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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Philip S. Lautenschlager
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Berlin businessman and community leader.Keywords: BiographiesButton industryMusicLautenschlager P.S.Lautenschlager familyBoehmer HenryCity Heating Co. BerlinBerlin Town CouncilBerlin Board of HealthEconomical Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1840-1926Export options:Physicians of note and notoriety
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Biographical sketches of doctors who spent only a portion of their lives in Waterloo Region. Two of them, Drs Gottfried Schmutter and Lewis Senghas, did not find favour, but Dr George Acheson, Dr ...Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1847-1938Export options:Robert Arthur Dietrich
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of Henry A. Dietrich, founder of the Berlin bakery and city councillor.Keywords: BiographiesBaking industryPoliticiansDietrich Robert A.Dietrich Henry A.Dietrich's Bakery BerlinBerlin City CouncilSt Mary's Roman Catholic Church BerlinSt AgathaBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1864-1926Export options:Rudolph Roschman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Waterloo button manufacturer.Keywords: BiographiesButton industryRoschmann RudolfRoschmann RichardRoschmann Button Factory WaterlooWaterloo Board of TradeCarmel Church of the New Jerusalem BerlinWaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1878-1926Export options:The downfall of Dr Vardon
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of Hawkesville's Dr William H. Vardon, including his custody battle with his second wife, Elvina, over their daughter Nellie.Year of publication: 1987Historical Period: 1856-1886Export options:The lively little saint of St Jacobs
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief sketch of Dr Napoleon Bonaparte Wolfe, born in 1823 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, who practised in St Jacobs from 1853 to 1857. He later built up a lucrative practice in Cincinnati and ...Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1853-1888Export options:The Rev. Albert Lawrence Zinger, C.R., Ph.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the pastor of St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Kitchener and former head of St Jerome's College.Keywords: BiographiesChurches CatholicSchools SeparateCollegesClergyZinger Albert Rev.St Mary's Roman Catholic Church KitchenerSt Jerome's CollegeKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1901-1926Export options:Walter George Rumpel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the president of the Rumpel Felt Company of Kitchener, in succession to his father George Rumpel.Keywords: BiographiesManufacturersFelt industryRumpel GeorgeRumpel Felt Co. KitchenerKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1885-1926Export options:Walter John Fleischauer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the secretary-treasurer of the Baetz Brothers Furniture Company and of his father, Louis Fleischauer, a Wellesley blacksmith.Keywords: BiographiesFurniture industryBlacksmithsFleischauer Walter J.Fleischauer LouisBaetz Brothers Furniture Co. KitchenerKitchenerWellesleyYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1865-1926Export options:Waterloo's body snatcher
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A sketch of Dr Friedrich Christ (c1824- 1875), a German immigrant who lived in Waterloo for thirteen years and was jailed for selling skeletons.Keywords: PhysiciansBiographiesGermansWaterlooYear of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1824-1875Export options: