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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Aloyes Bauer
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Bauer established the Waterloo Shoddy Mills in 1889 and from 1896 also managed the Kuntz brewery in Waterloo.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1861-1906Export options:Bill Moyer's Waterloo County diary
Type: BookAbstract: Brief historical sketches about places, industries, prominent people and families. Interesting facts are also described about aspects of daily life from hex signs to weather predictions.Keywords: GermansMennonitesMilitary conscriptionWar 1812FestivalsCustoms and traditionsBiographiesIndustriesFood customsBusinessesYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:Charles Kappler Hagedorn
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Born in Williamsburg into a family of farm labourers, Hagedorn developed the Berlin Suspender & Button Co. by 1895 and became active in public affairs.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1859-1906Export options:George Rumpel
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Rumpel built up the Berlin Felt Boot Co. and was very active in municipal and community affairs.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1850-1906Export options:Henry George Lackner, M.P.P.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography of the Hawkesville-born physician who was Berlin's first medical officer of health and active in municipal and provincial politics.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1851-1906Export options:Louis Jacob Breithaupt
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the president of the Breithaupt Leather Co. of Berlin who was also very active in business promotion, municipal and provincial politics, and in church and community causes.Keywords: BiographiesBusinessesGermansPoliticiansIndustriesBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1855-1906Export options:Richard Roschman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Roschman migrated from Germany to Berlin in 1871 and established a button-making factory at Waterloo in 1878.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1848-1906Export options:Samuel Merner
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the entrepreneur who developed an extensive trade in blacksmithing and wagon- and carriage- building in New Hamburg and Waterloo into a wide range of other commercial and industrial ...Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1823-1906Export options:This unique heritage: the story of Waterloo County
Type: BookAbstract: A popular history from the Indian period to about 1930, with chapters on the Indians, Richard Beasley, the pioneers, John Galt, the Mennonites, the Scots, the Germans, the County, City of Galt, City ...Keywords: Indigenous peoplesSettlersMennonitesGermansPennsylvania GermansMusicArt and artistsWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1971Historical Period: 1750-1930Export options:William Henry Schmalz
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Schmalz was employed as secretary and later manager of the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Co. of Berlin and was very active in municipal, church and cultural activities.Keywords: BiographiesSchmalz William HenryPoliticiansMusicArt and artistsLutheransBerlin (Ontario)GermansYear of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1862-1906Export options: