Jacob Wesley Bean war born in Oxford County on June 5, 1873. Bean died in Simcoe, Ontario on March 8, 1942.

Born in Chippewa, Ontario to Jacob Hailer and Margaret Riehl she moved as a child to German Mills and later to Kitchener. She married Jacob Wagner in 1849 and had two living children with him. After his death she re-married Daniel Biehn (Bean) and had a further 6 children.After his second husband's death while they were living in Mildmay, she returned to Kitchener where she resided for another 32 years.

Ruth Beardsley (August 4, 1923-April 25, 1990) was born in Sommerville New Jersey to Marjorie (nee White) and Alvaro Beardsley. During the Second World War Beardsley served in United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). She trained at the Naval Training Centre at Hunter College in New York City and then later went to Yeoman training at Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. She also took classes in Engineering at the University of Maryland. Later in life she worked as a secretary for American Cyanamid and her and her husband (William H.A. Weber d.1988) founded Weber Trucking Co., Irvington. Beardsley retired from the business in 1980 and passed away in 1990 in Holiday City at the age of 66.

David Bebee was a photographer for the Kitchener-Waterloo Record circa 1999.

The Bechler family immigrated to Canada from Germany in the 1870s. Christian Bechler and his wife Christina moved to Wilmot Township before settling in Berlin (later Kitchener) with their sons, Gottfried and Edward. Christian worked as a farmer. Gottfried Bechler and Louise (Louisa) Schmidt were married by Reverend Reinhold von Pirch on July 10, 1894 in Berlin. Gottfried worked as a buttonmaker. Edward Bechler and Anna (Annie) Schmidt were married by Reverend Reinhold von Pirch on the April 18, 1899 in Berlin. Edward worked as a labourer and a machine hand.

Frederick Bechler lived in Wilmot Township before moving to Berlin (later Kitchener). Frederick worked as a labourer, button maker, and button turner in Berlin. Frederick married Auguste “Maria” Schultz in 1879. Frederick and Maria had four children: Gustave, Wilhelmina Henrietta, Willie, and Carl Gottfried.

Gustav Bechler worked as a cigar maker in Berlin. Bechler married Margth Reeger on November 11, 1903. The couple lived in Michigan with their daughters Ella and Ethel. Minnie (Wilhelmina Henrietta) worked as a cigar maker in Berlin. Carl Gottfried (Charles Godfrey) worked as a cabinet maker in Berlin. Charles married Mary Hazel Reid on November 30, 1910 in Guelph.

After Maria’s death, Frederick Bechler remarried on July 6, 1897 to Matilda Rogge-Wiese. Frederick and Matilda had two children: Viola and Walter. Walter worked as a shoemaker in Kitchener. Walter married Dorothy Regan on July 1, 1937 in Kitchener.

Henrietta Wilhelmina Bechler was born in Germany on November 7, 1859. It is likely Henrietta was the daughter of Christian and Christina Bechler. She married Christian Rosekat and immigrated to Canada with him in 1879. Christian Rosekat worked as a tanner. The Rosekats lived in Berlin (later Kitchener) where they had nine children: Wilhelmine Henriette (Mina), William, Charles, Henry, Alfred (Frederick), Herman, Albert, Walter, and John.

Anna (Annie) Schmidt was born in Germany to Joachim Schmidt and Marie Knopp in 1877. Anna married Edward Bechler on April 18, 1899 in Berlin (later Kitchener). Anna passed away in 1953 and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery.

Christian Bechler was born on January 8, 1828 in Germany. Christian was married to Christina Floetke. Together they had at least three children, Gottfried, Edward, and Henrietta Wilhelmine (1859-1925). Others may have included Frederick (1854-1937) and Marie (ca.1862-1904). The Bechler family immigrated to Canada in the 1870s where they lived in Wilmot Township before settling in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario. Christian worked as a farmer and later as a labourer. Christian passed away on March 14, 1897.

Christina Floetke was born in Germany on December 24, 1827. Christina married Christian Bechler (1828-1897). Together they had at least three children, Gottfried, Edward, and Henrietta Wilhelmine (1859-1925). Others may have included Frederick (1854-1937) and Marie (ca.1862-1904). The family immigrated to Canada in the 1870s and lived in Wilmot Township before settling in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. Christina passed away on December 4, 1908.

Edward Bechler was the second son of Christian and Christina Bechler. Born in Germany on August 4, 1874, Edward immigrated to Canada with his family in the 1870s. The Bechler family moved to Wilmot Township before settling in Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario. Edward worked as a labourer and a machine hand. Edward and Anna (Annie) Schmidt (b. 1877 d. 1953) were married by Reverend Reinhold von Pirch in Kitchener on April 18, 1899. Edward passed away in 1949.

Frederick Bechler was born in Germany on February 27, 1854. It is probable Frederick was the brother of Christian Bechler. Frederick immigrated to Canada in 1878 or 1880. Frederick worked as a labourer, button maker, and button turner in Berlin (later Kitchener). It is probable that Frederick Bechler was the brother of Christian Bechler.

Frederick married Auguste “Maria” Schultz (Mary) (b. 1858, d. 1897) in 1879. Frederick and Maria had four children: August Gustave Bechler (b. 1880, d. 1914), Wilhelmina Henrietta Bechler (b. 1882, d. 1903), Willie Bechler (b. 1884, d. 1884), and Carl Gottfried Bechler (b. 1885, d. 1968).

Gustav (August Gustave) Bechler worked as a cigar maker in Berlin. Bechler married Margth Reeger on November 11th, 1903. The couple lived in Michigan with their daughters Ella (b. 1907) and Ethel (b. 1909).

Minnie (Wilhelmina Henrietta) Bechler worked as a cigar maker in Berlin. Wilhelmina passed away in 1903.

Carl Gottfried (Charles Godfrey) Bechler worked as a cabinet maker in Berlin. Charles married Mary Hazel Reid on November 30th, 1910 in Guelph.

After Maria’s death, Frederick remarried on July 6th, 1897 to Matilda Rogge-Wiese (b. 1868, d. 1951) in Berlin, Ontario. Frederick and Matilda had two children: Viola Maria Bechler (b. 1898, d. 1994) and Walter Edward Bechler (b. 1903, d. 1979).

Walter Bechler worked as a shoemaker in Kitchener. Walter married Dorothy Regan (b. 1906, d. 1979) on July 1st, 1937 in Kitchener.

Frederick Bechler passed away on November 24, 1937.

Gottfried Bechler was born in Germany to Christian and Christina Bechler in 1869. The Bechler family immigrated to Canada in the 1870s where they settled in Wilmot Township before moving to Berlin (later Kitchener), Ontario. Gottfried worked as a seamster and a buttonmaker in Berlin. Gottfried Bechler and Louise (Louisa) Schmidt (b. 1869) were married by Reverend Reinhold von Pirch in Kitchener on July 10, 1894 in Berlin.

Wilhelmina Henrietta Bechler, also known as Minnie, was born to Frederick Bechler and Auguste "Maria" Schultz in Berlin (later Kitchener) in 1882. Minnie worked as a cigar maker in Berlin. She died February 7, 1903 at the age of twenty.

John (Jack) Edward Beckett was a friend of Cameron Hill. They met during the Second World War while they were both held in custody as prisoners of war at Camp 57 in Italy in June 1942.

John was nicknamed 'Shorty' by friends and family.

After the war, John became a successful dairy farmer in Thamesford, Ontario. He married Marion (surname unknown) and together they had two children; Bob Beckett and Barbara Beckett.

Jacky Beckford-Henriques is the head coach of the Waterloo Warriors swim program. Before joining the University of Waterloo in 2017, Beckford-Henriques was the head coach of the Jamaican National swim program, and coached that team at three Olympic games. She is the co-founder of The Alliance, an anti-racism group at the University of Waterloo working towards educating members of the Waterloo community and the larger community on equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Catherine Olive Breithaupt was born January 28, 1896 in Berlin (later Kitchener) Ontario to parents Louis Jacob Breithaupt and Emma Alvarene Devitt. She was educated at Berlin Collegiate Institute, Ontario Ladies' College (Whitby), Boston University School of Social Service and Related Religious Education, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. She married Arthur Vincent Bennett, a musician born in Kansas, living in Kitchener on November 22, 1921 in Kitchener.

The couple lived in the Boston area where Arthur was a clergyman in the Episcopal church in Fitchburg, Massachusetts with Catherine maintaining close ties with her Ontario family. They had two children: Arthur Vincent and Joan Catherine.

Catherine was active in matters related to her husband's church, in music, choirs, and art. Her art work was frequently exhibited and in 1976 she was awarded the Sarah Parker Award by the Fitchburg Gallery. Catherine died August 16, 1977 in Fitchburg.

Michael Shane Bird (June 6, 1941-October 27, 2003) was a professor, researcher, and writer who specialized in fine arts, in particular Canadian folk and fraktur, and film studies. Born in Belle Plaine, Iowa to Arthur Bird and Katherine McHugh, he attained his PhD from the University of Iowa before moving to Waterloo to teach at Renison University College. Bird taught at Renison for 34 years in both fine arts and religious studies, two topics that he also researched and wrote extensively on. He was particularly interested in religious themes in cinema, including the works of Ingmar Bergman, and Canadian folk and fraktur art. He wrote, or co-wrote, some of the first compendiums on folk art and furniture in Canada. He also wrote on fraktur art in the Pennsylvania German style, and on fraktur found in Waterloo region. On top of writing, he curated a number of exhibits in Waterloo and elsewhere on folk and fraktur art. He was closely connected with the Joseph Schneider Haus, where he gave many talks, curated exhibits, and ultimately donated to the bulk of his Canadian folk art collection.
Bird married Joan Welch in 1966 with whom he had two children. In 1979 he married Terry Kobayashi who was a frequent collaborator of his on writing on Canadian folk art, and in collecting the same. In 1992 he married Susan Hyde and in 1994 they adopted a child from China. Bird and Hyde researched and wrote a number of texts including a book on wooden churches of Cape Breton. Bird died of heart failure on October 27, 2003.

Born December 10, 1876, Charles Lawrence Bishop was a journalist who was appointed to the senate of Canada in 1945 by William Lyon Mackenzie King. He died September 28, 1966.

Pearlie Bishop was born in 1876 in Cambridge, daughter of a wholesale grocer who managed the firm Halleck & Bond. She began a nursing career circa 1900 and acted as a nurse in the First World War, being Commandant of the Huntley V.A.D. Hospital in Cambridge, as well as being in charge of the Air Raid Squad and sugar distribution to Cambridgeshire hospitals. She was also a nurse in the Second World, being attached to the Women's Volunteer Service. For her war work she was awarded a MBE. She died in 1962 in Cambridge.

Conrad Bitzer was a lawyer and politician in Ontario, Canada. He served as mayor of Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario in 1892. Bitzer was born in Preston, Ontario, the son of immigrants from Germany. He was called to the Ontario bar in 1881 and set up practice in Berlin, the first German-speaking lawyer to practice in the area. He was a member of the local Board of Trade. Bitzer was nominated as the Liberal candidate for the Waterloo North seat in the Canadian House of Commons for the 1900 general election, but withdrew before the election date.

Martha Louise Black, Canadian politician and second woman elected to the Canadian House of Commons, was born in Chicago on February 24, 1866. She attended St. Mary's College in Notre Dame Indiana. In 1877 Black married Will Purdy and together they had two sons, Warren and Donald. She and Purdy had plans to joint the Klondike gold rush in 1899 but Purdy backed out and instead moved to Hawaii, leaving her to travel to the Klondike via the Chilkoot Pass in 1898 with her brother. In January of 1899 she stopped in Dawson City to give birth to her and Purdy's third son Lyman. She then returned briefly to Chicago before going again to the Klondike in 1900 where she would live for 54 years. Here she earned money by staking gold mining claims and running a sawmill and iron ore crushing plant. In 1904 Black met and married George Black, Commissioner of the Yukon from 1912-1916.

In 1921 Black was elected to the House of Commons and was speaker of the house from 1930-1935. She ran in the federal election and was elected in the Yukon riding as an Independent Conservative in 1935, taking over for her ailing husband. Black was also involved in a variety of social and charity organizations including supporting IODE, the Victorian Order of Nurses, and as a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of England.

In 1938 Black published the book "My Seventy Years" an autobiography, which was later updated as "My Ninety Years." She was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 1946 for her social and cultural contributions to the Yukon. She died in Whitehorse on October 31, 1957.

Born to suffragists Lucy Stone and Henry Browne Blackwell, Elizabeth Stone Blackwell was an American suffragist, journalist and human rights advocate. Her mother was one of the founders of the American Woman Suffrage Association (AWSA) and her aunt Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to obtain a medical degree in the United States.
After graduating from Boston University, Blackwell began working for her parent's paper Woman's Journal and took over primary editing responsibility after the death of her mother in 1893. In 1890 she was instrumental in reuniting the two competing American suffrage groups, the AWSA and the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) into the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA).
She was also a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, founded the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom, and was heavily involved in humanitarian work in Armenia. Blackwell died in 1950 at the age of 92.