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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A walking tour of Kitchener's Mount Hope Cemetery
Type: BookAbstract: A brief historical outline and guide to three suggested tours, with notes on 38 notable community leaders buried in the cemetery. A slightly revised version of the guide was published in 1980.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1812-1980Export options:Bowlby, Ward Hamilton
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the legal career and business and community interests of Waterloo County's Crown Attorney.Keywords: Bowlby W.H.Bowlby Lissie Hespeler (m. W.H.)BiographiesReal estateLawyersBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo County Court HouseYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1858-1886Export options:Bowman, Isaac Erb
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An outline of the business interests and public service of North Waterloo's representative in the Canadian parliament from 1864 to 1878.Keywords: BiographiesLeather industryTeachersInsurance agentsPoliticiansBowman Isaac ErbWoolwich Township CouncilOntario Mutual Life Assurance Co.Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Waterloo TownshipYear of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1832-1886Export options:Bowman, Israel David
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief biography of the municipal officer who served as county clerk for Waterloo from 1861.Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1835-1886Export options:Clarence "Bud" Clair: Clair Creek conservationist
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The life story of a Waterloo mason who bought the Amos Weber farm and helped to conserve part of the Laurel Creek Watershed known now as Clair Creek. Members of the Clair family still live in the old ...Keywords: ConservationBiographiesLand developmentClair Clarence BudClair Betty Thaler (m. Clarence)Weber Amos SrWeber EmanuelClair George A.Clair Barbara (m. George A.)Clair familyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1916-1992Export options:Emily Seibert 1907-1992
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A warm tribute to a teacher, principal, and local historian by a colleague. Emily was one of the original directors of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation. Her family home and garden on Madison ...Keywords: BiographiesAssociations and clubsArchitectureWomenTeachersSeibert EmilyMurray BruceOgram RobertEby GeorgeLamb Kathryn HansuldYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1907-1992Export options:Erich R.W. Schultz: President, 1983-1984
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biographical sketch detailing his degrees, publications and contributions to Wilfrid Laurier University Library and the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Concert Association.Year of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1947-1984Export options:Ernst F. Ritz, president 1991-1992
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography outlining his business and political career in New Hamburg and Wilmot Township, and his service to various community organizations.Keywords: PoliticiansBiographiesNewspapersRitz Printing New HamburgNew Hamburg IndependentTrinity Lutheran Church New HamburgNew HamburgWilmot TownshipRitz ErnstYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1943-1992Export options:Family history of Peter Shirk
Type: BookAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Peter Shirk, an Old Order Mennonite who held political appointments and owned the Lancaster Mills at Bridgeport and the Baden Mills. Short biographies ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesEducationBusinessesBiographiesReligionMennonitesMennonites (Old Order)Shirk and Snider Ltd BridgeportBaden MillsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1862-1984Export options:Funcken, Very Rev. Louis, D.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A brief profile of the rector of St Jerome's College, Berlin.Keywords: BiographiesChurches CatholicSchools SeparateSchools SecondaryFuncken Louis Rev.St Jerome's College BerlinBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1886Historical Period: 1864-1886Export options: