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    Gerhard Brunzema

    Gerhard (Friedrich) Brunzema. Organ manufacturer, b Emden, Germany, 6 Jul 1927, d Fergus, Ont 7 Apr 1992. He grew up in Menden, an industrial community on the Ruhr river, and apprenticed and worked as a journeyman organ builder 1948-52 for Paul Ott in Göttingen.

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    Gerhard Heintzman Co.

    Gerhard Heintzman Co. Toronto piano manufacturers. Gerhard Heintzman (b Hanover 6 Oct 1845, d Toronto 8 Oct 1926), a nephew of Theodore Heintzman, moved in 1860 to the USA and in 1867 to Toronto.

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    Gerhard Wuensch

    Gerhard (Joseph) Wuensch. Composer, musicologist, pianist, b Vienna (or Klosterneuburg, Austria?) 23 Dec 1925, naturalized Canadian 18 Dec 1980, d London, Ont 8 Jun 2007; Ph D musicology (Vienna) 1950, Artist Diplomas piano and composition (Academy of Music, Vienna) 1952.

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    Geri Hall

    Geri Hall, actor, writer (born at Oakville, Ont 2 May 1972). Geri Hall began her career as an actor in 1998 when she enrolled in Toronto's famed Second City workshop classes and became a member of that troupe's touring company before a promotion to the main stage in 1999.

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    Germain Houde

    Germain Houde. Actor. (Petit Saguenay QC, 14 December 1952 - ) With a career spanning continuously more than 30 years on stage and screen, this excellent actor has created exciting characters that have had strong impact on the imaginations of his broad audience.

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    Germaine Bruyère

    (Marie Anne) Germaine Bruyère, soprano (born 20 September 1905 in Montreal, QC; died 8 June 2002).

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    Germaine Guèvremont

    Germaine Guèvremont, née Marianne-Germaine Grignon, writer (born 16 April 1893 in Saint-Jérôme, QC; died 21 August 1968 in Montréal, QC). 

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    Germaine Malépart

    Germaine Malépart. Pianist, teacher, b St-Vincent-de-Paul (now Laval), near Montreal, 7 Jul 1898, d Montreal 19 Apr 1963. She began studying piano at 7 with Arthur Letondal and made her debut at 13 at the Ladies' Morning Musical Club in Montreal.

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    German Furniture

    Furniture of Germanic derivation has come to Canada as a result of emigration from Germany and from Pennsylvania (see GERMANS). Traditional German furniture in Europe evolved over several centuries to serve the needs of ordinary, primarily rural, people.

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    German Writing

    German Canadians, Canada's third-largest ethnic group, hail from a variety of national and cultural backgrounds: German, Austrian, Swiss, Mennonite and others.

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    German Music in Canada

    In 1986 Canadians of German descent formed the fifth largest ethnic group in Canada - after French, English, Scottish, and Irish. In 1986 the figure was approximately 900,000 of German origin and an estimated 1,700,000 with German-speaking ancestors from various parts of Europe.

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    Gerry Boulet

    Joseph Gaétan Robert Gérald Boulet, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist (born 1 March 1946 in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC; died 18 July 1990 in Longueuil, QC).

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    Gerry Dee

    Gerard Francis Donoghue, comedian, actor, author (born 31 December 1968 in Scarborough, ON). 

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    Gershon Iskowitz

    Gershon Iskowitz, painter (born 24 November 1919 in Kielce, Poland; died 26 January 1988 in Toronto, ON).

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    Gertrude Huntly Green

    Gertrude Huntly Green (b Huntley, m Green, m Durand). Pianist, teacher, b St Thomas, Ont, July 1889, d Victoria, BC,10 Jan 1987. During her career she spelled her family name Huntley and Huntly.

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