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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Anna R. Bean
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the accomplished musician, who died on 6 May 1944. Long a music teacher in Kitchener-Waterloo, Miss Bean was also organist at Zion Evangelical Church and Benton Street Baptist ...Year of publication: 1944Historical Period: c1900-1944Export options:Benjamin Devitt
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Personal recollections of Benjamin Devitt, Mayor of Waterloo and farmer, by his grandson.Keywords: BiographiesFestivalsCustoms and traditionsPoliticiansWaterlooDevitt BenjaminDevitt E. BlakeYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1875-1963Export options:Died in 1963
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people from Waterloo County who died in 1963, including Addison A. Armbrust, T. Marshall Aver, Charles Harry Boehmer, Martha Edna Breithaupt, Ewan Cameron, Roy B. Hemmerich, Charles ...Keywords: BiographiesObituariesWomenOccupationsAssociations and clubsMennonitesGermansKitchenerWaterlooHespelerYear of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1864-1963Export options:Father Winter honoured
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of Rev. Simon J. Winter, who in 1963 had been teaching for almost fifty years at St Jerome's College.Year of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1914-1963Export options:George Klinck
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An obituary of the Elmira-born watchmaker turned grain and seed dealer who also published "The Elmira Signet" and was interested in the Elmira Mechanics' Institute and continuing education.Year of publication: 1944Historical Period: 1862-1944Export options:History or fiction
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A critical comment on the notion that the Pennsylvania German pioneers of Waterloo County were generally farmers and not interested in manufacturing industries or commerce.Year of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1806-1875Export options:John Philip Hauch
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of the former pastor of Zion Evangelical Church in Kitchener. The article notes his missionary service in Japan and his periods as district superintendent of the Kitchener, Waterloo ...Year of publication: 1944Historical Period: c1870-1944Export options:Moses David of Windsor and His Family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Genealogical and biographical sketch of the first Jewish settler in Sandwich (now part of Windsor), Ontario. A merchant, David emigrated from Montreal and resided for about 21 years in Sandwich where ...Year of publication: 1963Export options:W.H.S. salutes Gordon Verne Hilborn
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of the Blair osteopath and County Registrar of Deeds, who was president of the Waterloo Historical Society from 1944 to 1946.Year of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1900-1962Export options:William Henry Breithaupt
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An obituary of Breithaupt (1857-1944), noting his achievements with the Waterloo Historical Society, Berlin and Waterloo Street Railway, Berlin Gas Works, and Waterloo County Pioneers' Memorial ...Keywords: BiographiesObituariesEngineersAssociations and clubsGermansBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo CountyBreithaupt William Henry (1857-1944)Year of publication: 1944Historical Period: 1857-1944Export options: