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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A tribute to a great community builder: an official souvenir program
Type: BookAbstract: A programme for the retirement celebration of Dominic Cardillo, who had served on Kitchener City Council from 1962- 1982, and was Kitchener's longest serving mayor, serving from 1982-1994. There are ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1962-1994Export options:Aloyes Bauer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A biography of the Waterloo manufacturer and community leader.Keywords: BiographiesTextile IndustryFurniture industryBrewery industrySchools SeparateChurches CatholicBauer AloyesBauer familyBauer Magdalena Kuntz (m. Aloyes)Bauer Industries WaterlooYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1861-1926Export options: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: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:George Rumpel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Berlin community leader and felt manufacturer.Keywords: BiographiesMayorsFelt industryRumpel GeorgeRumpel Minna Hartman (m. George)Berlin Felt Boot Co.Canadian Consolidated Felt Co. BerlinRumpel Felt Co. BerlinBerlin Park BoardBerlin Water CommissionYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1871-1916Export options:Henry George Lackner, M.D., C.M.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Berlin physician and community leader who was born at Hawkesville in 1851, elected Sheriff of Waterloo County in 1912 and died in 1926.Keywords: BiographiesPhysiciansSheriffsMayorsPoliticiansWaterloo County Medical AssociationWaterloo County House of RefugeBerlin Town CouncilLackner Harry Mackie DrBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1851-1926Export options:Hillside (CC#4530) and Conservative Mennonite (CC#4545) Cemeteries: East Concession, IX, lot 1, Wellesley Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
Type: ReportAbstract: Transcriptions, with an index, of over 100 stones. A short history of the cemeteries explains that the property was first used by an Evangelical church and later by a Mennonite congregation.Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1833-1987Export options:John Christian Breithaupt
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the longtime secretary of the Breithaupt Leather Co. with details of his other business interests and community service.Keywords: BiographiesManufacturersLeather industryFurniture industryPoliticiansBreithaupt J.C.Breithaupt Caroline C. Anthes (m. J.C.)Breithaupt familyBreithaupt Leather Co. KitchenerAnthes-Baetz Co. KitchenerYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1861-1926Export options:On Community Relations in Ontario in the 1940s
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A personal memoir of a member of the Canadian Jewish Congress that recounts the efforts to gain political support from Premier Leslie Frost for the passage of a fair employment law in Ontario that ...Keywords: BiographiesKayfetz BenJewsLabour LawYear of publication: 1994Export options:Philip S. Lautenschlager
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Berlin businessman and community leader.Keywords: BiographiesButton industryMusicLautenschlager P.S.Lautenschlager familyBoehmer HenryCity Heating Co. BerlinBerlin Town CouncilBerlin Board of HealthEconomical Mutual Fire Insurance Co.Year of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1840-1926Export options: