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Abel, Douglas

  • Person

Dr. Douglas Abel is an actor, director, playwright, and theatre columnist. He has also been a voice, speech, dialect, phonetics, and acting teacher.

Abel worked as an assistant professor in the Drama Department at the University of Waterloo between 1981 and 1990.

Acadian Club

  • Corporate body

The Acadian Club in Waterloo, Ontario was a social club for single and married men of German background. On May 5, 1916, the club rooms were raided by members of the 118th Batallion for the purpose of removing a bust of the Kaiser and in the course of ... »

Ackermann, Rudolph

  • Person
  • 1764-1834

Rudolph Ackermann (20 April 1764 in Schneeberg, Electorate of Saxony – 30 March 1834 in Finchley, London) was an Anglo-German bookseller, inventor, lithographer, publisher and businessman.

Acorn, Milton

  • Person
  • 1923-1986

Milton Acorn was a Canadian poet born on March 30, 1923 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He mainly worked as a carpenter by trade, but also wrote poetry influenced by Marxist ideas as well as experiences from the working-class. Acorn published ... »

Adams, Darrell

  • Person
  • 1983-

Darrell Adams (b. September 16, 1983) is the Head Coach for the University of Toronto Varsity Blues. Previously, he was the Associate Head Coach, Defensive Coordinator and Recruiting Coordinator for the University of Waterloo men's football team.

Adams ... »

Adlington, Alan Kenneth

  • Person
  • 1925-2017

Alan Kenneth Adlington was an economist and university administrator born January 30, 1925. He emigrated to Canada from England in 1930 and served in World War II as part of the Royal Canadian Navy. After the war, he pursued undergraduate studies at from ... »

Ahrens, Albert Edward

  • Person
  • 1867-1920

Albert Edward Ahrens was born on April 4, 1867 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Charles Ahrens and Charlotte Roth. He worked as a shoe manufacturer with his father and brothers at their company Charles A. Ahrens & Sons. Albert is listed ... »

Ahrens, Carl Hermann

  • Person
  • 1891-1960

Carl "Charles" Hermann Ahrens was a business executive born September 17, 1891 in Kitchener, Ontario to Henry Jacob Ahrens and Caroline Seiler Ahrens. He married Edith (Edythe) Diana Woefle on June 2, 1923 in Niagara, New York. Ahrens served as vice-... »

Ahrens, Caroline

  • Person
  • 1862-1934

Caroline "Carrie" Ahrens was born on January 25, 1862 in Berlin, now Kitchener, Ontario to parents Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. She was the fourth child of eleven, her siblings being: Maria Charlotte; Herman Emmanuel; Louisa; Henry ... »

Ahrens, Caroline Seiler

  • Person
  • 1861-1944

Caroline Seiler Ahrens was born June 3, 1861 in Waterloo County, the daughter of George Seiler and Elisabeth Schmidt. She married Henry Jacob Ahrens November 6, 1884 and the couple had five children: Walter Henry Ahrens, George Seiler Ahrens, Mabel Laura ... »

Ahrens, Charles Andrew

  • Person
  • 1827-1903

Charles Andrew Ahrens was an industrialist, businessman and bookkeeper born July 11, 1827 in Hohen-Wesdt, Holstein, Germany. He emigrated to Berlin (now Kitchener) in 1851 at the age of 24. He began working as a bookkeeper at Louis Breithaupt's tannery 18... »

Ahrens, Charles August

  • Person
  • 1856-1937

Charles August Ahrens was an industrialist born on August 28, 1856 in Port Elgin, Ontario to parents Charles Andrew and Charlotte Henrietta Ahrens. He was a harness maker and went to Iowa to specialize in making special harnesses for horse racing. He ... »

Ahrens, Emma

  • Person
  • 1865-1945

Emma Ahrens was born April 27, 1865 in Kitchener, Ontario. Her parents were Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charlotte Henrietta Roth Ahrens. Emma died December 27, 1945 in Kitchener and was interred at Mount Hope Cemetery in Kitchener.

Ahrens, Florence Louisa

  • Person
  • 1891-1982

Florence "Floss" Louisa Ahrens was a secretary and volunteer born February 25, 1891 in Kitchener, Ontario. She was the daughter of Charles August Ahrens and Laura Emma Hirschy Ahrens. Ahrens worked for the family company, C.A. Ahrens Shoe Co., for 42 ... »

Ahrens, Frederick Hirschy

  • Person
  • 1883-1975

Frederick Hirschy Ahrens was a businessman and municipal official born June 27, 1883 in Berlin (now Kitchener) Ontario to Charles August Ahrens and Laura Emma Hirschy. He worked with his father at the family business, Ahrens Shoe Company. Ahrens was a ... »

Ahrens, George Seiler

  • Person
  • 1887-1962

George Seiler Ahrens was a businessman born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario March 27, 1887 to Henry Jacob Ahrens and Caroline Seiler. He married Rose Margueritte Lloyd, born in Ireland, on June 24, 1908. They had a daughter, Muriel Kathleen (later ... »

Ahrens, Henrietta Charlotte

  • Person
  • 1831-1896

Henriette Charlotte Roth was a homemaker born June 29, 1831 in Reichen Sachsen (Hessee) Germany. She emigrated to Preston, Ontario in 1852 to join her brother Henry Roth. On April 16, 1854, she married Charles Andrew Ahrens and together they had 11 ... »

Ahrens, Henry Jacob

  • Person
  • 1858-1933

Henry Jacob Ahrens was a grocer born March 2, 1858 in Port Elgin, Ontario to Charles Andrew Ahrens and Henrietta Charlotte Roth. He married Caroline Seiler April 16, 1884 and together they had five children: Walter Henry, George Seiler, Mabel Laura, Carl ... »

Ahrens, Herman Emmanuel

  • Person
  • 1872-1958

Herman Emmanuel Ahrens was a tailor and deputy returning officer for municipal elections born November 23, 1872 to Charles Andrew and Charlotte Henrietta Ahrens. He began a career in tailoring at the age of 13 after receiving a tailored suit from his ... »

Ahrens, Laura Emma Hirschy

  • Person
  • 1858-1949

Laura Emma Hirschy was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio December 20, 1858 to Henry and Mary (nee Hurst) Hirschy. She married Charles August Ahrens formerly of Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario in Wayne, Ohio. They later relocated to Berlin (now Kitchener), ... »

Ahrens, Louise

  • Person
  • 1863-1948

Louise Ahrens was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on December 5, 1863, the daughter of Charles Andrew Ahrens and Charlotte Henrietta Roth. She was a member of the Church of the Good Shepherd and their Women's Auxiliary. Louise died suddenly on ... »

Ahrens, Walter Henry

  • Person
  • 1885-1959

Walter Henry Ahrens was an industrialist born July 24, 1885 in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario to parents Henry Jacob Ahrens and Caroline Seiler. Walter moved to the United States as an adult and lived variously in Chicago, Arkansas and Oklahoma. He ... »

Aird, John Black

  • Person
  • 1923-1995

John Black Aird was born May 5, 1923 in Toronto. He served as the 23rd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario from 1980-1985. He died May 6, 1995 in Toronto.

Alexandra Studios

  • Corporate body
  • 1911-1976

The Alexandra Studios was a Toronto, Ontario-based photographic studio.

The studio was started by Louis J. Turofsky in 1911 and occupied a number of Toronto locations until it ceased operations in 1976. The studio seems to have evolved through a number ... »

Alger, Daniel Henry

  • Person
  • 1884-1936

Daniel H. Alger was a plant manager born in Broughham, Ontario in 1884. He went to Colborne High School and studied at the Ontario College of Pharmacy. He worked from 1926 to 1927 at Lindsay Distilleries Ltd., before joining Joseph E. Seagram and Son's ... »

Alguire, Duncan Orestes

  • Person
  • 1853-1925

Duncan Orestes Alguire was a Canadian physician and politician born August 13, 1853. He graduated from McGill University in 1873, married Louisa Anne Ross on August 8, 1876 and lived in Cornwall, Ontario. In 1911, he was elected as a Conservative M.P. ... »

Alguire, William McLachlin

  • Person
  • 1935-2009

William McLachlin Alguire was a community builder and Electrohome employee for 34 years. He served as Secretary-Treasurer of the company's Board of Directors from 1992 until his retirement in 1997. Outside of work, Alguire was a member of St. Andrew's ... »

Alles, George

  • Person
  • 1856-1934

George Alles was a farmer born in Woolwich Township on October 4, 1856 to parents Conrad Alles and Barbara Adolph. He farmed most of his life in the Wellesley area. On June 7, 1881, George married Elizabeth Fischer (1860-1906) at Shantz Station, Waterloo ... »

Alles, Maria Anna Schneider

  • Person
  • 1872-1948

Maria (Mary) Anna Schneider was born April 11, 1872 in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario, the sixth child of Christoph and Anna Schneider. She married George Alles, a widower with small children, on June 30, 1909. Mary attended the Church of the Good ... »

Alloway, Beulah Misener

  • Person
  • 1925-1960

Beulah Misener was a missionary to Kenya. She was born April 8, 1925 to Harley Anson and Ida May (nee Lemon) Misener in Troy, Ontario. She married the Rev. Ross Alloway in Oshawa, Ontario on June 11, 1949. In November 1954 the couple left for Africa to ... »

Alpha Delta Kappa. Province of Ontario Chapter

  • Corporate body

Alpha Delta Kappa is an honorary sorority for women educators, founded in 1947 by Agnes Shipman Robertson, Marie Neal, Marion Southall and Hattie Poppino. Their aim was to recognize and support the professional efforts of women educators. Now an ... »

Ambrose, George Robert

  • Person
  • 1896-1978

George Robert Ambrose was a World War I veteran and factory worker who was born in England in 1896. He married Mabel Gladys Mackie of Waterloo and together they had a son. Ambrose was an employee of the tire division at Uniroyal Limited, retiring in 1962 ... »

Anant, Santokh Singh

  • Person
  • 1932-1982

Santokh Singh Anant was an Indian-born psychologist who worked in Indian, Canada and the United States. He was born April 26, 1932 in Amritsar, India where he studied at Punjab University before obtaining his PhD at the University of Michigan in 1963. In ... »

Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

  • Person
  • 1836-1917

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was a British suffragist and women's rights pioneer. The first woman to become a doctor in England, she was also co-founded the first hospital run by women, was the first female Dean of a British medical school, the first woman ... »

Anglin, Francis Alexander

  • Person
  • 1865-1933

Francis Alexander Anglin was born April 2, 1865 in Saint John, New Brunswick to Timothy Warren Anglin and Ellen McTavish. He became a lawyer and practised in Toronto, Ontario. On June 29, 1892, he married Harriet Isabel Fraser. He became the seventh ... »

Annapolis County

  • Corporate body

Annapolis County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia located in the western part of the province on the Bay of Fundy. The county seat is Annapolis Royal. Established August 17, 1759 by Order in Council, Annapolis County took its name from ... »

Annex 1

  • Building
  • 1957-1968

Annex 1 was one of four original prefabricated buildings constructed in 1957 on the campus of Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University). Initially located in the parking lot behind Willison Hall, Annex 1 was built by Geratt ... »

Anthes, Catharine

  • Person
  • 1814-1894

Catharine Schmitt was born March 25, 1814 in Alsace, France, and married Martin Anthes, December 25, 1835. The couple had five children: Samuel (died in infancy), Jacob, Salome Sarah; John Schmitt and Henry William. She died November 24, 1894 and was ... »

Anthes, Clarissa Lovina

  • Person
  • 1871-1893

Clarissa Lovina Anthes was born October 30, 1871in Ellice Township, Perth County, Ontario to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. Clarissa died September 1, 1893 at age 21 of typhoid fever, and was interred in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Anthes, Cyrena Hoffman

  • Person
  • 1877-1945

Cyrena Hoffman Simonds was born June 15, 1877 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario, daughter of Leonard Wells Simonds and Rosette Harriet Johnson. She married John Isaac Franklin Anthes November 10, 1897 and the couple had five children: Olive Cyrena; ... »

Anthes, Emma Caroline

  • Person
  • 1873-1961

Emma "Emmie" Caroline Anthes was a stenographer and typist born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario November 23, 1873 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. She worked for Mutual Life Assurance for 35 years, retiring in 1933, and was a member of ... »

Anthes, Henry Herbert

  • Person
  • 1908-1984

Henry Herbert Anthes was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on September 5, 1908. He was the son of John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Harriet Simmonds. The 1921 census has the family living in Montréal, Quebec. According to Henry's United ... »

Anthes, Henry William

  • Person
  • 1851-1914

Henry William "Harry" Anthes was a businessman and the founder of Anthes Foundry, Ltd. He was born in 1851 in Wilmot Township, Ontario to German parents from what was then the region of Alsace-Lorraine. Anthes married Elizabeth (Libbie) Lawrence and the ... »

Anthes, Jacob

  • Person
  • 1836-1874

Jacob Anthes, the son of Martin Anthes and Catharine Schmitt, was born March 25, 1836 in Kitchener, Ontario. Jacob married Magdalena Stricker circa 1857 and the couple had six children: Sarah Anna, Mary Elizabeth, Martin Franklin, Catharine A., Martha ... »

Anthes, John Isaac Franklin

  • Person
  • 1870-1933

John Isaac Franklin "Frank" Anthes was born October 16, 1870 in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario to John Schmitt Anthes and Lydia Catherine Anthes. Following graduation from high school, Anthes worked in the furniture business with his father. In 1900, ... »

Anthes, John Schmitt

  • Person
  • 1844-1915

John Schmitt Anthes was a businessman and teacher born November 8, 1844 in Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region to parents Martin Anthes and Catharine Schmidt, both born in France. John Anthes worked as a teacher before coming to Berlin (later Kitchener) in ... »

Anthes, Lawrence Lee

  • Person
  • 1876-1954

Lawrence Lee "Laurie" Anthes was a businessman and World War I veteran born November 26, 1876 in Toronto, Ontario, the son of Henry William Anthes and Elizabeth Lawrence. He began working at his father's company, Anthes Foundry, Ltd. in 1894, becoming ... »

Anthes, Leonard John

  • Person
  • 1903-?

Leonard John Anthes was born November 1, 1903 in Wiarton, Ontario to John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Hoffman Simonds. Based on 1953 Canadian voting records, a Leonard J. Anthes and Doris M. Anthes lived at the same address in Halifax, Nova Scotia. ... »

Anthes, Lydia Catherine

  • Person
  • 1849-1935

Lydia Catherine Herlan was born in Warsaw, New York on December 20, 1849 to Franz Herlan and Carolina Demarez. She married John Schmitt Anthes in Kitchener, Ontario on June 27, 1866. Together they had seven children: Caroline Catharine "Carrie"; Frank; ... »

Anthes, Magdalena Stricker

  • Person
  • 1840-1914

Magdalena Stricker was born March 30, 1840 in Ontario to parents Matthias Stricker and Elisabetha Bauman. She married Jacob Anthes of Wilmot Township, Ontario (date unknown) and the couple had six children: Sarah Anna; Mary Elizabeth; Martin Franklin; ... »

Anthes, Martha Jane

  • Person
  • 1889-1916

Martha Jane McLean was born October 17, 1889 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to parents Edward McLean and Claudia T. Womer. She married Lawrence Lee Anthes on December 3, 1914 in Westchester, New York and the couple lived in Toronto. Martha Jane died June 2, 191... »

Anthes, Martin

  • Person
  • 1812-1891

Martin Anthes was born November 16, 1812 in Alsace, France to parents Michael Anthes and Salomea Andres. He married Catharine Schmitt December 25, 1835 and the couple had seven children: Samuel (died as an infant), Jacob, Salome Sarah, John Schmitt, ... »

Anthes, Martin Franklin

  • Person
  • 1862-1924

Martin Franklin Anthes was born May 23, 1862 to parents Jacob Anthes and Magdalena Stricker. He married Susan Margaret Hammond of St. John, New Brunswick, July 25, 1895 at Presbyterian Côte-des-neiges, Montreal. A son, Leopold Hammond, was born July 7, 18... »

Anthes, Norman Franklin

  • Person
  • 1910-1915

Norman Franklin Anthes was born May 7, 1910 to John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Harriet Simmonds of Berlin (later Kitchener). He died October 16, 1915 after being struck by a vehicle. He was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener.

Anthes, Olive Cyrena

  • Person
  • 1900-?

Olive Cyrena Anthes was born in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario on February 3, 1900, daughter of John Isaac Franklin Anthes and Cyrena Hoffman Simonds. On June 3, 1939 she married John Beauchamp Bagnell De Montmorency Harvey (b. November 8, 1892 in ... »

Anthes, Theobald

  • Person
  • 1814-?

Theobald Anthes was born in March 19, 1814 to parents Michael Anthes and Salomea Andres in the Alsace region of France. He had older siblings Michael and Martin. Martin and wife Catharine Schmitt emigrated to Canada and settled in the Wilmot township ... »

Architectural Conservancy of Ontario : North Waterloo Region Branch

  • Corporate body

The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario was established in 1933 and since that time has worked actively to preserve Ontario's architectural and environmental heritage. The North Waterloo Region Branch was established in 1980 and covers the cities of ... »

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