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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
Bill Moyer's Waterloo County diary
Type: BookAbstract: Brief historical sketches about places, industries, prominent people and families. Interesting facts are also described about aspects of daily life from hex signs to weather predictions.Keywords: GermansMennonitesMilitary conscriptionWar 1812FestivalsCustoms and traditionsBiographiesIndustriesFood customsBusinessesYear of publication: 1970Historical Period: 1800-1930Export options:Breithaupt origins
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the family's 1843 migration from Germany to Buffalo, and later to Berlin. The author briefly surveys the generations of Waterloo County Breithaupts and their contributions to the ...Keywords: PoliticiansIndustriesGermansImmigrationBerlin (Ontario)Breithaupt familyBreithaupt LiboriousBreithaupt Louis (1827-1880)Breithaupt Catharine Hailer (m. Louis)Hailer JacobYear of publication: 1976Historical Period: 1843-1976Export options:Breithaupt papers return to Waterloo Region
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the discovery in 1987 of manuscripts, diaries and letters, now part of the Breithaupt Hewetson Clark Collection in the Doris Lewis Rare Book Room, University of Waterloo Library. In ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1988Historical Period: c1850-c1950Export options:Business man on the hill
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A biography of Berlin-born Louis O. Breithaupt, written when he was Member of Parliament for North Waterloo. The article outlines Breithaupt's business career with the Breithaupt Leather Company, ...Keywords: PoliticiansBiographiesGermansIndustriesBusinessesBerlin (Ontario)KitchenerBreithaupt Louis OrvilleBreithaupt familyYear of publication: 1947Historical Period: 1890-1947Export options:Chronicle of the Breithaupt family in biographies
Type: BookAbstract: Translation of "Chronik der Familie Breithaupt in Biographien". Volume 2 contains detailed profiles of Philipp Ludwig (born 1827, usually called Louis after his migration to North America) and Louis ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Breithaupt Louis (1827-1880)KitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Leather industryImmigrationGermansYear of publication: 1899Historical Period: 1857-1929Export options:Chronik der Familie Breithaupt in Biographien
Type: BookAbstract: A genealogy of many branches of the family, including the Kreuzburger line to which the Berlin/Kitchener Breithaupts belong. Volume (Band) 2 contains detailed profiles of Philipp Ludwig (born 1827, ...Keywords: GenealogyBiographiesBreithaupt familyBreithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Breithaupt Louis (1827-1880)KitchenerBerlin (Ontario)Leather industryImmigrationGermansYear of publication: 1899Historical Period: 1857-1929Export 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 my window
Type: BookAbstract: Memoirs including an account of a trip to Kitchener to discover the author's ancestral roots. His great-grandparents were Jacob Wagner of Albany, NY, and Margaret Hailer, daughter of Jacob Hailer of ...Keywords: BiographiesAuthorsWagner GordonWagner familyBerlin (Ontario)Kitchener19th century20th centuryYear of publication: 1988Historical Period: 1849-1987Export options:Genealogical chart of the Devitt family and related branches
Type: ReportAbstract: A detailed genealogical chart of descendants of Dennis Devitt who came to Waterloo County about 1815. Other family branches included are those of John W. Hinchcliffe, Louis J. Breithaupt, Harvey ...Keywords: Breithaupt Louis Jacob (1855-1939)Year of publication: 1977Historical Period: 1815-1977Export options:Louis Breithaupt, Berlin
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A short biography including an account of Breithaupt's tannery business, property interests and public service.Year of publication: 1880Historical Period: 1857-1880Export options: