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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Charles Joseph Baetz
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: An account of the business and community activities of the sons of Jacob Baetz, Jacob H. and Charles J., notably in the furniture industry of Kitchener.Keywords: BiographiesFurniture industryBaetz J.H.Baetz Jacob SrBaetz Charles J.Anthes-Baetz Co. KitchenerBaetz Brothers Furniture Co. KitchenerKitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational InstituteKitchener-Waterloo Hospital BoardBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1900-1926Export options:Charles Joseph Bruder
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Kitchener hotel-owner and real estate developer.Keywords: BiographiesHotelsBruder C.J.American Hotel KitchenerWindsor Hotel KitchenerKitchenerNew GermanyYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1888-1926Export options: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:Community-building in Berlin: Mary Ratz Kaufman, 1856-1943
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the associational leadership roles of the wife of Jacob Kaufman, who was a successful industrialist and prominent member of the Berlin community elite.Keywords: Temperance movementProhibitionCharitiesChurches EvangelicalSocial conditionsSocial servicesWomenKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)Kaufman Edna D.Kaufman EmmaYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1856-1943Export options:Cyrus Dolph, Preston philanthropist
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Dolph (1865-1937), a Preston manufacturer of sheet metal building products who had many community interests and roles. The author presents a detailed account of Dolph's promotion of " ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1865-1937Export 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: