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Related subjects Germans--Ontario--Waterloo (County)--History Waterloo (Ont. : County)--Biography Waterloo (Ont. : County)--History Publication information Kitchener, Ontario: Allprint, 1980	Little paradise : the saga of the German Canadians of Waterloo County, Ontario, 1800-1975 Leibbrandt, Gottlieb
	Table of Contents Cover Title page Acknowledgements Letter from Minister of State, Multiculturalism Foreword Contents Journey to the Grand River Migration of the Pennsylvania Germans Migration of Old Country Germans since 1820 A brief history of colonization Colonial administration Changing times The emergence of industry Pioneer portraits Turning points From model farmers to captains of industry School system and German language classes The centrality of the church: Roman Catholic and Lutheran congregations -- a Mennonite schism Social organizations Athletic competitions, music- and song-festivals Hermann Theodore Zoellner, 1854-1921 German-Canadian Press Loyalty and public affairs Isaac Erb Bowman Friedensfest 1871 Monuments of Queen Victoria and Wilhelm I Distinguished visitors H.H. Miller's speech in federal parliament Detweiler, 1860-1919 Elias W.B. Snider, 1842-1921 Sir Adam Beck, 1857-1925, "The Human Dynamo" Administration and politics The Breithaupts, public servants and industrialists William H. Schmalz, 1862-1933 Karl and Adolph, the Mueller brothers William Hespeler, 1830-1909 Jacob Y. Shantz, 1822-1909 Waterloo Pioneers Memorial Tower Marginal notes on science, literature and art Beginnings Historiography, B. Mabel Hunham William J. Wintemberg Dialect literature in Waterloo, John A. Rittinger Nineteenth century poets and authors from central Europe The Russo-German Mennonite poets and authors Music: Augustus Stephen Vogt, 1861-1926 Painting Crafts: wrought iron and fraktur Dark times First World War and consequences New orientation Depression -- on the eve of the second World War Reflections After the great calamity Canadian Society for German Relief, Inc. Clive von Cardinal The first post-war immigrants The church connection The will to unity Wilfrid Laurier Bitzer The clubs Economic growth: Paul Tuerr, Fred Stork German school and German studies Other institutions The new recruits Abbreviations Footnotes and bibliography Index	Go to page: Search this volume search

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