Bernt Vik was born in Stavanger, Norway, and died in 1999 at the age of 84. He was trained as a textile engineer-designer in Sweden. During the Second World war he was active in the Norwegian anti-Nazi resistance. He came to Canada in 1955 and was employed in a number of textile-related enterprises until retirement in the mid-1980's.

Mary Farley Sanborn was born in Manchester, New Hampshire in 1853. Sanborn received her education in Dr. Gannett's school, Boston and afterward studied vocal music with Mme. Erminie Rudersdorff. She married Fred C. Sanborn Oct. 18, 1876. In her literary career she wrote book reviews, short stories, novels and poems. She died Novovember 25, 1941.

Helen M. Bawman (nee Byers) was born in 1888. She married Sam D. Bawman, originally of Washington D.C., in 1918.

Andrew Byers was born in [1849] to John Beyer and Anna Hauenstein.

John Walter, Jr. was a Canadian politician and businessman. The eldest of four children, he was born April 10, 1892 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Caroline (nee Drier). He attended elementary school in Milwaukee and Detroit, Michigan before attending high school at the Crane Technical High School in Chicago, Illinois. He immigrated to Canada with his family in 1912 and worked alongside his father and brother as a manufacturer with the family company, John Walter & Sons. He married Olga Klehn, of Kitchener, on August 9, 1922. They lived for a time at 32 Fairview Avenue in Kitchener, Ontario.

In the 1930s Walter served first as Vice-President and later President of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F) party's Kitchener branch. He ran against and lost in the 1935 federal election to William Daum Euler. In addition to his affiliation with the C.C.F., Walter served as a Kitchener public school board trustee for nine years during the 1920s and 30s.

Walter died on April 17, 1978.

Herbert was born to Tobias and Mary Schantz on May 2, 1883 in Conestogo, Waterloo County and raised alongside his seven siblings; Orpheus Moyer Schantz, Etta Lydia Mary Schantz, Sophie Emma Schantz, Austin Tobias Schantz, Franklin Abram Schantz, Arthur Benjamin Schantz, and Florence Annie Catherine Schantz.

He attended school in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario. He enjoyed bike riding and kept a tame crow.

Herbert experienced significant health problems throughout his life. He suffered from epilepsy, a condition that worsened as he grew older.

Herbert’s health continued to decline in his twenties and he was eventually confined to the Hamilton Asylum for the Insane (also called the Ontario Hospital and later the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital) during the last three years of his life. He reportedly also developed dementia and asthma during the final two years of his life.

Herbert died on November 3, 1912.

Flemming Clarke, commonly known as Clarke, was born to Ernest S. Russell and Jenny Brown on March 8, 1903 near Palmyra, Ontario.

As a young adult, Clarke was a talented musician and taught Hawaiian guitar to a variety of pupils. In 1923, he gave guitar lessons to a young lady named Dorothy. The two developed a relationship and married on July 2, 1924 in Guelph, Ontario. The couple lived with Dorothy’s uncle Franklin Schantz in the family home at 43 Schneider Avenue, Kitchener, Ontario immediately after they wed.

During the first few years of their marriage Clarke worked in a music store in Kitchener, Ontario and continued to give guitar lessons. He taught pupils in Preston, Ontario and he also taught at the Kitchener Music Conservatory. Clarke also occasionally played music on the radio.

In 1927 Clarke accepted a position as a traffic officer with the Ontario Provincial Police. Initially, he patrolled the Toronto Exhibition area but was later stationed to Oakville on the Toronto-Hamilton Highway Two. In 1928 Clarke was stationed to Chatham, Ontario.

On February 24, 1929, Clarke and Dorothy’s first son, Donald Richard Russell, was born.

Around 1933, Clarke resigned from the Ontario Provincial Police force due to his ailing back. Clarke moved to Toronto to pursue his music career once again.

On September 14, 1935, Clarke and Dorothy’s second son, Harold Clarke Franklin Russell was born.

In Toronto, Clarke established the Artistic Recordings studio for musical groups. The studio rooms were located on the 7th floor of the Heintzman Building on Yonge Street across from Eaton’s.

On March 18, 1954 Clarke died suddenly of a bowel obstruction at Toronto’s Mount Sinai Hospital.

Harold was born to Flemming Clarke Russell and Dorothy Etta Russell (nee White) on September 14, 1935 in Kitchener, Ontario and raised alongside his brother Donald Richard Russell.

Cornelius was born to Ulrich and Gisela Sommer in Germany on July 21, 1948. In 1954, Cornelius immigrated to Canada with his parents and his sister, Angelika. Cornelius and his family settled in Georgetown, Ontario. After graduating high school, Cornelius completed a Bachelor of Arts in Toronto, Ontario.

During the 1970s, Cornelius worked and had various jobs in factories, workshops and on farms in an effort to save money so he could travel. Subsequently, he spent approximately one year travelling around Western Europe.

When Cornelius returned from his travels, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and eventually opened his own law firm in Toronto, Ontario.

Angelika was born to Ulrich and Gisela Sommer in Germany on December 8, 1949. In 1954, Angelika immigrated to Canada with her parents and her brother, Cornelius. Angelika and her family settled in Georgetown, Ontario. After graduating high school, Angelika moved to West Berlin, Germany to add the German Abitur to her Canadian high school diploma and become eligible to study at a German university. She was an excellent student and excelled at learning languages. She was fluent in German.

In the early 1970s, Angelika met and married a man named Uwe Schriever. Angelika and Uwe eventually divorced. Angelika later met and dated a man named Gunther (surname unknown).

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Angelika was involved in German politics and she supported Marxist and Communist ideologies. Angelika also trained and participated in local choirs.

Ulrich was born on November 9, 1926 likely in east Germany. He was raised on his family’s farm in Saxony, Germany. He married Gisela Höpken and together they had two children; Cornelius and Angelika. For an unknown reason, Ulrich’s father was dispossessed of the family farm. In search of a better quality of life, Ulrich immigrated to Canada along with this wife and children in 1954 and settled in Georgetown, Ontario.

In Georgetown, Ulrich initially worked as a farmhand and tried to raise chickens on his own property. Around 1960, he accepted a job working as a foreman in a small enamel factory which provided him with steady working hours and better pay.

In 1962, Ulrich and his wife purchased a house at 45 Charles Street in Georgetown, Ontario. The house featured adjoining rooms, a large basement, and backyard. On Saturday, July 21, 1962 Ulrich opened his own art gallery called Gallery House Sol. The gallery was located inside Ulrich’s home in Georgetown, Ontario.

For more than 40 years, Ulrich collected and displayed contemporary Canadian art including paintings, sculptures, prints and more in his gallery. He was a true advocate for the arts and remained a prominent figure in his local community throughout his life. Eventually, the art works owned by Gallery House Sol were donated or sold to various museums, galleries, and private collectors.

Ulrich died on April 2, 2018.

Eduard was born to Dr. Julius Wilhelm Bêtaz Höpken and Anne Lukrezia Höpken likely in Germany on September 23, 1887. Eduard had at least one brother; Friederich (Frederico) Höpken who was born April 6, 1889 and died April 8, 1970. Friederich married Alice Regina (nee Michaels) and lived in Brazil for a period of his life.

Eduard married Elisabeth on September 27, 1919 and together they had six children; Gisela, Johann, Walter, Karl, Wilhelm and Peter.

Eduard had a doctoral degree and worked as a Headmaster at a school in Germany. During World War II, he was drafted into the Volkssturmmann, a paramilitary rank of the German Volkssturm and fought against the Russians. He was relieved of duty on July 18 near Göttingen, Germany. It is not known what year he was relieved of duty. Afterwards, he was reinstated as a Headmaster in Hanover, Germany.

Eduard claimed to be a dedicated member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since the early 1930s. He restored his support for the political party after 1945 and with the conclusion of World War II.

Eduard died on January 21, 1974.

Elisabeth was born to Karl Goebel and Emilie Freudenberg likely in Germany on September 7, 1890. She married Eduard Höpken on September 27, 1919 and together they had six children; Gisela, Johann, Walter, Karl, Wilhelm and Peter.

Elisabeth died in September 1987.

Peter was born to Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken on May 9, 1930 and raised in Germany alongside his five siblings; Gisela, Johann, Walter, Karl, and Wilhelm.

After graduating from secondary school, Peter worked as an apprentice for a wholesale paper firm. Once his apprenticeship was complete, he worked as a representative for a wholesale paper firm in Hamburg, Germany. In 1960, Peter opened his own store in northwestern Hamburg, Germany on the other side of the Außenalster. He enjoyed working in retail, and especially liked customer service.

In 1959, Peter married and had two children; Hans (b.1962) and Michael (b. 1966). The name of his wife is unknown.

Peter was known to have a carefree personality. He also enjoyed playing handball.

Johann was born to Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken on January 21, 1922 and raised in Germany alongside his five siblings; Gisela, Walter, Karl, Wilhelm and Peter.

He served as an Engineer Lieutenant during World War II and never returned from a patrol in Russia in 1941. Johann's parents made several attempts to discover what happened to their son and even contacted the Red Cross after the war. However, they were unable to determine what happened to Johann and they never heard from him again. Eventually, they had Johann declared legally dead.

Walter was born to Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken on March 3, 1924 and raised in Germany alongside his five siblings; Gisela, Johann, Karl, Wilhelm and Peter.

Walter served in the Reich Labour Service during World War II until he contracted tuberculosis. Although he fully recovered from this illness, he was deemed unfit for military service. In 1942, he began studying medicine in Graz, Austria and continued his studies in Düsseldorf, Germany after the war. He wrote his state exams in 1947.

Afterwards, he accepted a position as an intern at a hospital in Lüneburg, Germany and wrote his medical exams. In 1949, Walter worked as a practical hygienist and as a scientific researcher in the area of bacteriology and virology. Later he worked as an assistant at the Medizinaluntersuchungsamt in Lüneburg and Osnabrück, Germany and then successively accepted positions at the Institute for Cellular Research and Tissue Cultivation, the Robert Koch Institute and at the Lower Saxon Medizinaluntersuchungsamt as the Chief Medical Officer after 1954. At some point, Walter also spent half a year working at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland after receiving a scholarship. Walter travelled frequently for his work and specialized in researching influenza viruses.

Sometime before 1960, Walter married a woman in Gratz, Austria and had two children; Fritz and Anne. Fritz was considered a good student and enjoyed studying German and English. He hoped to become a lecturer. Anne became a nurse and moved from Gratz, Austria to Hanover, Germany to care for her stepmother. Afterwards, Anne moved to Toronto and travelled to Canada by ship. She met a young Swiss man on the ship and they married a year later. Anne and her husband eventually moved to Switzerland. Walter's first wife's name is unknown.

In 1960, Walter married for the second time and had a son named Jens (b. 1962). His second wife's name is unknown.

It appears that Walter also had another son named Thomas (b. April 13, 1953).

Karl was born to Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken on October 2, 1926 and raised in Germany alongside his five siblings; Gisela, Johann, Walter, Wilhelm and Peter.

Karl was involved in an unknown accident when he was 2 years old and subsequently died on June 29, 1929.

Wilhelm was born to Eduard and Elisabeth Höpken on October 24, 1928 and raised in Germany alongside his five siblings; Gisela, Johann, Walter, Karl, and Peter.

Wilhelm was recruited as a secondary student to be a helper in the Luftwaffe, the German Air Force during World War II. He was involved in the German retreat from East Prussia to Berlin, Germany in 1945. He landed near Berlin, Germany and was taken to a Russian prison camp. In the prison camp, he was reportedly treated relatively well because of his young age and was shortly released. Afterwards, he worked as a manual labourer. Wilhelm met with his mother in Neuhaldensleben, Germany (now Haldensleben, Germany) in September 1945. Wilhelm and his mother then met with his brother Peter Höpken and together they all travelled to Lüneburg, Germany. They travelled to Lüneburg, Germany because Wilhelm's father was working there at the time.

Wilhelm finished his secondary school education in Lüneburg, Germany in 1948. Afterwards, he studied law in Göttingen, Germany. He wrote his exams in Celle, Germany and then accepted an articleship in Hamburg, Germany. He stayed in this articleship until he graduated from his civil servant exams in 1957. By the end of 1958, he accepted a job as a legal official with the revenue office in Hamburg, Germany. He eventually became a Senior Executive Officer with the Office of Finance for corporate bodies. He enjoyed his career and particularly like to work with large corporate bodies in trade and industry.

Wilhelm married Helga Grotefend in 1953 and together they had four daughters; Elisabeth (b. September 18, 1957), Ulrike, Stephanie (b. March 29, 1965) and Christine (b. April 20, 1966). Wilhelm was regarded as a quiet, level-headed and smart individual.

Doris Bolender was born to Reverend William Blackburn Moyer (January 24, 1892-August 5, 1955) and Olive Irene Shantz (August 11, 1893-August 18, 1981) in Kitchener, Ontario on June 17, 1922. She was raised alongside her four siblings; William Glen Moyer, Ella Mae Moyer, Marjorie Evangeline Funk (January 11, 1917-March 1, 2003), and Ruby Jane Sider (1919-February 4, 2011).

In 1945, Doris married Gordon John Bolender and together they had three children; Mark Bolender, David Bolender, and Merla Bolender.

From 1946-1960, Doris served as a nurse alongside Gordon who worked as a teacher in Nigeria with the United Missionary Society (the forerunner of EMCC World Partners).

Doris died on November 3, 2011.

Gordon was born in 1920.

In 1945, Gordon married Doris Elaine Moyer and together they had three children; Mark Bolender, David Bolender, and Merla Bolender.

From 1946-1960, Gordon worked as a teacher and Doris served as a nurse in Nigeria with the United Missionary Society (the forerunner of EMCC World Partners).

Gordon died on February 13, 2002.

Mary Ham was born to Albert William Augustine and Edna Louise Kaufman in Kitchener, Ontario on January 5, 1931. She was raised in Kitchener, Ontario alongside her three siblings; Albert Jacob Augustine, John Ross Augustine and David William Augustine.

On June 4, 1955 Mary married James Milton Ham and together they had three children; Peter Stace Ham, Mary Martha Ham, and Jane Elizabeth Ham.

John Ross Augustine was born to Albert William Augustine and Edna Louise Kaufman in Kitchener, Ontario on December 17, 1927 and was raised alongside his three siblings; Albert Jacob Augustine, David William Augustine, and Mary Caroline Augustine.

John married Annette Helene Gofton (b.October 8, 1929).

John received his MD, with Honours, from the University of Western Ontario in 1952. In 1954, he moved to Thunder Bay, Ontario to establish his own practice as a family physician. From 1956-1959, John received additional training in Toronto, Ontario and subsequently became a certified specialist in internal medicine. Afterwards, he returned to Thunder Bay, Ontario and continued to work as a physician until his retirement in 1994.

John was a leader in the health care sector both as an educator and as an activist. He was involved in many key projects and served in a variety of roles that shaped the Canadian health care system, especially in northern Ontario. For example, John was a founding member of the Thunder Bay branch of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario and helped set up the first methadone treatment outreach for addicts in the late 1980s. In addition, John helped developed the Northwestern Ontario Medical Program (NOMP) which brought medical students from McMaster Medical School to northwestern Ontario to work with local doctors and health care providers. In the late 1990s, John also worked to establish the Northern Ontario School of Medicine with campuses in Thunder Bay, Ontario and Sudbury, Ontario. It was hoped that the school would encourage more physicians to train and practice in northern Ontario and ultimately sustain a health care system up north. These are a few examples of the projects John worked on during his career. He was actively involved in many other initiatives as well.

John died on April 13, 2014.

David William Augustine was born to Albert William Augustine and Edna Louise Kaufman in Kitchener, Ontario on July 14, 1929. He had three siblings; Albert Jacob Augustine, John Ross Augustine and Mary Caroline Augustine.

David suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage and died a few days after he was born on July 18, 1929.

James Milton Ham was born in Coboconk, Ontario on September 21, 1920. He studied electrical engineering at the University of Toronto and graduated with a B.A.Sc. degree in 1943. He continued his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He graduated with his Science Masters in 1947 and his Science Doctorate in 1952.

Around 1954, James returned to the University of Toronto as an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. He became a full professor in 1959, head of the department in 1964, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering in 1966, and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies in 1976. James then served as the tenth President of the University of Toronto from 1978-1983.

James M. Ham was given several honorary degrees and public awards in recognition for his contributions to the engineering profession. In 1980, he was made an officer of the Order of Canada.

James Milton Ham married Mary Caroline Augustine on June 4, 1955 and together they had three children; Peter Stace Ham, Mary Martha Ham, and Jane Elizabeth Ham. He died of complications from Parkinson’s disease at the age of 76 on September 16, 1997.

John Patterson was a member of the Muskoka Lakes Association between 1980 and 1994 and acted as president between 1990 and 1992. John acted also as a Muskoka Lakes Association Director between 1985 and 1986 as 2nd Vice-President and Taxation. He was a member of the Canadian Coalition on Acid Rain between 1982 and 1983.

Worth Flagler Schantz was born to Orpheus Moyer Schantz and Carrie Schantz on August 20, 1902 and raised alongside his sibling Ruth Schantz.

Worth died in 1964.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (nee Moulton-Barrett) was a British poet and activist of the Victorian period. Known for her prolific output, she was one of the leading poets of her time and was a contender for Poet Laureate. She was also a campaigner for the abolition of slavery and reform in child labour laws.

Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was a British suffragist, writer, activist and political leader. Her elder sister Elizabeth Garrett Anderson was the first female doctor in England and influenced Millicent's views. Millicent, her sister and fellow suffragist Emily Davies along with others formed the Kensington Society - a group devoted to the discussion of women's suffrage. Millicent continued to be involved in the cause later becoming secretary for the London Society for Women's Suffrage. Millicent and her husband, Henry Fawcett, also published works on social and political subjects and were considered radicals in their time. Not only interested in the cause of suffrage, Millicent also campaigned for laws to curb child abuse and against gendered laws that punished sex workers for having sexually transmitted infections. Millicent became the leader of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies in 1890 and held this post until 1919, after women had been granted the right to vote. In her later life she focused on her writing until her death in 1929.

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 elected to a British school board, and finally, the first British female mayor.

Mary Somerville (nee Fairfax, formerly Greig) was a Scottish suffragist, polymath and scientist. Born to the distinguished Fairfax family Mary was largely educated at home and began studying mathematics while visiting her aunt and uncle's home. She learned Greek and Latin to be able to read the classics and eventually attended the academy opened by Alexander Nasmyth for ladies, where she began to study Euclid. Her studies took a pause when she married Samuel Grieg and had two children. Grieg did not support her academic pursuits and she didn't return to studies until her passed away in 1807. She continued to study mathematics, as well as astronomy, chemistry, geography, microscopy, electricity and magnetism and corresponded with a number of leading intellectuals of her day. In 1812 she remarried to Dr. William Somerville, who helped her in her studies of the physical sciences. The couple moved to Chelsea where Somerville worked as a mathematics tutor to Ada Lovelace. In 1826 Somerville published her first paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society. In 1831 she published her first book The Mechanism of the Heavens which was an immediate success and was used as a textbook at Cambridge. In 1835 Somerville, along with Caroline Herschel, became the first women members of the Royal Astronomical Society. She continued to publish works including hypothesizing the existence of Neptune and publishing Physical Geography, the first English textbook on the topic. In her late 80's Somerville was asked to be the first person to sign John Stuart Mill's petition for women's suffrage. Somerville died in 1872 at the age of 91.

Emily Davies was a British suffragist and activist for women's rights to attend university. Davies was friends with Elizabeth and Millicent Garrett, and helped to found to the Kensington Society along with them. She was also the editor of the English Woman's Journal. Her key area of activism was for education rights for girls and she was key in allowing women to sit official secondary school exams. After campaigning for women to be allowed to attend Cambridge, Oxford, and the University of London, she founded the first college for women in England, which would go on to become Girton College. Although the British senate did not allow to sit for higher education examinations, she continued to teach women these unofficially. In 1906 Davies headed a delegation to parliament to push for women's suffrage. Davies died in 1921.

Johanna Maria (Jeny) Lind was a Swedish opera singer who was known as the Swedish Nightingale. Lind was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music and performed across Sweden, Europe, and the United States. In 1849 at the age 29 Lind announced her retirement from opera singing. However, in 1950 P.T. Barnum invited Lind to tour the United States which she did, giving 93 large concerts. She continued to tour the US herself and donated the proceeds of her concerts to charity. For the remainder of her life she gave only occasional concerts, and worked as a professor of singing at the Royal College of Music in England.

Marie-Rosalie (Rosa) Bonheur was a French artist known for her paintings of animals and her realist style. Born to a family of artists, Rosa's mother was a pianist and her father was landscape painter Oscar-Raymond Bonheur. Three of Rosa's siblings would also go on to become artists. At the age of 12 Rosa began her training as an artist under the tutelage of father, after a series of failed attempts at school and a seamstress apprentice. She was commissioned by the French government in 1849 and this lead to her first successful work. She continued to paint primarily animals in landscapes and exhibited at places including the Chicago Worl's Fair of 1893. Queen Victoria highly admired her work and she was very popular in England. Rosa spent the majority of her life living in her home Chateau de By where she was able to keep animals. Rosa died in 1899 and is buried in Pere Lachaise Cemetery with her long term partner Nathalie Micas.

Jane Urquhart was born in 1949 in Little Long Lac, Ontario, and received her education in Toronto and Guelph. A novelist and poet, her work has been published since 1982, and includes False Shuffles (1982), The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan (1984), The Whirlpool (1986), Storm Glass (1987), Changing Heaven (1990), Away (1993) and The Underpainter (1997).

Jane Urquhart has been writer-in-residence at the University of Ottawa, at Memorial University, and most recently in 1997 at the University of Toronto. In 1997 she was awarded the Governor General's Award for Fiction for her novel The Underpainter. Prior to 1997 she had already been the recipient of several literary awards: Le Prix de Meilleure Livre Etrangere (Best Foreign Book Award), France, for The Whirlpool, 1992, The Trillium Book Award in 1993, and the Marian Engel Prize in 1994.
In 1997 Jane Urquhart received an honorary degree from the University of Waterloo.

The Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club was begun in 1933 with charter members including John Motz and J.G. Hagey. The club provided social and professional development opportunities for men engaged in the sales and advertising professions. Women were admitted into the club in the 1970's. In 2006, the Kitchener Waterloo Sales and Ad Club (then called iCON Sales & Marketing Club) decided to go on permanent hiatus.

Emmanuel Christian Gottlieb Enslin, known as Christian Enslin, was a German immigrant who arrived in British North America ca. 1830, later settling in Berlin about 1833. Enslin established a book bindery, bookstore and printing operation. He also served as editor of the Deutsche Canadier, the only German language newspaper in British North America from 1841-1848 and held numerous public offices.
Christian Enslin died on March 29, 1856. Source : Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, http://www.biographi.ca.

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