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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A reflection on the collective biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of a project that gathered data on 547 councillors, summarizing some of the collective results derived from the data including information on religion, occupation, political party and sex ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export options:Baden's medical men
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Profiles of Baden's physicians from 1873 to 1949, including basic biographical information, details of their training and where they went after leaving Baden: apart from one doctor who retired due to ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1873-1949Export options:Clarence "Bud" Clair: Clair Creek conservationist
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: The life story of a Waterloo mason who bought the Amos Weber farm and helped to conserve part of the Laurel Creek Watershed known now as Clair Creek. Members of the Clair family still live in the old ...Keywords: ConservationBiographiesLand developmentClair Clarence BudClair Betty Thaler (m. Clarence)Weber Amos SrWeber EmanuelClair George A.Clair Barbara (m. George A.)Clair familyYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1916-1992Export options:Emily Seibert 1907-1992
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A warm tribute to a teacher, principal, and local historian by a colleague. Emily was one of the original directors of the Ontario Pioneer Community Foundation. Her family home and garden on Madison ...Keywords: BiographiesAssociations and clubsArchitectureWomenTeachersSeibert EmilyMurray BruceOgram RobertEby GeorgeLamb Kathryn HansuldYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1907-1992Export options:Ephraim Weber's letters home 1902-1955: letters from Ephraim Weber to Leslie Staebler of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: Transcripts of letters from a teacher in western Canada to a Berlin High School friend with a mutual interest in the Christian Science Church, Herbert Leslie Staebler. The editors note in their ...Keywords: BiographiesMennonitesAssociations and clubsEthnic identityEthnic groupsMusicWritersChurches Christian ScientistTeachersCorrespondenceYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1902-1955Export options:Ernst F. Ritz, president 1991-1992
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography outlining his business and political career in New Hamburg and Wilmot Township, and his service to various community organizations.Keywords: PoliticiansBiographiesNewspapersRitz Printing New HamburgNew Hamburg IndependentTrinity Lutheran Church New HamburgNew HamburgWilmot TownshipRitz ErnstYear of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1943-1992Export options:George Iutzi and Catherine Miller genealogy, 1801-1992
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of one of the Jutzi brothers who came to Canada. Both the older (Jutzi) and newer (Iutzi) spellings of the family name are used. There are separate indexes for the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesAmishImmigrationWilmot TownshipJutzi familyIutzi familyJutzi GeorgeJutzi Catherine Miller (m. George)Year of publication: 1992Historical Period: 1801-1992Export options:Going by the moon and the stars: stories of two Russian Mennonite women
Type: ThesisKeywords: Russian MennonitesWomenBiographiesImmigrantsUkraineMolotschnaKitchenerWorld War II T2 Canadian theses on microfichYear of publication: 1992Export options:Grassroots government: biographies of Waterloo Township councillors
Type: ReportAbstract: Biographies and summary tables of 135 men elected to the township council or employed as clerk or treasurer from 1850 to 1972, as well as some of the officials before the township's incorporation in ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1820-1972Export options:Heimbecker family history
Type: ReportAbstract: A brief history, with genealogical charts, of the descendants of George and Margaret Hoffman, who emigrated from the Alsfeld region of Hessen-Darmstadt of Germany in 1841. There are notes on the ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesGermansHeimbecker familyHeimbecker JohnHeimbecker GeorgeHeimbecker Anna Juliana Demmer (m. Johannes)Heimbecker Margaret Hoffman (m. George)Heimbecker FrederickWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1841Export options: