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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Hagey's Cemetery record, 1935
Type: ReportAbstract: Photocopy of a manuscript record noting dates, names of deceased persons with grave numbers and payments received for grave space or perpetual care. A detailed plan of the cemetery is appended.Year of publication: 1935Historical Period: 1831-1965Export 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:Jacob G. Stroh, 1848-1935
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Jacob G. Stroh who owned a Waterloo tannery, collected Indian artifacts, and was an authority on early Berlin history.Year of publication: 1935Historical Period: 1848-1935Export 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:The Pennsylvania-Germans in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of the early Mennonite settlements of Ontario, with references to such pioneer leaders as Benjamin Eby, Henry Eby, Ezra Eby and H.W. Peterson. An introductory editorial note contains some ...Keywords: MennonitesPennsylvania GermansGermansGerman languageSettlersBiographiesEby BenjaminEby HenryEby Ezra E.Peterson Henry WilliamYear of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1800-1841Export 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:William Snider
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography of the proprietor of Snider's Mill, Waterloo, who was also active in various other business ventures and in municipal government.Year of publication: 1907Historical Period: 1845-1906Export options: