigrationLand ownershipMarriageMennonitesOccupationsSettlersYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1798-1840Export options:George Lippert
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography of the Waterloo furniture manufacturer.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1850-1906Export options:George Rumpel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Rumpel built up the Berlin Felt Boot Co. and was very active in municipal and community affairs.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1850-1906Export options:Grassroots government: biographies of Waterloo Township councillors
Type: ReportAbstract: Biographies and summary tables of 135 men elected to the township council or employed as clerk or treasurer from 1850 to 1972, as well as some of the officials before the township's incorporation in ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1820-1972Export options:Henry George Lackner, M.P.P.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography of the Hawkesville-born physician who was Berlin's first medical officer of health and active in municipal and provincial politics.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1851-1906Export options:Historical notes on the Grand River
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An address given at Chicopee on August 2, 1930 on the history and prehistory of the river, its geographical characteristics and various inhabitants and explorers since the seventeenth century.Year of publication: 1930Historical Period: 1600-1930Export options:History of Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline history of the county's settlement by various ethnic groups and of industrial development, electrification, publishing and printing, and cultural activities such as music and singing ...Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1798-1926Export options:Inventory of archival and primary sources: Guelph and Wellington County to 1940
Type: BookAbstract: A comprehensive research tool created with the help of InMagic software. Annotated references are organized in sections for: government records, business records, church records, voluntary ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1800-1940Export 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:Localities of landowners: assessment roll evidence, 1861-1951
Type: ReportAbstract: Indexes and tables of social and land use data for assessed property-owners in ten sample localities of the township at 10-year intervals between 1861 and 1951. Introduced by an essay describing each ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1861-1951Export options: