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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Charles Stoltz Boehmer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the late president of A. and C. Boehmer Paper Box Company of Berlin.Keywords: BiographiesBox industryPoliticiansBoehmer C.S.Boehmer AugustBoehmer Angeline Weaver (m. C.S.)A. and C. Boehmer BerlinBerlin Town CouncilBenton Street Baptist Church BerlinBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1844-1917Export options:Church records of Strasburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1844-1893, Waterloo Township, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Information about baptisms, confirmations, funerals, communicants and pastors during the autonomous life of this congregation from 1844 to 1893. In 1893 the church was joined with St James Lutheran ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1844-1893Export options:Citizen Zeidler: an Architect for Better City Living
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses German-born Eberhard Zeidler, one of Canada's most celebrated architects, and examines some of his most important projects, including the $300 million Eaton Centre in Toronto, which ...Keywords: TorontoZeidler EberhardArchitectsGermansYear of publication: 1985Export options:Confirmation lists from the parish registers of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Church of England
Type: ReportAbstract: Lists of confirmations for the years 1870, 1873, 1875, 1877, 1880, 1882, 1884 and 1888, with dates and names of Bishops of Huron officiating and incumbent clergyman.Keywords: Church recordsChurches AnglicanClergyYear of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1870-1888Export options:Daniel Bender family history
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of the Daniel Bender family, Amish Mennonites who migrated to Pennsylvania from Germany in 1842. One chapter traces descendants of one son, Johannas D., who came to Canada and married ...Year of publication: 1985Historical Period: 1856-1985Export options:Daniel Hibner
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Berlin furniture manufacturer who was Mayor in 1902 and 1903, including details of his other business and community interests.Keywords: BiographiesFurniture industryPoliticiansMayorsD. Hibner and Co. BerlinKitchener Daily RecordKitchener Furniture Co.Walker Bin and Store Fixture Co. KitchenerBerlin Town CouncilZion Evangelical Church BerlinYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1853-1926Export options: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: