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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Ontario directory for 1851: names of professional and business men and other inhabitants in the cities, towns, and villages throughout the province
Type: BookAbstract: A reprint of the Ontario portion of {The Canada directory} (1851), to which has been added a new index of the cities, towns, and villages. Waterloo County locations include Ayr, Berlin, Bridgeport, ...Keywords: DirectoriesOccupationsPopulationIndustriesBusinessesBusinessmenManufacturersCities and townsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1850-1851Export options:Travels in America, with special reference to the province of Ontario as a home for working men
Type: BookAbstract: A Scottish temperance preacher describes six months in rural Ontario in 1869, including a visit to Galt. Many general comments are made about Ontario, but the drinking habits are particularly noted.Keywords: LiquorTravellers' guidesTemperance movementSocial life and customsProhibitionLegislationSettlers PioneerYear of publication: 1871Historical Period: 1868-1869Export options:Waterloo County councillors: a collective biography
Type: ReportAbstract: Profiles of the 545 men and two women who served on the Waterloo County Council between 1852 and 1972 (when the county was succeeded by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo). The introductory essay ...Keywords: PoliticiansWaterloo CountyAyrBadenBambergBerlin (Ontario)BlairBloomingdaleBranchtonBreslau (Ontario)Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options:Winter studies and summer rambles
Type: BookAbstract: Impressions of Upper Canada by a perceptive woman who travelled to the inland settlements and wrote especially about the wives of immigrants. In the 1852 edition entitled {Sketches in Canada and ...Year of publication: 1838Historical Period: 1800-1852Export options:Women without men: Mennonite refugees of the Second World War
Type: BookKeywords: MennonitesWomenRefugeesWorld War IIYear of publication: 2000Export options: