Patricia Beger

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-86316
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Business: 1922, 191 King St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Beger and Schaefer Druggists
• Residence: 1922, 187 Wilmot St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Beger's Drug

Notes:

Edgar Beger Dies At Windsor

A former resident of New Hamburg, Edgar Edmund Beger, died at Windsor on New Years' Day at the age of 58 years. He had been employed in the accounting department of the Chrysler Corporation of Canada in that city, where he had resided for the past 20 years. Mr. Beger was born in New Hamburg, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Robert Beger, and spent his boyhood days in this village. He attended the Toronto College of Pharmacy, and graduated as a druggist. For some years he conducted a drug store in Kitchener in partnership with Gordon Schaefer, later moving to Windsor where he was manager of a drug store until eight years ago when he became on employee of the Chrysler Corporation. He leaves his wife, the former Lillian Conrad of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Cyril Patton of Dartmouth, N.S.; Mrs. Thomas Parris of Creighton Mines, Ont., and Miss Joan Beger of London, Ont; two brothers, Bruno, of Windsor, and Arthur, New York City; three sisters, Mrs. Martin Bruer, Long Beach, Cal., Mrs. Harry Motchman, Waterloo, and Miss Erla Beger of London. The funeral will be held at Windsor this Friday afternoon, with service at First Lutheran Church, and interment in Victoria Memorial Park Cemetery.


New Hamburg Independent, January 4, 1952

Business:
Edgar Beger had the Rexall Drugs franchise in Kitchener and seemed to be running a successful business but within months of this photo he left pharmaceuticals to become a bond salesman. Soon the corner bore a Liggett's Drugstore sign and became a downtown landmark at King and Young from 1929 until the late 1940s.

Next to Beger's is the J. Preeter and Son dry goods and ladies wear shop occupying the second of Lippert's King Street storefronts. Its site became part of Liggett's within a year.<sup>1a

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Edgar — Lillian Conrad. Lillian (daughter of Charles Conrad and Louisa Seyler) was born Feb 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Lillian Beger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173758
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/246097644
• Name: E. R. Beger
• Name: Robert Beger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149076P
• Immigration: 1858, , Canada
• Immigration: 1861, , Ontario, Canada
• Naturalization: 1876
• Occupation: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Blacksmith
• Occupation: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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E. R. BEGER.

Among the long established and successful business enterprises of New Hamburg must be ranked that of Mr. E. R. Beger, carriage manufacturer. It is 38 years since Mr. Beger located as a blacksmith on the property where now stands a substantial 3 story brick factory. The main building is about 6o feet square, exclusive of the 3o x 4o foot blacksmith shop which is detached. The firm turns out about 100 vehicles of one kind and another, annually. These consist of buggies, stanhopes, traps, runabouts, cutters and sleighs and it is safe to say are not surpassed in point of beauty and durability by the output of any other Canadian firm. A thorough mastery of his business combined with a strict integrity and a disposition to give every man a square deal, constitute the corner stone upon which Mr. Beger has so well builded. lie numbers among his patrons many of the best people, not only in Waterloo County, but also in the surrounding counties and even farther afield. Indeed, so flattering has been the reception of his carriages that Mr. Beger intends to invade the West and will shortly open an agency out there. Actively associated with him is his son, Mr. R. E. Beger, who is of great assistance to his father in energetically pushins; forward a growing business. Mr. Beger has always taken an interest in public affairs and spared neither his time nor his money to advance the interests of New Hamburg. He had the honor of filling the Reeve's chair for two years, but prior to that had served at one time and another some 25 years in the Council.

Special Industrial souvenir number of New Hamburg: containing a comprehensive review of the natural advantages and resources of the village of New Hambug, 1908, Berlin Daily News, Berlin, Ontario

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E. R. BEGER

The subject of this sketch was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1837 and came to America in 1858. He saw considerable of the New World, having travelled over 27 states of the union. In 1862 he came to Hamburg and, after working several years for other parties, be commenced business for himself in 1886 in Hamburg. He is a general blacksmith by trade. His establishment is one of the largest in this section, the building bring a three-storey brick structure 40x60 feet which he has well occupied with buggies, carriages, stock, etc. In the course of a year he manufactures a large number of carriages, buggies and wagons and does a large amount of repairing. His vehicles are noted for strength and durability while at the same time they are neat and attractive. He employs from ten to twelve men, three or four of whom are constantly employed in the blacksmith shop. Is this department as well as in the wood work department Mr. Beger employs only first class mechanic, the splendid work he turns out being the proof thereof. The third story of his building was used at one time as a ball by the Oldfellows, but it is now used as storage room for stock, of which there is a large amount kept constantly on band Mr. Beger is the custodian of the repairs for the Massey Harris Company's machines, and as there are large number of these machines and implements in use in this section, to look after this business alone is no easy matter. Mr. Beger does not work at the trade now, his time being about all taken up in giving the different departments of his large establishment his personal attention.

New Hamburg, The Hub of Wilmot - Waterloo County Chronicle 18 Aug 1898, p. 2,3

Ernst married Anna "Annie" Heppler 15 Mar 1882, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of John Heppler and Magdalena "Mattie" Haas) was born 17 Jul 1859, , Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1911, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28219453
• Name: Anna "Annie" Beger
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-149077P
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Residence: 1881, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43148
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Bookkeeper, Furniture Factory
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Charles — Louisa Seyler. Louisa (daughter of John B. Seyler and Elisabeth "Lizzie" Reuber) was born Oct 1876, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Louisa Conrad
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-173756
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Shoemaker
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: 00046-3445.1
• Immigration: 1847, , Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1859
• Occupation: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1861, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist
• Retired: 1901, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

John — Magdalena "Mattie" Haas. Magdalena (daughter of Jacob Haas and Anna "Nancy" Keller) was born 30 Jan 1833, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jun 1863, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Shantz Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Magdalena "Mattie" Heppler
• Eby ID Number: 00046-3445
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Other Methodist

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Magdalena Haas, "was married to John Heppler. They resided near the Schmitt Mennonite Church, Wilmot Township, where she died some years ago. They had a family of three children, namely: Catharine, Nancy, and Martin who died some time ago."


Eby, Ezra E. (1895). A biographical history of Waterloo township and other townships of the county: being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.].

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41788
• Immigration: 1855, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Naturalization: 1865
• Elected Office: 1870, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Elected Office: 1885, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Reeve - Waterloo
• Business: 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Jacob Conrad dealer in Hardware Paints, Oils, Glass, Stoves, Etc. manufacturer of tin, coppper and sheet iron ware, hot air furnanes
• Elected Office: 1887, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mayor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tin Smith

Jacob married Wilhelmina Dorothea Louisa Kriesel 8 Apr 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Wilhelmina (daughter of Charles Kriesel and Dora) was born 28 Jan 1836, Garz An Der Oder, Preussen, Germany; died 15 May 1908, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Wilhelmina Dorothea Louisa Conrad
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-41789
• Immigration: 1858, , Canada
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Hawkesville - We are sorry to report the death of Mrs. Jacob Conrad, of Waterloo, whose death look place on Friday last at the age of 72 years. She was the mother of Mrs. Weidenhammer, who was with her during the last two weeks of her illness.

Wellesley Maple Leaf, May 21, 1908 is supplied by the Wellesley Township Heritage and Historical Society Click here to go to their website.

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MRS. J. CONRAD SR. DIED FRIDAY

Had Been III For Several Months. In Her 73rd Year.

Another of Waterloo's aged residents, passed away 2 o'clock, Friday morning, in the person of Wilhelmina Dorothea Louise Kriesel, wife of Mr. Jacob Conrad, at her home King St. north, at the age of 72 years, 3 months and 18 days. Deceased suffered a paralytic stroke in December last and was since confined to her bed. The late Mrs. Conrad was born in Gartz, on the River Oder in Prussia, Germany, January 28th, 1836 and came to Waterloo in the year 1857, where she married Mr. Jacob Conrad the following year. She was of a quiet and loving disposition and a faithful member of the St. John's Lutheran Church. A family of twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Conrad, nine of whom survive: William, Caroline, Wilheimine (Mrs. C. Huehnergard); Elizabeth (Mrs. A. E. Sanderson).; Jacob, Charles, Martha Mrs. Elias Frey); Otillia (Mrs. Fred. Weidenhammer); Hawkesville; Alma (Mrs. Herbert Smith). A brother, Mr. Wm. Kriesel, New Dundee and 13 grandchildren also survive. The funeral was held from the residence, King Street north, on Monday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, to St. John's Lutheran Church for service, thence to Mount Hope cemetery for interment. The funeral was private at the house.

Chronicle Telegraph 21 May 1908 pg 5

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-132102
• Occupation: 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saddler
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1884, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Harness Maker

John married Elisabeth "Lizzie" Reuber 29 Dec 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elisabeth (daughter of Andreas "Andrew" Reuber and Anna Gela Gies) was born 24 Sep 1853, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 7 Feb 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Jul 1900, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elisabeth "Lizzie" Kraft
• Name: Elisabeth "Lizzie" Reiber
• Name: Elisabeth "Lizzie" Seyler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-71861
• Residence: 1861, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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Death of Mrs. Krafft.

The many friends of Elizabeth Reuber, wife of Mr. Philip Krafft will be pained to hear of her death which took place shortly after 12 o'clock noon Monday at her home, Young street. Deceased had been suffering from consumption for the last year and a half which caused her death. She was twice married first to John Seyler the fruits of which union were three children, Mrs. Chas. Conrad, William and Theodore all of whom, are still living. Upon the death of Mr. Seyler she was married to Mr. Philip Krafft one of Waterloo's old and respected citizens, in 1891, and had two children by this marriage, one of whom, a six year old daughter is still living. The bereaved husband and family have the sympathy of the community. The funeral will take place from the residence on the corner of Young and Queen Sts., on Thursday, July 26th, at 2 o'clock p. m. to the Lutheran church for service, thence to Mount Hope cemetery for interment.

Waterloo Chronicle 26 Jul 1900 pg 5