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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A.R. Kaufman: the man behind the name
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of the Kitchener industrialist by a friend and former employee. The article relates anecdotes about Kaufman's relationships with his workers and his many outside interests, ...Keywords: EntrepreneursBiographiesKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)KitchenerBerlin (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1885-1979Export options:Berliner Journal
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly that carried local, provincial, national and international news. Each issue varied in length from 8 to 12 pages and included advertisements by local merchants, articles on ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1917Export options:Canadischer Familien Calender auf das Jahr unsers Herrn Jesu Christi
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: An annual publication containing information pertinent to each day of the year such as weather predictions, holidays, astrological and astronomical data, sayings and proverbs, poems, short stories, ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1897Export options:Canadisches Volksblatt
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A weekly German-language newspaper which was founded in May 1859 by George Reynolds and later absorbed "Der Neu-Hamburger Neutrale". In 1909 the paper merged with "Der Canadische Kolonist" when it ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1859Historical Period: 1859-1909Export options:Kitchener: an illustrated history
Type: BookAbstract: A study of Berlin/Kitchener in which the themes of economic growth, population and ethnicity, the urban landscape, and social and political life are discussed in six broad eras. These are the early ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1799-1979Export options:Wi hollen tausamen, Rieck
Type: ReportAbstract: A record of the ancestors and descendants of Friedrich Christian Heinrich Rieck, who with his wife Wilhelmine Ilker, came to the county in 1873. [Mecklenburg dialect: Wi hollen tausamen = "We stick ...Keywords: GenealogySettlersKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Germany Mecklenburg-StrelitzRieck familyRieck FrederickRieck Wilhelmine Ilker (m. Frederick)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1873-1983Export options: