Clara Elisa Conrad

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• Name: Clara Elisa Brain
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42134
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1923, Windsor, Essex Co., Ontario, Canada; teacher

Clara married Dr Roy Gordon Brain 23 Oct 1923, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Roy (son of Alphonso Fr. Brain and Margaret Price) was born 2 Apr 1894, Georgetown, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: William Conrad
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42129
• Residence: 1861, 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
• Occupation: 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tinsmith
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Tinsmith
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1894, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; tinsmith
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Hardware M.
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Club Membership: 1912, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Saengerfest Souvenir Programme 1912

Notes:

WM. CONRAD PASSES AWAY
Waterloo's Oldest Business Man and Prominent Citizen Dies in 77^th Year.
MEMBER OF HARDWARE FIRM FOR 64 YEARS

After a successful business career of 64 years, William Conrad, aged 76, of Conrad's Hardware, oldest established business in Waterloo, passed peacefully away at the family residence, 29 Young St., Waterloo, early Wednesday morning, Oct. 31^st, after being confined to bed for a week. He had been in failing health for some months but was able to give some attention to business until several weeks ago. He was one of Waterloo's best known and public spirited citizens and for many years gave valued civic service as a member of the School Board, Town Council, Board of Trade, and other public bodies. He was a prominent Lutheran taking an active part in the work at the St. John's Church where he was a member of the board of management and choir for a long term of years. A lover of sports, he enjoyed lawn bowling, curling, hunting and fishing. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge A.F. and A.M. The funeral will take place from the residence on Friday at 2: 30 p.m. for service thence to Mount Hope cemetery for interment. The remains will rest at the funeral home of Letter & Dreisinger until Thursday noon. Rev. C. S. Roberts, pastor of the St. John's Lutheran Church, will officiate. The late William Conrad was the eldest son of the late Jacob and Mrs. Conrad, the founder of the oldest hardware company in Waterloo County. The firm established in 1857 passed to the control of William and Jacob Conrad on the death of their father. He learned the hardware business starting at the age of 13 and in 1899 on the retirement of his father, became the senior partner in the firm. He was married at Hespeler to Miss Bertha Englehardt, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis Englehardt in 1884. Their union was blessed with a family of four daughters, Misses Nelda and Edith at home, Clara, Mrs. Gordon Brain of Flint, Mich, and Lorraine, Mrs. Fred F. Hughes of Waterloo. One daughter Edna, Mrs. Musselman, died at Windsor a few years ago. Besides the widow and daughters there survive six sisters, Mrs. Conrad Huehnergard, Mrs. Elizabeth Sanderson, Mrs. Otillia Wiedenhammer and Mrs. Elias Frey all of Waterloo, and Mrs. J. Herbert Smith and Miss Caroline Conrad of Chicago and one grandchild.


Waterloo Chronicle, November 1, 1934

Wilhelm married Bertha Engelhardt 3 Feb 1884, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Bertha (daughter of Lewis Engelhardt and Amelia Remenap? Or Bemenaf) was born 23 Oct 1861, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1937; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Bertha Conrad
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42130
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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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

Notes:

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-42137
• Occupation: 1871, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Carpenter
• Occupation: 1872, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; carpenter
• Occupation: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Woolen Mill Worker
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

Lewis — Amelia Remenap? Or Bemenaf. Amelia was born 15 Mar 1833, , Germany; died 3 Jun 1894; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Amelia Engelhardt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-42833
• Residence: 1891, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43143

Philip — Elizabeth Boehmer. Elizabeth was born Abt 1810, Of, Prussia, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Elizabeth Bockmer
• Name: Elizabeth Conrad
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43144

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43145

Charles — Dora. Dora was born Abt 1805, of, Germany; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Dora Kriesel
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-43146