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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Peter Reist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and some of his descendants
Type: BookAbstract: An account of a Mennonite family, emphasizing its 18th-century Pennsylvania antecedents. It gives brief biographical information on later Waterloo County descendants, including John Reist who came to ...Year of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1826-1933Export options: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: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 John Philip Moser family
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the descendants of one of the pioneer farmers of Bamberg, who came to Waterloo Township from Baden, Germany in 1836 and who moved to Wellesley Township in 1855. John's nephew, John ...Keywords: GenealogySettlers GermanFarmersLand BiographiesSchools PublicMoser familyMoser PaulMoser JohnMoser John PhilipMoser MichaelYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1836-1993Export options:The Lyle S. Hallman story
Type: BookAbstract: The biography of a developer who began his company, Hallman Construction, in 1945, and who built many homes and apartment towers in the Kitchener/Waterloo area. The appendices list the companies ...Keywords: MennonitesBiographiesPrestonKitchenerWaterlooHallman familyHallman Lyle S.Hallman AnsonHallman Anson MrsHallman GeorgeYear of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1887-1993Export options:The Weekly Advertiser
Type: BookAbstract: A few (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 ...Keywords: NewspapersPoliticiansMayorsYear of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1933Export options:W.H. Schmalz, citizen: a tribute to a leading citizen of Kitchener by an admiring friend
Type: BookAbstract: A biography of the managing director of the Economical Mutual Fire Insurance Company who was also secretary of St Paul's Lutheran Church for 42 years and Mayor of Berlin in 1912-1913. A brief profile ...Keywords: BiographiesSchmalz William HenrySchmalz W.H.E.PoliticiansArchitectsChurches LutheranBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerLutheransYear of publication: 1933Historical Period: 1862-1933Export options:When names become politically incorrect
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Many place names in Canada were changed after Canadians fought wars against countries from which those names originated or when foreign heroes were subsequently deemed monstrous. Of the approximately ...Year of publication: 1993Export options:Your heritage
Type: BookAbstract: A brief history of two German families, the Schendels and Koppesers, containing stories and reminiscences of life in Kitchener from the 1930s to the 1990s.Keywords: GenealogySchendel familyKoppeser familyKitchenerWorld War IIGermansLang Tannery BerlinSunshine-Waterloo CountyHesse (Germany)Year of publication: 1993Historical Period: 1869-1993Export options: