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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A.R. Kaufman: the man behind the name
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A brief biography of the Kitchener industrialist by a friend and former employee. The article relates anecdotes about Kaufman's relationships with his workers and his many outside interests, ...Keywords: EntrepreneursBiographiesKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)KitchenerBerlin (Ontario)19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1885-1979Export options:Checklist of parish registers
Type: ReportAbstract: A list of all registers held at the Public Archives of Canada that are on microfilm. Records listed for Waterloo County locations include Ayr, Baden, Berlin, Breslau, Cambridge, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Church recordsBirth registersDeathsMarriage registersBirthsMarriageChurches PresbyterianChurches CatholicChurches AnglicanChurches LutheranYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1834-1951Export options:Community leadership and decision-making: entrepreneurial elites in two Ontario towns, 1870-1930
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A discussion of the power of community elites in Berlin/Kitchener and Waterloo. The author reports systematic analysis of the economic, political and associational roles of community leaders, based ...Keywords: Breithaupt familyBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)PoliticiansEthnic identityMennonitesGermansOccupationsUrbanizationWaterlooKitchenerYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1870-1930Export options:From Stambach to Berlin (Ontario) and the descendants of Rev. John W. Stoeckle/Steckle (JJJ4), 1802-1879
Type: BookAbstract: A family history of the Rev. John W. Steckle, his wife Esther Bleam and their six grown children. Copies of newspaper clippings, wedding announcements, obituaries and family correspondence are ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesStoeckle familySteckle familyMennonitesStoeckle John W.Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerWaterloo TownshipStambachYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1802-1986Export options:Kanadische Deutschlandhilfe in Den Ersten Jahren Nach Dem Zweiten Weltkrieg
Type: Journal ArticleKeywords: Associations and clubsKitchenerMennonite Central CommitteeSociety for German ReliefWorld War IISudeten Club ForwardTorontoEthnic Germans T2 Canadian aid for Germany in the first years after World War II.Year of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1946-52Export options:Kitchener: an illustrated history
Type: BookAbstract: A study of Berlin/Kitchener in which the themes of economic growth, population and ethnicity, the urban landscape, and social and political life are discussed in six broad eras. These are the early ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1799-1979Export options:Mennonite genealogical resources: the Grace Schmidt Room, Kitchener Public Library
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of materials available, including books, periodicals, census and assessment records, naturalization records, Tweedsmuir histories and birth, marriage and death records.Year of publication: 1986Export options:Ontario local history
Type: ReportAbstract: Local history and feature stories dealing with 830 Ontario municipalities and clipped from newspapers mainly of the 1950s and 1960s. Waterloo County communities represented in the collection are Ayr ...Keywords: Buildings StoneBusinessesEconomic conditionsFactoriesFinancial institutionsIndustriesOwnership ForeignOwnership LocalNewspapersYear of publication: 1983Historical Period: 1950-1970Export options:Resources for local history and genealogical research
Type: BookAbstract: A list of resource materials located in the Kitchener Public Library, including municipal, county, business, church and family histories as well as primary sources such as census records, directories ...Year of publication: 1983Historical Period: c1800-1983Export options:The Cress connection, part 2: a record of Jacob Cress (1804-1881) and Magdalena Eby (1813-1883), their ancestors and descendants
Type: BookAbstract: Genealogical details on the descendants of Jacob, the eldest son of Simon, who moved with his family from St Jacobs to Port Elgin. There is introductory biographical information about the Eby and ...Keywords: GenealogyMennonitesCress familyCress JacobCress Magdalena Eby (m. Jacob)David JohnDavid Barbara Cress (m. John)Puttock Veronica Cress (m. David)Puttock DavidCress SimonYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1800-1986Export options: