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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
David C. Knipfel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the founder of Berlin's Pearl Laundry.Keywords: BiographiesBusinessmenPearl Laundry BerlinSt Mary's Roman Catholic Church BerlinKnipfel DavidKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1889-1926Export options:David Gross
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the director of several large Kitchener businesses, notably The Dominion Button Manufacturers. Gross was Mayor of Kitchener in 1917, 1918 and 1919.Keywords: BiographiesMayorsButton industryGross DavidGross Mervin C.Dominion Button Works KitchenerKitchener City CouncilKitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1866-1926Export options:David Klassen and the Mennonites
Type: BookAbstract: Textbook for primary school children, including biographical notes on William Hespeler and Jacob Y. Shantz of Waterloo County who helped Russian Mennonites to settle in Manitoba in the 1870s.Keywords: Russian MennonitesYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1813-1900Export options:Death and Ethnicity: Swiss-German Mennonite Gravestones of the 'Pennsylvania Style' (1804-54) in the Waterloo Region, Ontario
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many of the Mennonite tombstones in Waterloo County are stylistically similar to Pennsylvania-German tombstones, particularly with respect to construction features, design, the use of motifs, and the ...Year of publication: 1982Export options:Descendants of Mary Egli (1848-1918) and Joseph Roth (1838-1910)
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the ancestors and descendants of a French Mennonite family. Although Mary Egli was born in Waterloo, she and Joseph were married in Iowa, and many of their descendants settled in Oregon.Year of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1838-1982Export options:Diary of Elias Eby, 1810-1878
Type: BookAbstract: Diary of Eby's last six years, 1872 to 1878, translated, edited and annotated by Isaac R. Horst. Second son of Bishop Benjamin Eby and Maria Brubacher, Eby bought Lancaster Mills following Jacob ...Keywords: DiariesMennonitesRussian MennonitesFuneralsDiseasesClergyBridgeportBerlin (Ontario)Waterloo TownshipEby EliasYear of publication: 1982Historical Period: 1872-1878Export options:Dr Robert Werner Schnarr
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Kitchener homeopathic physician.Keywords: BiographiesPhysiciansChurches SwedenborgianSchnarr R.W. DrSchnarr Lorene Stroh (m. R.W.)Carmel Church of the New Jerusalem BerlinKitchener Light CommissionBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1905-1926Export options:Dr William Geiger, M.D.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Waterloo physician, including information about his family in Huron County.Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1911-1926Export options:Edgar Jacob Bauer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the manager of Bauer's Ltd of Waterloo.Keywords: BiographiesTextile IndustryBauer Edgar J.Bauer Industries WaterlooWaterloo Town CouncilSt Louis Roman Catholic Church WaterlooWaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1888-1926Export options:Edward E. Woelfle and Gustave A. Woelfle
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the machine shops of John Jacob Woelfle and his two sons in Berlin/Kitchener.Keywords: BiographiesWoelfle John JacobWoelfle Elizabeth Doerr (m. John Jacob)Woelfle Edward E.Woelfle Gustave A.Woelfle Brothers Ltd KitchenerCarmel Church of the New Jerusalem BerlinGoldie and McCulloch GaltKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1845-1926Export options: