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A advertisements
testimonial, 19th century, (73)17
Aitcheson, John, (73)134
Anderson, John, (73)140
architectural styles
Italianate, (73)26, (73)26
Atkinson, Miss, (1944 nurse), (73)87
Atwater-Hallatt, Rosanne, (73)22–37
automobiles
J. and J. Livingston, Baden, (73)47
Ayr Curling Club
(A) Agnes Reist, (73)133–140
B
bake oven, (73)27
Ballantyne, Thomas, (73)77
bands and musical groups
Elmira
1944 Rhythm Band, (73)67
Concordia Cornet Band, (73)125
Elmira Musical Society “EMS”, (73)121, (73)123, (73)125–128
Grimes Radio Quartet, (73)130
Happy Cousins Concert Company, The, (73)130
Menno Singers, (73)131
Mennonite Mass Choir, (73)131
performance fees, 1889, (73)125
Rainbow Boys, The, (73)130
Bast, John, (73)111
Beck, Adam, (73)46, (73)78
Beck, Jacob, (73)46, (73)78
Becker, Conrad D., (73)111
Bender, Adam, (73)115
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Bendler, Herman, (73)63
Berdux, Ferdinand, (73)111–112
Berdux, George, (73)112
Berg, Chris, (73)112
Bernhardt, Mayor Peter, Preston, (73)77
Bettschen, Gottlieb, (73)50–51
Bettschen, Jacob, (73)50
Bingham, Dr George Washington, G.W., (73)18
Blair, Village of
electric light commission, first, (73)77
Blind Printer of St Jacobs, The
(A) William A. Schmidt, (73)141–144
Boegel, John, (73)111
Bott, Christina (Braendle), (73)35
Bott, Jacob, (73)35
Bowers, Samuel, (73)58
Bowman Spring Creek, Blair
sawmill, first waterpowered, (73)71
Bowman, Abraham M., (73)121
Bowman, Daniel M., (73)81
Bowman, Jacob, (73)61
Bowman, Joseph
sawmill, (73)71
Bowman, Samuel
flour mill
electrified, (73)71
fire, 1928, (73)71
Sheave Tower, (73)71–73
Bowman, Samuel B.
estate of, (73)24–25
Braendle Cider Mill, Heidelberg, (73)22–37
Braendle Cider Mill: Heidelberg, Ontario, The
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(A) Rosanne Atwater-Hallatt, (73)22–37
Braendle-Zinkann, Lauretta, (73)25, (73)32
Braendle, Catharina, (73)35
Braendle, Christina, (73)35
Braendle, Elmer, (73)33
Braendle, Frederick, (73)35
Braendle, Frederique
aka Frederica; Fredericka, (73)35
Braendle, Hannah, (73)35
Braendle, Henry, (73)35
Braendle, Jacob, (73)24, (73)35
Braendle, John Senior, (73)22–24, (73)35
Braendle, John Jr, (73)35
Braendle, Levi, aka Levy, (73)35
Braendle, Mary Ann, (73)35
Braendle, Moses, (73)25, (73)35
Braendle, Rebecca (Stricker), (73)35
Braendle, Samuel, (73)35
Braendle, Sarah, (73)35
Braendle, Sophia, (73)35
Bramm, John, (73)63
Brenner, Joe, (73)115
bridge
covered wooden, (73)71
Brown, David, (73)140
Brown, W.C., (Elmira band leader 1938), (73)128
Brox’s Olde Town Village, Elmira, (73)120
Brubacher, Israel, (73)129
Brubacher, Tobias, (73)132
Buchanan, Alexander, (73)108
Bugg, James, (73)112
butchering
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license to practice, (73)110–111
C Campbell, Dr A.D., (73)17–21
Carruthers, William, (73)134
Castle Kilbride
trompe l’oeil, (73)39–42
Castle Kilbride
(A) Michael Longo, (73)38–48
Castle Kilbride, Baden, (73)38–42, (73)48
Caufield, Dr J.H., (Ayr dentist), (73)140
Caw, Dr David, (73)17–18
Caw, Dr William, (73)17
Churches
Baptist, Free Will, (73)91, (73)93
Baptist, Grand River North Assoc, (73)92
Baptist, Regular, (73)91–93
Churches, Baden
Livingston Presbyterian
founding of, (73)47
Churches, Elmira
St James Lutheran
organ, (73)128
St Paul’s Lutheran, (73)125
Churches, Wellesley Township
Wellesley Baptist, (73)91
expenses, 1870-1874, (73)95
membership, 1863-1877, (73)95
Missionary Enterprises, (73)93–94
parsonage, (73)92
cider drinking
annual consumption, 19th century, (73)32
prohibition, and, (73)33–34
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unsafe water, and, (73)27
cider making
apple varieties, and, (73)32, (73)37
grape press, and, (73)28–31, (73)34, (73)37
horse-mill, (73)24
production costs, c1880, (73)32
production of, (73)30
cider mills
Wellesley Township, (73)22–37
Clarke, Hon Thomas, (73)56
Clemens, Alvin, (73)51
Clemens, Anna B., (73)25
Clemens, Dr, (Wellesley c1880), (73)108
Clemens, Joseph Unger, J.U., (73)51
Cline, Rev W.H., (73)93
Cochrane, John, (73)134, (73)140
Cochrane, Robert, (73)134, (73)140
Colosky, Catharine, (73)58
Compas, Joseph, (73)112
Conrad, Emmanuel, (73)119, (73)121
Constant, Earl, (73)67
Cook, Verda, (73)49
cordwood. See firewood
Crane, James F., (73)67
Cressman, Josiah, (73)129
Crime in Waterloo County 1865-1867
(A) Duncan Urquhart, (73)4–16
crime, Waterloo Co
1876-1867, (73)4–16
Irish statistics high, (73)5-6
curling
ponds and lakes, on, (73)133
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curling teams
Ayr Curling Club, (73)133–140
D Dack, Rev David, (73)91-92, (73)94
Dahmer, John, (73)68
Dahmer, Russell, (73)68
Dalrymple, Gordon S., (73)140
Davidson, Cam, (73)136
Davis, Clarence W., (73)140
Davis, E.W., (Preston c1904), (73)77
Dehler, A., (St Clements merchant 1914), (73)112
Devitt, Albert W., A.W., (73)124
Dickson, Hon William, Senior, (73)56
Diefenbaker, Christian, C.C., aka Diefenbacher, (73)116
Diefenbaker, Leo, aka Diefenbacher, (73)116
Dog Days and Summer Complaints
(A) Vonnie Haner y, (73)108–118
Dunke Block, Elmira, (73)127
DW&W News, The
(A) Marjorie Kohli, (73)66–70
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E&E Seegmiller Ltd
aggregate pit, Wellesley Township, (73)34
Eastback, Adam, (73)108
Eberwein-Braendle, Barbara Rosina, (73)22–23, (73)35
Eby, Christian, (73)63
Eby, Edgar, (73)81, (73)83
Eby, Susannah (Detweiler), (73)81
Eby, William, (73)80
Eby, William K., (73)81
Einwechter, Lorne, (73)49
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electricity
homes, in, c1890, (73)75
Elliott, Andrew, (73)54
Elliott, Elspeth (Ramsay), (73)52
Elliott, Hugh C., (73)56
Elliott, Mary, (73)54
Elliott, William III, (73)54, (73)56
Elliott, William S., Senior,
home (Inglewood Farm), North Dumfries, (73)52
Elliotts and Inglewood Farm, The
(A) John P. Shewchuk, (73)52–56
Ellis, Bruce, (73)70
Elmira Milling Company, (73)123, (73)127
Elmira Musical Society Band, (73)125–128
emancipation celebration, Elmira
1886, (73)124
Emporium, New Dundee, (73)49–51
Erb, John, (73)71
Esbaugh, Leo, (73)112
F
Faber, Andrew, (73)83
farm
work day, c1900, (73)84
farm produce
cost of, 1855, (73)58
farmhouses
stone, (73)52–56
Fenians
threat by, (73)135
Fenwick, James, (73)73–75, (73)77–79
firewood
cost of, 1858, (73)58
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rail car fuel, as, (73)58
Fish, Robert Young, R.Y., (73)112
flax
harvest of, 19th c, (73)45
Forbes, Robert, (73)66
Ford, Bruce, (73)136
Ford, Henry
Berlin, visit to, (73)47
Ford, John, (73)52
Forler, Jacob, (73)111
foundries, Ayr
John Watson Manufacturing (73)134
Fowler, Mike
LACAC designation plaque, (73)48-49
G gaol, Waterloo County, aka jail
registers, 1865-1867, (73)4, (73)16
Germanic Society, Elmira, (73)128
Gies, Glasius, (73)111
Glaister, Dr William, (73)112, (73)114, (73)116
Goldie, John, (73)140
Goodfellow, John, (73)134
Gremm, Henry, (73)112
Guggisberg, Walter, (73)73
H Hahn, Russel, (73)115
Hall, Alex, (73)140
Hall, Robert, (73)134
Hall, William Jr, (73)134
Hall, William Senior, (73)134
Haner y, Vonnie, (73)108–118
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Harry Hamacher Carriage Shop, Preston, (73)73
Harvey, Ben, (73)67
Henderson, Richard, (73)134
Henry, Robert, (73)67
Hergott, Joseph, (73)111
Herz, Amandus, aka Hertz, Amandus, (73)122, (73)128
Hespeler, Jacob, (73)66
Hewer Concert Company, (73)127
Highton, Elsie, (73)67
Hilborne, William, aka Hilborn, (73)134
Hill, Lou, (73)49–51
Hillyard, Thomas, (73)115
Hodges, Tom, (73)67
Hoffman, John, (73)61
Homuth, Otto, (73)75
Hortop, James, (73)73
hospitalization
recollection of, 1944, (73)87–88
recollection of, 1956, (73)89
Hostetler, Henry, (73)113
Hotels, Elmira
Anglo-American, (73)121
fire, 1898, (73)120
Steddick, (73)119, (73)127
Union
fire, 1898, (73)120
Vogt’s Hall, (73)128
Hotels, Heidelberg
E. Doerr’s, (73)115
Husband, William, (73)73
Hutchings, Fred, (73)66
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I infectious diseases
cholera, 1893, (73)110
diphtheria immunization, 1900, (73)115
diphtheria, 1886-1891, (73)109–110, (73)115, (73)117
quarantine, (73)115
sewage systems, and, (73)113
smallpox, c1888
immunization, (73)114–116
typhoid, 1886, (73)108–109, (73)113
Ingles, Rev Walter, (73)134
Ireland, Urquhart, (73)66
J J. and J. Livingston, Baden, (73)46
Jackson, Stan, (73)67
Jaffray, George, (73)108
Johannes, Jim, (73)79
John Hoffman Furniture, Berlin (73)63
Johnston, Frank, (73)66–67
Joseph Schneider Sawmill Operations 1848-1859
(A) Gary K. Waite, (73)57–65
Jubilee Block, New Dundee, (73)49–51
K Kaiser, William, (73)124–125, (73)128
Kappas, Conrad, (73)115
Kavelman, Herman, (73)49, (73)51
Kelterborn, August, (73)111
Kelterborn, Harry, (73)112
Kirkwood Property, Blair
power generation at, (73)74, (73)77, (73)79
Klinck, George, (73)125
Kohli, Marjorie, (73)66–70
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Kriesel, Jacob, (73)51
Kroetsch, J.L., (Wellesley Twp clerk 1884), (73)108
Kyle, Jean, (73)140
L Lamb, Kathryn Hansuld, (73)96–107
Lamb, Ronald, (73)68
land grants
lottery, by, (73)23–24
land, price of
acre, 1816, (73)52, (73)56
Lang, Dominik, (73)58
Lang, Rheinhold, (73)63
Lantz, Chris, (73)111
Leis, Dan, (73)111
Lenhard, John, (73)111
Lenz, Fred, (73)131
Lewis, Ted, (73)51
Lincoln’s Death Has Repercussions in Ayr
(A) Dr A.D. Campbell, (73)17–21
Lindhorst, Ronald, (73)68
literacy
crime, c1865, and, (73)8
Livingston Flax and Linseed Mill, Baden, (73)45
company slogan, (73)46
Livingston, Barbara (Bright), (73)42
Livingston, Harry, (73)48
Livingston, James, (73)39, (73)42
business interests, (73)45–47
personal life, (73)47
political career, (73)47
Livingston, John, (73)42, (73)44, (73)46
Livingston, John Peter, (73)48
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Livingston, Louise (Liersch), (73)47
Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC)
Wilmot designation plaque, (73)48-49
Woolwich, (73)123
Logel, C., (Wellesley Twp 1907), (73)115
Long, Carl, (73)58
Longo, Michael D., (73)38–48
Luft, H., (Wellesley merchant 1900), (73)111
M
Maeder, Roland E., (73)140
Matheson, Andrew, (73)134
Manson, Hendry, (73)134
Martin, Abner, (73)131
Martin, Amanda (Eby), (73)80–81
Martin, Amos A., (73)116
Martin, Barbara (Snyder), (73)80, (73)85–87, (73)89–90
Martin, Elizabeth “Lizzie”, (73)81
Martin, John, (73)111
Martin, Leah, (73)81
Martin, Mary Ann, (73)81
Martin, Menno, (73)81, (73)84
Martin, Peter P., (73)112
Martin, Simeon Eby, (73)80–90
Christian beliefs, (73)85-87, (73)90
Martin, Rev Tobias, (73)80–81, (73)84
Masterson, Jean, (73)67
Mattel, A., (St Clements butcher 1900), (73)111
McCall, Rev D., (Wellesley Baptist 1870s), (73)93
McCrone, James, (73)134
McDonald, Emerson, (73)140
McDonald, Mary Margaret “M.M.”, (73)91–95
McDonald, Peter, (73)140
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McEachern, Dr Donald, (73)114
McKeig, George, (73)67
McKinley, William, (73)108
McLaughlin, Alec, (73)67–68
McLaughlin, Bruce, (73)67–68
McLaughlin, Kenneth, (not the historian), (73)67
Medicine
quacks
James Budd Merritt, (73)17-21
Meggs, Edward, E., (Ayr), (73)140
Meldrum, Will, (73)137, (73) 139
Mennonites
Old Order
singing, and, (73)129
Merner, Samuel, (73)47
Merritt, James Budd
Abraham Lincoln, and, (73)17–21
Mertz, John, (73)111
Meyer, Casper, (73)111
Meyer, John, (73)111
Meyer, Will, (73)111
Mickler, Jacob, (73)77
Mickus, Albert, (73)111
Milatz, Fred, (73)73–75, (73)77
Miller, Jabez, (73)108
Miller, John, (73)111
Milne, Rev Walter, (73)91, (73)94
missionaries
China, in, (73)96–107
Mitchell, Bob, (73)136
Mitchell, George, (73)136
Mogk, Levi, (73)112
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Moore, Dr, (Wellesley Twp), (73)114
Morton, Dr William, (73)108–110, (73)114, (73)117–118
Moses, Aurelius, A., (73)121
Mulhern, Rev D., (73)92
Munn, Mr, (Wellesley Twp agent), (73)112
Murray, W. Stewart, (73)140
Musical Merriment in Elmira
(A) Bertha K. Thompson, (73)119–132
Muth, Mrs, (Elmira late 19th century), (73)127
N
Neisch, Henry, (73)112
New Dundee Store is Designated
(A) Miriam Sararus, (73)49–51
Newspapers, Berlin
Berliner Journal
apprenticeship at, c1886, (73)141
Nightingale, Ed, (73)67
Northrup, Charles, (73)92-94
O Olhaeser, Francis, (73)24
orchards, apple
Wellesley Township, (73)24, (73)36
Ottman, Charles F., (73)113
P
Page, Alvin, (73)140
Parks, Elmira
Gore
bandstand, (73)119–121, (73)123
ice cream social, (73)127
street dance, 1924, (73)128
Parsons, Albert, (73)68
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Patterson, Nancy-Lou, (73)80–90
Pattinson, George, (73)77
Pearce, Thomas, (73)83
Perine Brothers mill, Baden, (73)44
Perine, Joseph S., J.S., (73)42
Perine, Moses Billing, M.B., (73)42
Petch, John, (73)111
Philip, George O. “Pop”, (73)128
Pollock, David, (73)112
potash production
ashery, (73)60
Power Firsts in the Preston Area
William A. Schmidt, (73)71–79
Preston Fire Brigade
wages, c1893, (73)75
Preston, Village of
community dances, and, (73)73
electricity, water powered, (73)74
electrification of, (73)71–79
naming of, 1837, (73)73
population, c1890, (73)73
street lights, (73)73–75, (73)77
Pringle, William, (73)134
R Railways, Elmira
Grand Trunk (GTR)
inauguration of, (73)119, (73)125
Randall, Barbara, (73)81
Rannie, John, (73)108–109
Ratz, Mayor Henry E., H.E., (73)113
Reid, John A., (73)140
Reid, John Q., (73)140
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Reid, Walter I., (73)140
Reidel, John, (73)111
Reiner, John George, J.G., (73)111
Reist, Agnes, (73)140
Reist, Agnes, (73)133–140
Reist, George, (73)140
Reliance Electric Light Company, Preston, (73)73
religious belief
baptism, 1876, (73)93
Rennick, Robert, (73)134
Restorff, Henry, (73)128
Riedstra, Dick, (73)131
Riedstra, Maria, (73)131
Risk Property, Blair
power generation at, (73)74, (73)79
Ritter, Philip, (73)111
Roe, John, (73)109
Royal Bank, Elmira, (73)119–120
Runimen, Samuel, (73)57, (73)65
Ruppel, John H., J.H., (73)121
S Sararus, Brian, (73)50
Sararus, Lynn, (73)50
Sararus, Miriam, (73)49–51
sawmills
pollution from, 1887, (73)112
sawmills, Waterloo Township
Abraham Shoemaker, (73)57
Jacob Y. Shantz, (73)57
Joseph E. Schneider, (73)57–65
S. Bower, (73)58
Samuel Runimen, (73)57
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Simpson and Aldous, (73)57
waterpowered, (73)57
Schaefer, Edward, (73)142
Schasstein, H., (Kilbride muralist), (73)39
Schaub, Michael, M., (73)113
Schearer Plant, Blair, (73)77, (73)79
Schearer, John, (73)74–75, (73)77
Scheffner, Jonas, (73)112
Schmidt and Schaefer, St Jacobs, (73)142
Schmidt, Albert, (73)141
Schmidt, Amelia (Everding), (73)141
Schmidt, Conrad Heinrich, (73)141–142
Schmidt, Egbert, (73)142
Schmidt, Ellanora (Steen), (73)142, (73)144
Schmidt, Ethel, (73)142
Schmidt, Fred, (73)141
Schmidt, George, (73)141
Schmidt, Gertrude, (73)142
Schmidt, John Theodore “Theo”, (73)141–144
Schmidt, Julia Anne (Doerbecker), (73)141
Schmidt, O., (Elmira musician 1908), (73)125
Schmidt, Theodora, (73)141
Schmidt, William A., (73)71–79, (73)141–144
Schneider, David, (73)58
Schneider, Joseph E.
annual income, 1848-1859, (73)57
religious beliefs and commercial activity, (73)61, (73)63–64
sawmill, (73)57–65
account book, (73)61, (73)65
Schneider, Joseph Senior, (73)61
Schneider, Louisa, (73)58, (73)60
Schneider, Samuel, (73)64
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Schofield, Jonathon, (73)66
schools
English required in, c1900, (73)81, (73)83
Schools, St Clements
SS#10
smallpox inspection, 1904, (73)115
schools, Wellesley
privies
infectious diseases, and, (73)112
school wells
infectious diseases, and, (73)110–112
Schumaker and Hehn, Elmira, (73)127
Scott, David, (73)49
Scott, Harry, (73)68
Scott, William, (Ayr resident, b 1860), (73)133-134
Seip, George, (73)63
settlers, Waterloo Township
health and welfare of, c1850, (73)108–118
Shantz, Jacob Y., (73)57
Shantz, Ralph, (73)49
Shepherd, Alex, (73)134
Shewchuk, John P., (73)52–56
Shinglebridge, Blair
bridge, covered, (73)71
Shoemaker, Abraham, (73)57
shoemaking, 19th century, (73)24, (73)27
Shurly, Fred, (73)121
Sim, James, (73)94, (73)108
Simeon Eby Martin (1892-1984)
(A) Nancy-Lou Patterson, (73)80–90
Simmen, Elmer, (73)67
Simpson, Tricia, (73)49
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Simpson, William, (73)49
singing schools, Elmira, (73)129
sleigh rides
curling matches, to, (73)137
Small, Loren, (73)68
Smith, Eliza, (73)96, (73)103
Smith, Eva Maria, (73)96
Smith, Frederick, (73)96
Smith, George M., (73)96
Smith, Henrietta (Mallett), (73)96, (73)102–103
Smith, Henrietta Ann “Annie”, (73)96–101
Smith, Henry R., (73)96, (73)103
Smith, James H., (73)96, (73)103
Smith, Mabel, (73)96
Smith, Margaret Elizabeth, “Maggie”, (73)96, (73)100–107
Smith, William C., (73)96, (73)103
Smith, William H., (73)96
Soehner, Fred, (73)84
softball teams
The Toppers, Hespeler, (73)67
St Jacobs Printery, (73)142-144
Stroh, John, (73)109
Surrat, John, (73)18
T T&T Press, Hespeler, (73)66
Tabbert, Chris, (73)111
temperance
crime, c1865, and, (73)8–9, (73)13
textile mills, Hespeler
Dominion Woollens & Worsteds Ltd (DW&W)
DW&W News, (73)66–70
women workers recruited, (73)66
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R. Forbes Co., (73)66
Randall/Farr, (73)66
Thompson, Bertha K., (73)119–132
Thompson, Dr Arthur Septunus, (73)115
Travers, Reg, (73)66
U Unger, John, (73)68
Urquhart, Duncan, (73)4–16
Uttley, William Valores, W.V., “Ben”, (73)61
V vagrancy
c1865, (73)9
Vardon, Dr Thomas Wyre, (73)108
Varnum, Phineas, (73)61
Veitch, Dr, (Wellesley 1890s), (73)109
Veitch, Harris, (73)48
Veitch, Laura Louise (Livingston), (73)48
Veitchcroft Gallery, Baden, (73)48
Victoria Day
Elmira, 1892, (73)125–127
Vogt, Augustus, (73)128
Vogt, George, (73)128
Vogt, Oscar, (73)121
Voll, John, (73)115
W
wages
labourers, 1848-1959, (73)59
masons, 1848-1959, (73)59
unskilled labour, 1848-1959, (73)59
women’s wages, 1848-1959, (73)59
Waite, Gary K., (73)57–65
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Wake, Mayor George Edward, “Ted”
T&T Press, (73)66
Walker, David, (73)134
Walter, Ferdinand, (73)108
Waterloo County Hall of Fame
James Livingston, (73)47
Waterloo County Supplies Cooperative, Baden, (73)46
Waterloo Historical Society (WHS)
Sheave Tower restoration, Preston, (73)73
Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance (73)47
Waterloo, County of
immigrant communities and crime, 19th century, (73)4–6, (73)13
population of, 1861, (73)4
Watson, Homer Ransford
James Livingston, and, (73)48
Watson, John, (73)134
Watson, William D., (73)134
Weber, Aaron, (73)129
Weber, Christian, (73)25
Weber, John, (73)37
Weber, Menno L. M.L., (1856-1938), (73)125
Weber, Michael, (73)37
Weichel, Mike, (73)125
Wellesley Baptist Church
(A) Mary Margaret “M.M.” McDonald, (73)91–95
Wellesley Cider Mill, (73)32
Wenzel, Helen, (73)66
Werlich Company, Preston, (73)78
Wey, Peter D., (73)115
Whitson, Thomas, (73)134
Wilmot Masonic Lodge 318, (73)47
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Wilmot Missionaries Die in China
(A) Kathryn Hansuld Lamb, (73)96–107
Winger, Amasa, (73)125
Winger, David, (73)108
Winkler, Heinrich, (73)35–36
Wolfe, Elsie, (73)34
Wolfe, Frederick, (73)34
Woollen Workers’ Union, Hespeler
founding of, (73)70
Woolner, Ward, (73)137–140
World War II
mail delivery to servicemen, (73)69
soldiers and newsletters from employers at home, (73)66–70
women workers recruited, (73)66
World War II (WWII)
active service, and, (73)66
Wylie, John, (73)140
Y
Young, Dr, (Strathroy), (73)90
Z
Zilliax, Henry, (73)121
Zimmerman, Henry, (73)115
Zinkann, John, (73)111
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