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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Samuel Preston Shantz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of the Preston-born businessman with interests in the P.E. Shantz Foundry and also active in community affairs; he helped to organize the Preston Old Boys' Reunion in 1949.Year of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1884-1952Export options:Search for America. Abridged ... by J.F. Swayze
Type: BookKeywords: FictionBiographiesYear of publication: 1954Export options:The County of Waterloo
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A concise history of the county with profiles of the communities of Galt, Kitchener, Waterloo, Preston, Hespeler, Elmira and Doon. Short biographies are included for prominent citizens such as Robert ...Keywords: Art and artistsDiseasesFestivalsIndustriesReligious buildingsSchoolsPennsylvania GermansMennonitesBiographiesMusicYear of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1800-1951Export options:The family history of John Hahn
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy with a brief biographical introduction to two brothers, John and Henry, who left Hesse Darmstadt in Germany in 1853 to settle near Heidelberg in Waterloo County. The genealogy charts the ...Keywords: GenealogyIndustriesLutheransGermansBiographiesHahn FamilyHahn JohnHahn HenryWagner JacobHahn Elizabeth Sippel (m. John)Year of publication: 1952Historical Period: 1853-1952Export options:The floodgate: random writings of our ain folk
Type: BookAbstract: A collection of anecdotes about the Doon, Hespeler and Galt areas. The author relates personal encounters with artist Homer Watson and describes people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds ...Keywords: ReminiscencesArt and artistsMennonitesSettlers PennsylvaniaSettlers EnglishSettlers IrishSettlers ScottishSettlers GermanRailwaysPublishersYear of publication: 1952Historical Period: c1800-1952Export options:The German-Canadian Review: a quarterly, published in cooperation with the Goettingen Research Committee into the Refugee and Expellee Problem
Type: MiscellaneousAbstract: A continuation of the monthly bulletin produced by the Canadian Society for German Relief to assist German-speaking immigrants. In 1954 the review was published in Manitoba and focused on the ...Year of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1954-1956Export options:Two brother mayors died in 1954
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of Henry E. Ratz (1877- 1954) and his brother, Edward E. Ratz (1870- 1954). Henry was a Mayor of Waterloo and Edward was Mayor of Kitchener as well as a partner in the Ratz-Bechtel ...Year of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1870-1954Export options: