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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A survey of the place names of Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of the current and former names of communities, including information about location, time of settlement, reasons for adoption of the place name and, in some cases, the first industries. The ...Keywords: Place namesIndigenous peoplesEthnic groupsGermansPennsylvania GermansScotsArchitectureWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1962Historical Period: 1800-1900Export options:Ancestral record of Henry Martin Brubacher, 1838-1910
Type: ReportAbstract: A chronology of the Brubacher family, tracing ancestors back to 17th-century Switzerland and descendants to 1965. John W. Brubacher, the first member of the family to come to Canada, settled in ...Keywords: GenealogySwissIndustriesAgricultureMennonitesWoolwich TownshipSt JacobsFreeportBadenPennsylvania GermansYear of publication: 1965Historical Period: 1825-1965Export options:Berlin, Ontario, 1916
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the 1916 Berlin assessment rolls, the first year for which there is a complete assessment record. The author concludes that by 1916 the German entrepreneurial elite was being ...Keywords: OccupationsSchoolsDemographic statisticsBusinessesIndustriesEthnic groupsEthnic identityGermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 197Historical Period: 1912-1916Export options:For friendship sake: a record of the descendants, Johannes A. Damm
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy with biographical notes of the family of a German sawmiller who gave his name to Dammsville, near Heidelberg, in 1855. Most of the family later moved to the Ayton area, but some ...Keywords: GenealogyGermansIndustriesBiographiesDomm familyDamm Johannes A.Damm Anna Klein (m. Johannes A.)Damm HeinrichDamm GeorgeDammsvilleYear of publication: 1929Historical Period: 1826-1929Export options:Galt: the effects of competition in a dispersed city
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of the industrial and commercial interdependence of Galt and neighbouring centres. Following an historical account, the author prescribes policies for downtown Galt and the regional ...Keywords: RetailingTradeEconomic conditionsTransportationCentral business districtsUrban renewalIndustriesStores and shopping centresYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: c1820-1971Export options:Ontario local history
Type: ReportAbstract: Local history and feature stories dealing with 830 Ontario municipalities and clipped from newspapers mainly of the 1950s and 1960s. Waterloo County communities represented in the collection are Ayr ...Keywords: Buildings StoneBusinessesEconomic conditionsFactoriesFinancial institutionsIndustriesOwnership ForeignOwnership LocalNewspapersYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1950-1970Export options:"Our guests are busy": The internment and labour of German prisoners of war in Ontario, 1940-1946
Type: ThesisAbstract: For a period of six years stretching from 1940 to 1946, over 35,000 members of the German armed forces were interned in seventeen prisoner of war camps all over Canada. The passing of order-in- ...Year of publication: 1992Export options:The changing functions of Elmira
Type: ThesisAbstract: An historical account of the establishment and growth of the community from a crossroads settlement to an independent centre, in three phases: the pioneer period (1835-1890), diversification and ...Keywords: Community historiesPopulationLand useTradeLabour forceRailwaysIndustriesFarmers' marketsCities and townsYear of publication: 1965Historical Period: 1835-1965Export options:The changing functions of Ontario urban centres (population 20,000 or more, 1961)
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of changing economic functions from 1931 to 1961 in 27 middle-sized Ontario urban centres, including Galt and Kitchener. The author concludes that all centres except Oshawa were ...Keywords: UrbanizationEconomic conditionsLabour forceOccupationsIndustriesStatisticsManufacturersRetailingConstructionCities and townsYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1931-1961Export options:The changing functions of the village of St Jacobs
Type: ThesisAbstract: An account of the village's industrial origins, tradition and growth, in relation to the urbanization of the entire county. The author considers the relationship of St Jacobs with its hinterland, ...Keywords: IndustriesArchitectureAgricultureMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)SettlersSt JacobsSnider E.W.B. (1842-1921)Woolwich TownshipConestogo RiverYear of publication: 1965Historical Period: 1848-1965Export options: