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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A reflection on the collective biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of a project that gathered data on 547 councillors, summarizing some of the collective results derived from the data including information on religion, occupation, political party and sex ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options: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:Amish Mennonites commemorate 200 years in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:On Sept. 30, Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 120 people met at Steinmann Mennonite Church in Baden to hear David G. Neufeld speak on "What stories have we not been telling," and ...
Keywords: Indigenous peoplesChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options:Berlin's Button Workers: A Case Study of Socio-Economic Mobility in Berlin, Ontario: 1869-1914
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the origins of button manufacturers and their businesses in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario. Factory owners including Emil Vogelsang, Henry S. Huber, Jacob Y. Shantz, and Samuel S. Moyer were ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1998Export options:Biographical directory of Waterloo County subscribers.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Lists of over 500 subscribers to the atlas, with brief details of occupation, public office, place and date of birth, and value and location of landed property. Some entries refer to businesses ...Keywords: BiographiesBusinessesCounty atlasesDirectoriesLandownersElitesWaterloo TownshipDumfries N TpWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1880-1881Export options:Breithaupt centennial: a century in leather
Type: Journal ArticleYear of publication: 1957Export options:Business man on the hill
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Berlin-born Louis O. Breithaupt, written when he was Member of Parliament for North Waterloo. The article outlines Breithaupt's business career with the Breithaupt Leather Company, ...Keywords: PoliticiansBiographiesGermansIndustriesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerBreithaupt Louis OrvilleBreithaupt familyYear of publication: 1947Historical Period: 1890-1947Export options:David Gross
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the director of several large Kitchener businesses, notably The Dominion Button Manufacturers. Gross was Mayor of Kitchener in 1917, 1918 and 1919.Keywords: BiographiesMayorsButton industryGross DavidGross Mervin C.Dominion Button Works KitchenerKitchener City CouncilKitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1866-1926Export options:Dilman Brubacher Shantz
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Short biographies of Dilman Shantz, president of the Berlin button-manufacturing business, Jacob Y. Shantz & Son, and of his father Jacob Y. Shantz.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1806-1906Export options:Eating like a Mennonite
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:[Marlene Epp] began her third lecture, "Eating across borders: Mennonite missions and migrations," by showing several photos of "food fusion," restaurants and grocery stores in southern Ontario ...
Keywords: MennonitesMennonite cookingFoodYear of publication: 2014Export options: