Clara Eliza Specker^[1]

1874 - 1959  (84 years)

• Name	Clara Eliza Specker
  Born	16 Jun 1874	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  Honoured	Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario
  	Clara Conrad Hall is named in honour at Wilfried Laurier University
  Name	Clara Eliza Conrad
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Lutheran
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Music Teacher
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Lutheran
  Residence	1933	34 Young St. E., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-113894
  Died	6 Feb 1959	Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I113894	Generations
  Last Modified	9 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Cosmus Specker,   b. CALC 19 Sep 1837, , Alsace Lorraine, France ,   d. 14 Nov 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 44 years)
  Mother	Margareth "Margaret" Allemang,   b. 14 Oct 1848, Heidelberg, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Dec 1933, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F28842	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Conrad,   b. 10 Jul 1869, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1956  (Age 86 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1989	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Children	1. Gertrude Conrad,   b. 29 Mar 1905, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Margaret Elizabeth "Peggy" Conrad,   b. 27 Nov 1914, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Oct 2008, Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	10 Jun 2025
  Family ID	F185551	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  MRS. CLARA CONRAD A Waterloo resident for most of her life, Mrs. Clara. Conrad, 82, died Friday, February 6th, at the home of her daughter at 222 Poplar Plains road, Toronto, after a short illness Mrs. Conrad was noted in the Twin Cities for her activity in community work, and Conrad Hall at Waterloo College was named in her honor. She was born in Elmira, May 17, 1876. Her husband, Jacob Conrad, died in 1956. Mrs. Conrad had lived with her daughter for more than two years. She was the first president of the Women's Auxiliary of Waterloo College and had been active in the K-W Hospital Auxiliary for many years. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Waterloo, where she sang in the choir and was a member of the Women's Missionary Society. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Harold M. (Gertrude) Cowan of Toronto, and Mrs. Waldemar (Peggy) Neufeld of New Preston, Conn.; one sister, Mrs. Emma Snyder of Garden City, New York, and five grandchildren. Burial was in St. James' Cemetery, Elmira.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 014607-98. Jacob Conrad, 29, occ. Hardware Clerk, b. Waterloo, res. Waterloo, son of Jacob and Wilhelmina Married Clara Specker, 24, b. Elmira, res. Berlin, daughter of Cosmos and Margaret, Witn Otto and Louise Specker Both of Berlin, 20 July 1898 in Berlin. [S135] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1901, Waterloo (Town/Ville) D-2 Page 7. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 2 Page 7. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 41 Page 6. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Sec. 5 Page 19. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88856714/clara-eliza-conrad.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 16 Jun 1874 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Honoured - Clara Conrad Hall is named in honour at Wilfried Laurier University - - Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario Residence - Lutheran - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Music Teacher - 1901 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Lutheran - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1933 - 34 Young St. E., Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 6 Feb 1959 - Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 20 Jul 1989 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth