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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
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:Functions of settlements in the Waterloo region 1951-1985: with historical background and comparative data for the counties of Bruce, Huron and Wellington
Type: BookAbstract: An account of economic, demographic and agricultural changes in the smaller settlements of Waterloo County. Using data from Dun and Bradstreet in Standard Industrial Classification categories, the ...Keywords: Settlement hierarchyLandscape CulturalLandscape RuralLand usePopulationUrbanizationBusinessesEconomic conditionsAgricultureIndustriesYear of publication: 1986Historical Period: 1864-1985Export options:History or fiction
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A critical comment on the notion that the Pennsylvania German pioneers of Waterloo County were generally farmers and not interested in manufacturing industries or commerce.Year of publication: 1963Historical Period: 1806-1875Export options:Kitchener-Waterloo: the geography of mainstreet
Type: BookAbstract: A contemporary survey of the urban economy, municipal government and intra- urban patterns of demography, housing, industry and commerce, with some historical information about industrialization and ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1984Historical Period: 1961-1981Export options:Statistical account of Upper Canada
Type: BookAbstract: A compendium of information about boundaries, natural resources, agriculture, weather patterns, laws and government, settlement, churches, population, commerce and professional services. Brief ...Keywords: SettlersNatural resourcesBoundariesChurchesAgricultureClimateWaterloo TownshipDumfries TownshipDemographic statisticsUpper CanadaYear of publication: 1822Historical Period: 1815-1820Export options:Waterloo: an illustrated history
Type: BookAbstract: A history of what is now the City of Waterloo from its beginnings in 1816 to the late 1980s. The book is very well illustrated with maps, historical photographs and reproductions of works by local ...Year of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1804-1988Export options:Waterloo and Wellington Counties book index volume II
Type: BookAbstract: A compilation of indexes to seven books: {The floodgate}; {Hespeler, New Hope, C.W.}; {Hespeler yarns}; {La rue de commerce}; {Lot six in the third of Waterloo}; {Pine Bush genealogy}; and {Waterloo ...Keywords: Historical sourcesIndexesYear of publication: 1995Historical Period: 1857-1957Export options:William H.E. Schmalz, 1890-1981
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A tribute to the architect, community leader and active member of the Waterloo Historical Society.Keywords: BiographiesArchitectsVeteransAssociations and clubsSchmalz W.H.E.Schmalz William HenrySchmalz HerbertSchmalz Beatrice Richardson (m. W.H.E.)Berlin (Ontario)KitchenerYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1890-1981Export options:William John Motz
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of the publisher of the "Kitchener Record" who began his publishing career with his father at the "Berliner Journal". He served for a long period as president of the Canadian Daily ...Keywords: BiographiesObituariesPublishersGermansKitchenerBerlin (Ontario)NewspapersMotz William JohnYear of publication: 1946Historical Period: 1870-1946Export options: