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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Community leadership and decision-making: entrepreneurial elites in two Ontario towns, 1870-1930
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A discussion of the power of community elites in Berlin/Kitchener and Waterloo. The author reports systematic analysis of the economic, political and associational roles of community leaders, based ...Keywords: Breithaupt familyBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)PoliticiansEthnic identityMennonitesGermansOccupationsUrbanizationWaterlooKitchenerYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1870-1930Export options:Conestogo Old Order Mennonite Cemetery monumental transcriptions (CC#4575): Woolwich Township
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions of about 300 stones, preceded by an index. There is no introduction.Year of publication: 1986Export 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:Deborah Glaister Hannay, 1906-1986
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the Wellesley-born physician who served in the Second World War, had a private practice in Kitchener, and retired as chief of staff at Freeport Hospital in 1977.Keywords: PhysiciansWomenWorld War IIEducationBiographiesWellesleyFreeport Hospital KitchenerHannay Deborah Glaister DrCrosshillYear of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1906-1986Export options:Descendants of John Shuh, 1828-1901, Waterloo, Ont.
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of descendants of John Shuh, a prominent Waterloo businessman. The first part is biographical, including a transcript of his obituary; the second part is a chart of descendants to 1986.Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesShuh familyShuh John 1828-1901ObituariesEntrepreneurs19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1828-1986Export options:Diaries as sources for studying Mennonite history
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A discussion of the cultural values and the seasonal round of farm-based tasks and social interactions revealed in the diaries of four Mennonite men in Waterloo County in the 1880s and 1890s -- ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1991Historical Period: 1880-1920Export options:Doctors in Waterloo County: 1852-1925
Type: ReportAbstract: A collection of short biographies of physicians who practised in the county, including details of year of birth, education, local practice and, if available, other community interests.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1852-1925Export 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: