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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Archaeological resource assessment of Hidden Valley, City of Kitchener
Type: ReportAbstract: Report of an assessment of a 42-hectare property of Lot 9, Plan 1519. No prehistoric remains were found, but a farmhouse, ceramic and bone fragments and a tombstone are linked to Jacob and Elisabeth ...Year of publication: 1989Historical Period: 1830-1852Export options:Archaeological resource assessment of the James Markham site (AiHd-40), Doon Village Estates (30T-81027 and 30T-78023) City of Kitchener: Report on excavation
Type: ReportAbstract: Report of a detailed investigation of a site that was probably used for a log house occupied by the James Markham family circa 1850, before the construction of a fieldstone house 100 metres to the ...Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1840-1850Export options:As the tree grows so do the branches: Huestis/Mills genealogy
Type: BookAbstract: A family history that includes a section on the Hoffmans of Berlin. This refers to Adele Clara Hoffman, daughter of John S. Hoffman and Emma Medland, who married Jesse Stinson Mills.Keywords: Pennsylvania GermansGenealogyBiographiesMennonitesBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerHoffman family19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1836-1937Export options:Augustus Werner
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of Werner (1856-1937), Elmira pharmacist, manager of the Elmira branch of Bell Telephone, and a member of the Elmira School Board for many years.Year of publication: 1937Historical Period: 1856-1937Export options:B. Mabel Dunham, D.Litt.: a tribute
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A note of Mabel Dunham's accomplishments as librarian, writer, and leader in many organizations including the Waterloo Historical Society and the Kitchener- Waterloo University Women's Club.Keywords: BiographiesDunham B. MabelAuthorsMennonitesLibrariansWaterloo Historical SocietyKitchener-Waterloo University Women's ClubBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th centuryYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1908-1957Export options:Behind the hills
Type: BookAbstract: Recollections of life on a family farm near Doon at the turn of the twentieth century. Family information about Ferdinand Miller, his wife Johanna Wagner, and their descendants is given with facts ...Keywords: FarmersLeisure activitiesGenealogyChildrenPoetryEducationSchoolsSettlersGermansSocial life and customsYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1836-1972Export options:Benjamin Eby
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography to mark the unveiling of a plaque at First Mennonite Church, Kitchener.Year of publication: 1960Historical Period: 1785-1853Export options:Benjamin Eby, founder of Kitchener and the spirit of progress
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biographical sketch of the church and community leader in Waterloo Township who established Berlin's first church, school, newspaper and furniture factory and wrote and published two spelling books ...Keywords: BiographiesClergyTeachersObituariesSchoolsMennonitesNewspapersIndustriesPennsylvania GermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1785-1855Export options:Berlin, Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Discusses how the 20th-century experiences of German Canadians in Berlin, Ontario - a city that symbolized German Canadian prosperity in the 19th century and was renamed Kitchener during World War I ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 2005Export options:Berlin Daily News
Type: BookAbstract: The first daily newspaper in Waterloo County, founded in 1878 by P.E.W. Moyer. Following Moyer's death, the paper combined with the "Berlin Daily Record" in late January 1897, becoming the "Berlin ...Keywords: NewspapersPublishersImprintsBerlin Daily NewsBerlin Daily News RecordBerlin Daily RecordMoyer P.E.W.Year of publication: 1878Historical Period: 1878-1897Export options: