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German Canadiana in Ontario Bibliography
C.F. Thiele
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short obituary of C.F. Thiele (1880- 1954), one of Canada's leading band promoters, director of the Waterloo Musical Society Band and founder of the Annual Waterloo Band Festival.Year of publication: 1954Historical Period: 1880-1954Export options:Community Identity and Language Change in North American Anabaptist Communities
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: Draws on archival research & on fieldwork conducted since 1984 in Swartzentruber Amish communities in New York, & in Old Order Amish & Mennonite communities in New York, along the ...Year of publication: 1998Export options:Community-building in Berlin: Mary Ratz Kaufman, 1856-1943
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: An account of the associational leadership roles of the wife of Jacob Kaufman, who was a successful industrialist and prominent member of the Berlin community elite.Keywords: Temperance movementProhibitionCharitiesChurches EvangelicalSocial conditionsSocial servicesWomenKaufman A.R. (1885-1979)Kaufman Edna D.Kaufman EmmaYear of publication: 1990Historical Period: 1856-1943Export options:Das Wochenblatt
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A short-lived Conservative German- language paper, published and edited in Berlin by P.E.W. Moyer. The Waterloo Historical Society holds issues for 26 February 1878 and 5 March 1878 at the Kitchener ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1878Export options:David Norman Panabaker
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A short biography of one of Hespeler's prominent citizens who worked his way up to become General Manager of the R. Forbes Co., and was Mayor of Hespeler and an active member of the Waterloo ...Keywords: BiographiesGenealogyTextile IndustryMayorsReevesSettlers PennsylvaniaChurches MethodistAssociations and clubsPanabaker D.N.Panabaker DavidYear of publication: 1939Historical Period: 1874-1939Export options:Der Canadische Bauernfreund
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly, first published in Preston by Abraham Erb and edited by Martin Rudolf. The paper moved to Waterloo when it was sold to Moses Springer, and to Berlin in 1903 when it ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1851Historical Period: 1850-1918Export options:Der Canadische Beobachter
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly, founded by Martin Rudolf and first published in Preston. When Rudolf moved to New Hamburg, the paper continued as the "Hamburger Beobachter". The 8 February 1849 issue of ...Keywords: GermansNewspapersPrestonYear of publication: 1848Historical Period: 1848-1850Export options:Der Canadische Kolonist
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A German-language weekly founded in Stratford by Jacob Teuscher and amalgamated in 1906 with the {Berliner Journal}. The Waterloo Historical Society holds the 4 December 1872 edition at the Kitchener ...Keywords: Berlin (Ontario)NewspapersGermanYear of publication: 1864Historical Period: 1864-1909Export options:Der Deutsche Reformer
Type: Serial (Monograph...)Abstract: A political newspaper published and edited in Waterloo by Jakob Teuscher who left for Stratford to found "Der Canadische Kolonist" before the end of 1863. The Waterloo Historical Society holds the ...Year of publication: 1863Historical Period: 1863-1864Export options:Died in 1961
Type: Journal ArticleAbstract: A list of notable people of Waterloo County who died in 1961, including William Anderson, Robert E. Cowan, Senator W.D. Euler, Enoch S. Gingrich, Andrew Heipel, Henry Herber Johnson, Mrs Leah ...Keywords: BiographiesObituariesOccupationsWomenPoliticiansAssociations and clubsPennsylvania GermansMennonitesWaterloo CountyYear of publication: 1961Historical Period: 1860-1961Export options: