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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
John Bricker Snider
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of the business partner of John Shuh in a Waterloo general store and later owner of the Graybill Manufacturing Company which produced office and school furniture. Family information about ...Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1840-1917Export options:John George Reiner: autobiography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short autobiography by the owner of many Wellesley businesses, including the woollen mill, flour mill, saw mill, general store, and a stave and heading plant.Keywords: Settlers GermanBiographiesRevolutionary War 1848FoundriesFurniture industrySaw mill industryTransportationDamsTextile IndustryFlour mill industryYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1832-1917Export options:John Lehman Wideman
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Wideman (1833-1917), Woolwich Township Clerk for 32 years, postmaster of St Jacobs for 44 years, and a director of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company.Keywords: BiographiesObituariesPennsylvania GermansWoolwich TownshipMarkhamBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerSt JacobsWideman John L.Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1833-1917Export options:John Zryd
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Zryd (1835-1917), one of the last of Hespeler's pioneer businessmen. He had a hardware and tinsmith business and was town clerk for thirteen years.Year of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1835-1917Export options:Kitchener Mount Hope Cemetery walking tours
Type: BookAbstract: A guide to three suggested walking tours, following a brief historical sketch of the cemetery administered by the City of Kitchener since 1958. Markers date from 1812. The Town of Berlin bought two ...Keywords: CemeteriesBiographiesTour guidesYear of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1812-1980Export options:Liebeserklärung an das kleine Paradies
Type: BookYear of publication: 1980Export options:Little paradise: the saga of the German Canadians in Waterloo County, Ontario 1800-1975
Type: BookKeywords: Waterloo CountyCultural identityCustoms and traditionsPennsylvania GermansMennonitesGermansYear of publication: 1980Export options:Miriam Snyder Sokvitne
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biographical sketch of the descendant of Joseph Schneider, one of the county's first settlers. The author describes Sokvitne's interests in heritage preservation including her service as ...Year of publication: 1980Historical Period: 1913-1980Export options:New Hamburg Independent
Type: BookAbstract: A weekly paper, founded in about 1878 by William Dawson, who sold it to Daniel Ritz. Kitchener Public Library holds microfilm copies from 1882 to the present and newspapers from 1917 to the present.Keywords: PublishersNewspapersYear of publication: 1917Historical Period: 1878-1992Export options:Ontario Journal
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1917Export options: