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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
A geographic study of the ethnic composition of Waterloo County
Type: ThesisAbstract: An examination of ethnic change and diversification, based on analysis of census reports over 90 years, for the nine incorporated communities of Ayr, Berlin (Kitchener), Bridgeport, Elmira, Galt, ...Keywords: Census recordsYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1871-1961Export options:Family history of Gottfried Reinhart
Type: ReportAbstract: A genealogy of the descendants of Gottfried Reinhart and Anna Marie Bruder who owned a farm near Berlin, south of the Grand Trunk Railway. A description of their farmhouse and a history of the farm ...Keywords: Settlers GermanFarmersGenealogyReinhart familyReinhart MartinReinhart Theresa Wolpert (m. Martin)Reinhart Henry B.Reinhart GottfriedReinhart Anna Marie Bruder (m. Gottfried)Galt ThomasYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1824-1981Export options:Ferrie, Colin Campbell
Type: Book ChapterAbstract: A profile of the merchant, banker and politician (1808-1856) who established a branch of his father's mercantile interests in Hamilton in 1830. Outlying branches of the business were established in ...Keywords: BiographiesMerchantsPoliticiansFerrie ColinPrestonDoonGaltWaterloo TownshipHamilton19th centuryYear of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1832-1865Export options:The changing functions of Ontario urban centres (population 20,000 or more, 1961)
Type: ThesisAbstract: A study of changing economic functions from 1931 to 1961 in 27 middle-sized Ontario urban centres, including Galt and Kitchener. The author concludes that all centres except Oshawa were ...Keywords: UrbanizationEconomic conditionsLabour forceOccupationsIndustriesStatisticsManufacturersRetailingConstructionCities and townsYear of publication: 1964Historical Period: 1931-1961Export options:The family and childhood of Wilhelmine Ramsay Hogg Sias
Type: BookAbstract: An account of the migration of the Hogg family from Scotland in the 1830s, with a description of the Galt community up to 1850. The author also traces the history of her mother's family, the Breimers ...Year of publication: 1981Historical Period: 1835-1894Export options: