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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
50 Jahre in Canada: damals und heute
Type: BookAbstract: An account of Jacob Hoffman's family after arrival in Canada from Ukraine in the 1920s. The first 21 pages describe the family's stay in Waterloo County, living on the Burkhart farm or in Kitchener ...Keywords: ImmigrantsRussian MennonitesHoffman familyHoffman JacobBiographiesUkraineKitchenerWaterloo County20th centuryYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1923-1973Export options:A short history of Kitchener, Ontario, 1933-1935
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of the economic and political status of the city's elite, classified as patricians, entrepreneurs or ex-plebes. Tables list members of boards, commissions and political departments.Keywords: PoliticiansAssociations and clubsBusinessesKitchenerEuler W.D.Tweed S.C.Asmussen NicholasSturm H.W.Lips C.G.Hodgson WilliamYear of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1933-1935Export options:Biography of Christian Esch Huehn
Type: ReportAbstract: A biographical sketch of Huehn (1864- 1923), office manager of the Breithaupt Leather Company, builder of the Huehn Block and a founder of the Fischman Spring Company. He presented Kitchener with the ...Keywords: GenealogyHousingBiographiesHuehn Christian E.Huehn ChristianHuehn Salome Esch (m. Christian)Oberholtzer OwenWuest JacobWuest familyRiener Edward R.Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: 1864-1973Export options:Jubiläums Ausgabe: 100 Jahre = Centennial issue : 100 years, 1872-1973
Type: BookYear of publication: 1973Export 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 wandering Schwabens
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short history of the Schwabens who emigrated from the Banat in Rumania to Waterloo County, mainly the events in Europe that prompted them to move to North America. The author suggests that by 1973 ...Year of publication: 1973Historical Period: c1925-1973Export 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: