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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Biographical sketches
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Brief profiles of men who held office as county Warden or Reeve of a township or village, or represented North Waterloo or South Waterloo in the federal parliament or provincial legislature, or held ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1823-1881Export options:Breithaupt, Ezra Carl
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of engineer and businessman (1866-1897) who was a director of the Breithaupt Leather Co. and managed the Berlin Gas Co. and Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway Co. until his accidental death ...Keywords: ElitesEngineersStreet railwaysBiographiesLeather industryBreithaupt E. CarlBerlin and Waterloo Street Railway Co.Berlin Gas Co.Breithaupt Leather Co. BerlinYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1866-1897Export options:Historical Sketch of the County of Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A general survey of geology, topography and history to about 1880. Leading pioneers and enterprises are named and the importance of early mills, schools and roads is stressed. Though the author notes ...Year of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1800-1881Export 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:Waterloo County
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A list of the names of Ontario hamlets, villages and towns that were in use at the time of the 1871 Census of Canada. Some 48 named central places are identified in Waterloo County in 1871, with 22 ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1870-1871Export options: