Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Clara Eichler

Female 1893 - 1942  (49 years)


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  • Name Clara Eichler 
    Born 1 Feb 1893  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Female 
    Name Clara Berry 
    Occupation 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Domestic - Private family 
    Residence 1911  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Lutheran 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-86176P 
    Died 2 Nov 1942  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Buried Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I86176  Generations
    Last Modified 7 Nov 2024 

    Father Bernhard "Barney" Eichler,   b. 14 Nov 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1924, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Lucy Racho,   b. 9 Aug 1869, , Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1955, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1886  New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F22357  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family John Hodgson Berry,   b. 1878, , England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Apr 1948  (Age 70 years) 
    Children 
     1. Roy Berry,   b. 1918,   d. 2002  (Age 84 years)
     2. Winnie Berry,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 12 Nov 2024 
    Family ID F42723  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Jack Berry Dies In Kitchener

      A native of New Hamburg, Mrs. John Berry, the former Clara Eichler, passed away at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital on Monday afternoon, November 2nd, in her 60th year. She had been seriously ill some time ago and went to the hospital last week for an operation from which she failed to rally.

      The late Mrs. Berry was a daughter of Mrs. Lucy Eichler and the late Bernhard Eichler. She was born in New Hamburg on February 1, 1893, and spent her girlhood days here. Following her marriage to her now bereaved husband, they moved to Kitchener where they have since resided, and where she was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.

      Besides her husband, she leaves in bereavement one son, Roy, and a daughter, Winnie, both of Kitchener, besides her mother, seven brothers, Charles, George, Edward, Ernie and Robert Eichler, New Hamburg, Julius of Ayr and Louis, Buffalo, and three sisters, Mrs. Lawrence Riehl, Mrs. Wesley Huehn, New Hamburg, and Mrs. Lorne Cossey, Shakespeare. She is also survived by two half-brothers, and three half-sisters, namely, Henry and Fred Eichler, Mrs. Geo. Racho and Mrs. Morris Miehm, New Hamburg, and Mrs. Rev. Ernst Rieck, Buffalo.

      The funeral was held on Thursday afternoon with service at the Schreiter-Sandrock Funeral Home in Kitchener, followed by interment in Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg. Rev. Dr. John Schmieder. pastor of St. Matthew's Church, was in charge of the services.

      New Hamburg Independent, November 6, 1942

  • Sources 
    1. [S307] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1901, New Hamburg (Village) E-1 Page 8.

    2. [S1054] Census - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - 1911, p. 24;.

    3. [S153] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - Riverside New Hamburg CC#4564 Internet Link.
      Berry/ In Loving Memory of/ John H. Berry/ Died Apr. 29, 1948 In His 71st Year/ His Wife/ Clara Eichler/ Died Nov. 2, 1942 In Her 50th Year/ "The Lord Is My Shepherd"

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Bernhard Eichler, 37, Teamster, b. Wilmot, res. New Hamburg, Widower, son of Michael Eichler and Christina Mueller married Lucy Rago, 17, b. Perth, res. New Hamburg, daughter of John Rago and Margaret Kaiser, Witnessed by: Mrs. C.F. Spring and Marie Eichler of New Hamburg, 5 October 1886 in New Hamburg.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Feb 1893 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Domestic - Private family - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Lutheran - 1911 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Nov 1942 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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