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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Louis Jacob Breithaupt
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the president of the Breithaupt Leather Co. of Berlin who was also very active in business promotion, municipal and provincial politics, and in church and community causes.Keywords: BiographiesBusinessesGermansPoliticiansIndustriesBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1855-1906Export options:Louis Orville Breithaupt
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the vice-president and general manager of the Breithaupt Leather Company, including details of civic improvements during his terms as Mayor of Kitchener in 1923-4.Keywords: BiographiesPoliticiansLeather industryMayorsBreithaupt Louis OrvilleBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Breithaupt Sara Caskey (m. L.O.)Breithaupt Leather Co. KitchenerKitchener City CouncilWaterloo County House of RefugeYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1890-1926Export options:Merner, Samuel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the prominent citizen of New Hamburg who won the South Waterloo seat in the Dominion Parliament in 1878.Keywords: BiographiesFoundriesPoliticiansMerner SamuelNew Hamburg Public School BoardNew Hamburg Village CouncilNew HamburgYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1837-1886Export options:Moses Springer, M.P.P., Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the man who was Reeve then Mayor of Waterloo for many years, founded the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and represented North Waterloo in the Ontario Legislature from 1867.Year of publication: 1880Historical Period: 1824-1880Export options:Nicholas Asmussen
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the building contractor who was elected to the Ontario Legislature in 1919 and as Mayor of Kitchener in 1925.Keywords: BiographiesPoliticiansMayorsKitchenerAsmussen NicholasKitchener City CouncilSt Peter's Lutheran Church BerlinYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1876-1926Export options:Oscar Rumpel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Kitchener felt slipper manufacturer who took over the old factory of Williams, Greene and Rome in 1913.Keywords: BiographiesFelt industryPoliticiansRumpel OscarRumpel Ada Hilborn (m. Oscar)Rumpel Felt Co. KitchenerKitchener City CouncilKitchener Daily RecordWilliams Greene and Rome Co. BerlinBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1875-1926Export 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:Samuel Merner
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the entrepreneur who developed an extensive trade in blacksmithing and wagon- and carriage- building in New Hamburg and Waterloo into a wide range of other commercial and industrial ...Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1823-1906Export options:Samuel Merner, M.P., New Hamburg
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of New Hamburg's leading businessman and community leader and Member of Parliament for South Waterloo.Year of publication: 1880Historical Period: 1837-1880Export options:Snider, Elias Weber Bingeman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief biography of the St Jacobs miller who represented North Waterloo in the Ontario Legislature.Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1841-1886Export options: