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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Berliner Journal
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A history commemorating the centennial of the newspaper's founding in 1859, including a discussion of its contents compared with other county newspapers.Keywords: NewspapersBerliner JournalGermanWaterloo CountyPeterson Henry WilliamEby BenjaminEby HenryEby PeterRittinger FriedrichMotz JohnYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1859-1959Export options:Community union of the Mennonites: for the purpose of restoring fire damage or loss
Type: BookAbstract: From: http://www.grebel.uwaterloo.ca/mao/archivesfonds/II-5.2.htm. Community union of the Mennonites for the purpose of restoring fire damage or loss, 1959 (English translation of of 1876 ...Keywords: Mennonite Aid UnionInsuranceYear of publication: 1959Export options:Der Canadische Bauernfreund
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly, first published in Preston by Abraham Erb and edited by Martin Rudolf. The paper moved to Waterloo when it was sold to Moses Springer, and to Berlin in 1903 when it ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1851Historical Period: 1850-1918Export options:Died in 1959
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people of Waterloo County who died in 1959: Rev. MacFarlane Bell Davidson, Mrs S.A. Detweiler, Louis Blake Duff, Gordon C.G. Fleming, Harry L. Guy, Alexander F. Hahn, Charles Keith ...Year of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1869-1959Export options:Excerpts from letters by Abraham Sherk
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Observations about the roles of Jacob Bechtel and the Sherks in the pioneer settlement of Waterloo Township.Keywords: Indigenous peoplesPennsylvania GermansMennonitesLand ownershipEmigrationWaterloo TownshipSherk AbrahamBuckler LucyBreithaupt William Henry (1857-1944)Bechtel JacobYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1799-1944Export options:Galt founders honoured
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A survey of early settlement in Galt to mark the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on September 12, 1959.Keywords: Settlers PioneerSettlement DirectedYear of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1816-1836Export options:Oldster still at job after 71 years
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short account of the long working life of Susan Scharlach who began her 72nd year at the A. and C. Boehmer Box Company, Kitchener in 1959.Year of publication: 1959Historical Period: 1876-1959Export options:The Canada directory: containing the names of the professional and business men of every description, in the cities, towns, and principal villages of Canada: together with a complete post office directory of the province; a directory to public offices, officers and institutions; a variety of statistical and commercial tables, exhibiting the population, trade, revenue, expenditure, imports, exports, public works, etc., etc.,
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract:A directory including the following Waterloo County centres: Ayr, Berlin, Bridgeport, Galt, Hawkesville, New Hope, Petersburg, Waterloo and Wellesley. Advertisements are included, many from the ...
Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1851Historical Period: 1850-1851Export options: