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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Peter Shirk
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of Shirk (1839- 1919), noting his migration from Lancaster County, development of the Bridgeport flour mills, and work for the Berlin-Waterloo Collegiate and Technical Institute.Keywords: IndustriesBiographiesBridgeportShirk PeterBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerWaterlooBlairBadenDundasYear of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1832-1919Export options:Psycho-social roles of Mennonite children
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Reference from the Canadian Periodical Index.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1969Export options:Retirement of Newspaperman Earl Werstine
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A profile of Werstine's roles as reporter, editor and columnist for 63 years on the "Galt Evening Reporter", including references to his coverage of the 1907 and 1947 Old Boys' Reunions and his " ...Keywords: NewspapersBiographiesReunionsYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1907-1969Export options:Rural mail route directory North and South Waterloo including rural mail routes
Type: BookAbstract: Reference from {Canadian directories, 1790-1987: a bibliography and place-name index}.Year of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1932-1933Export options:Sixty-sixth wedding anniversary
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of the anniversary of Mr and Mrs Abraham Wismer of Preston.Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1903-1969Export options:Sources for a study of the Mennonites of Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: Apparently a student essay in librarianship that lists and comments on about 100 bibliographic items in the following thematic groups: Mennonite faith and history, life in America, immigration to ...Year of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1800-1968Export options:The Cober genealogy of Pennsylvania, Iowa and Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A history of the Cober family, some members of which migrated from Pennsylvania to Ontario. Nicholas Cober Jr, his brother Jacob, and sister Susanna (Mrs Neils Peter Holm) moved to Puslinch Township ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesPennsylvania GermansClergyGermansTunkersCustoms and traditionsSettlersPuslinch TownshipHespelerYear of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1832-1933Export options:The Dawn
Type: BookAbstract: Two very rare issues of a newspaper which was published mainly as a platform for the political views of C. Mortimer Bezeau who was elected mayor of Kitchener for 1931 and 1932 after earlier service ...Keywords: NewspapersPoliticiansMayorsYear of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1933-1934Export options:The Hespeler family
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the descendants of John George and Anna Wick Hespeler. For each of their nine children (Jacob, Ferdinanda, William, Stephanie, Louis, Marie, Wilhelmina, Anna Barbara and Charlotte), ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers EnglishSettlers GermanFlour mill industryDistilling industryBarrel making industryBox industrySports Horse racingBiographiesRussian MennonitesYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1810-1921Export options:The Hunsbergers: a portion of the genealogy history of a few Swiss Hunspergers (also spelled Hunstsberger, Honsberger, Huntzberger)
Type: BookAbstract: A revised edition of the 1941 book, with a chapter on Hunsbergers in Canada. Most Waterloo County Hunsbergers in this book, identified in the text by the letters CD, are descendants of Abraham and ...Keywords: GenealogyFamiliesMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaHunsberger AbrahamHunsberger AbramHunsberger Mollie Janzen (m. Abram)Waterloo CountyNew HamburgBadenYear of publication: 1969Historical Period: 1801-1969Export options: