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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A reflection on the collective biography
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An outline of a project that gathered data on 547 councillors, summarizing some of the collective results derived from the data including information on religion, occupation, political party and sex ...Year of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1852-1972Export 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:A tribute to a great community builder: an official souvenir program
Type: BookAbstract: A programme for the retirement celebration of Dominic Cardillo, who had served on Kitchener City Council from 1962- 1982, and was Kitchener's longest serving mayor, serving from 1982-1994. There are ...Year of publication: 1994Historical Period: 1962-1994Export options:Alvin Ratz Kaufman
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the Kitchener businessman and city planning advocate, including a summary genealogy and account of the businesses promoted by his father, Jacob Kaufman.Keywords: BiographiesFootwear industrySaw mill industryRubber industryKaufman familyKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)Kaufman JacobKaufman Mary Ratz (m. Jacob)Kaufman MiltonRatz and Kaufman BerlinYear of publication: 1927Historical Period: 1877-1926Export options:Amish Mennonites commemorate 200 years in Canada
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract:On Sept. 30, Canada's National Day of Truth and Reconciliation, 120 people met at Steinmann Mennonite Church in Baden to hear David G. Neufeld speak on "What stories have we not been telling," and ...
Keywords: Indigenous peoplesChurches MennoniteYear of publication: 2022Export options:An index to Tremaine's map of 1861
Type: ReportAbstract: Indexes to businesses and landholders of the four townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich, giving their locations by concession and lot numbers. There are sketch maps of each ...Year of publication: 1974Historical Period: 1860-1861Export options:Berlin, Ontario, 1916
Type: ThesisAbstract: An analysis of the 1916 Berlin assessment rolls, the first year for which there is a complete assessment record. The author concludes that by 1916 the German entrepreneurial elite was being ...Keywords: OccupationsSchoolsDemographic statisticsBusinessesIndustriesEthnic groupsEthnic identityGermansBerlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 197Historical Period: 1912-1916Export options:Berlin's Button Workers: A Case Study of Socio-Economic Mobility in Berlin, Ontario: 1869-1914
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Describes the origins of button manufacturers and their businesses in Berlin (Kitchener), Ontario. Factory owners including Emil Vogelsang, Henry S. Huber, Jacob Y. Shantz, and Samuel S. Moyer were ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)Year of publication: 1998Export options: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:Biographical directory of Waterloo County subscribers.
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: Lists of over 500 subscribers to the atlas, with brief details of occupation, public office, place and date of birth, and value and location of landed property. Some entries refer to businesses ...Keywords: BiographiesBusinessesCounty atlasesDirectoriesLandownersElitesWaterloo TownshipDumfries N TpWellesley TownshipWilmot TownshipYear of publication: 1972Historical Period: 1880-1881Export options: