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

Esther "Hettie" Kraft

Female 1868 - 1937  (69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Esther "Hettie" Kraft was born 21 Aug 1868, , Ontario, Canada (daughter of Kraft and Mary Snyder); died 2 Oct 1937; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Esther "Hettie" Eby
    • Name: Esther Snyder
    • Name: Hettie Kraft
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2623.1
    • Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1921, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite Brethren in Christ

    Esther married Moses E. Eby Mar 1890. Moses (son of David E. Eby and Leah Eby) was born 25 Mar 1864, Maryborough Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; died 17 Sep 1943; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Leah Eby was born 20 Sep 1893, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Edna Eby was born 30 Jul 1895, , Ontario, Canada; died 14 Apr 1929, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joy Eby was born 1 Aug 1897, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    4. Melissa Eby was born 6 Sep 1899; died 28 Jul 1900; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. David Eby was born 21 Oct 1900, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1914, Lexington (Waterloo City), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Alvin Eby was born Mar 1903, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Clayton Eby was born 11 Oct 1904, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Oct 1957, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Mary Eby was born Apr 1908, , Ontario, Canada; died 1990; was buried , Eden Mills Cemetery, Eden Mills, Wellington Co, Ontario.
    9. Dilman Eby was born 1910, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. Moses Eby was born May 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Kraft was born Abt 1847; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-9962

    Mary Snyder. Mary (daughter of Moses B. Snyder and Elizabeth Wismer) was born 28 Nov 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Snyder was born 28 Nov 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Moses B. Snyder and Elizabeth Wismer); died 19 Jul 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Shantz
    • Name: Mary Snyder
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6194
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1911, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Children:
    1. 1. Esther "Hettie" Kraft was born 21 Aug 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1937; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Moses B. Snyder was born 12 Mar 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Jacob J. Snider and Mary W. Bauman); died 16 Feb 1868, East Of Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Feb 1868, Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6193
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Moses B. Snyder, "was born March 12th, 1826. On March 16th, 1847, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Henry and Mary (Cressman) Wismer. She was born March 28th, 1824. Some time after their marriage they moved a little east of Bloomingdale, on the farm now possessed by their son Amos, where he died of fever, February 16th, 1868."


    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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    On the 16th of Feb., in Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada, Bro. Moses Snyder, aged 41 years, 11 months, and 4 days. He was buried on the 19th at Snyder's burying-ground, where appropriate discourses were delivered by the brethren Joseph Hegy and Enoch Detweiler, from Rev. 20: 6 "Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection, on such the second death hath no power." His disease was consumption. He departed cheerfully to meet his Savior.


    Herald of Truth - Volume V, Number 3 - March, 1868, page 47

    Moses married Elizabeth Wismer 16 Mar 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Henry Wismer, Sr. and Mary Cressman) was born 28 Mar 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 7.  Elizabeth Wismer was born 28 Mar 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Henry Wismer, Sr. and Mary Cressman); died 21 Apr 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Snyder
    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8201
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Charwoman
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Wismer, "was born March 28th, 1824. On March 16th, 1847, she was married to Moses B. Snyder who was born March 12th, 1826, and died February 16th, 1868. To them were born nine children"


    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.].

    Children:
    1. 3. Mary Snyder was born 28 Nov 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Jul 1930; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Amos W. Snyder was born 16 Apr 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Mar 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Henry W. Snyder was born 11 Feb 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Mar 1923, Blackman, Jackson, Michigan; was buried , Odd Fellows Cemetery, Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States.
    4. Abraham W. Snyder was born 19 Dec 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jan 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Magdalena Snyder was born 4 May 1854, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1915, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Jacob Snyder was born 1856, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    7. Jacob W. Snyder was born 4 May 1856, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1915, , Michigan, USA; was buried , Mennonite Cemetery, Bowne, Ionia, Michigan.
    8. Ephraim W. Snyder was born 5 Mar 1858, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1903, Barton Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Isaac W. Snyder was born 5 Mar 1858; died 26 Dec 1908, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , New Hope Cemetery, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Menno W. Snyder was born 6 Oct 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Katie Snyder was born 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    12. Esther Snyder was born 1868, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Jacob J. Snider was born 15 Jan 1794, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Yost Schneider and Maria "Mary" Erb); died 23 Oct 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Jacob J. Schneider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6180
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob Snyder Jr., was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, January 15th, 1794. He was twelve years of age when his parents moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, near Bloomingdale, where young Jacob was raised. In February, 1818, he was married to Mary Baumann (No. 51) who was born May 25th, 1794, and died March 12th, 1826. Some time after the deceased of his first wife he was again married to Magdalena Baumann (No. 53), sister to his first wife. Soon after his married he moved on the farm now possessed by Rev. Menno B. Bowman where he resided until his death which took place October 3rd, 1862. His family consisted of ten children, of whom six were born unto his first wife."


    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.].

    Jacob married Mary W. Bauman Feb 1818. Mary (daughter of Christian Bauman and Magdalena Weber) was born 25 May 1794, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Mar 1826, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Mary W. Bauman was born 25 May 1794, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Christian Bauman and Magdalena Weber); died 12 Mar 1826, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary W. Snider
    • Eby ID Number: 00002-51

    Notes:

    Mary W. Baumann, "was born May 25th, 1794, and died March 12th, 1826. She was married to Jacob Schneider. Resided at Bloomingdale."

    Mary W. Baumann, ", the eldest daughter of Christian Baumann, and his wife, Magdalena Weber (See No. 49), was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, May 25th, 1794. She died at Bloomingdale, Waterloo County, March 12th, 1826. She was married to Jacob Schneider. They resided on the farm now occupied by the Rev. Menno Bowman, a few minutes walk from the Bloomingdale P. O. Their family consisted of six children"


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Isaac Snyder was born 14 Jan 1819, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Leah Snyder was born 29 Apr 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Jun 1900; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Mary Ann "Polly" Snider was born 6 May 1821, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 6 Dec 1909, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint Matthews Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, Conestogo, Woolwich, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Magdalena Snyder was born 10 Jun 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1909, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Benjamin B. Snyder was born 3 Oct 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Nov 1898; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 6. Moses B. Snyder was born 12 Mar 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1868, East Of Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Feb 1868, Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Henry Wismer, Sr. was born 10 Mar 1794, , Bucks Co., Pennsylvania (son of Joseph Wismer and Barbara Wismer); died 11 Jun 1876.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00133-8157,8163
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Old Survey Lot 10, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Henry Wismer, "was born March 10th, 1794, and died June 11th, 1876. He was married to Mary Cressman. The sixth child of Joseph and Barbara Wismer, was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, March 10th, 1794, and came to Canada in 1815. He was married to Mary, daughter of Daniel and Esther (Bechtel) Cressman. She was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, August 17th, 1792, and came to Canada with her parents in 1806. In January, 1816 (a few weeks after their marriage), they moved on their farm three miles south-east of Berlin. This farm is still known as the old 'Wismer Farm' and is at present owned by John Kercher. Here they resided until their deaths. She died July 12th, 1872, and he died June 11, 1876. They had a family of eight children"


    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.].

    Henry married Mary Cressman Jan 1815. Mary (daughter of Daniel Cressman and Esther Bechtel) was born 17 Aug 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 12 Jul 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Mary Cressman was born 17 Aug 1792, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Daniel Cressman and Esther Bechtel); died 12 Jul 1872, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Mary Wismer
    • Eby ID Number: 00028-2197
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Cressman, "the youngest child of Daniel and Elizabeth (Bechtel) Cressman, was born August 17th, 1792. She was not quite a year old when her father met his sad death. In January, 1815, she was married to Henry Wismer who was born March 10th, 1792, and died June 11th, 1876. To them were born eight children"


    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.].

    Children:
    1. Barbara Wismer was born 25 Oct 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Aug 1889, , Clinton Co., Michigan; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Abraham Wismer was born 2 Sep 1818, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Rev. Daniel Wismer was born 29 Jul 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 May 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Jacob Wismer was born 9 Jan 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Sep 1823; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 7. Elizabeth Wismer was born 28 Mar 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Apr 1909, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Esther Wismer was born 1 Jun 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Mary Wismer was born 12 Jun 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 7 Sep 1909; was buried , Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario.
    8. Rev. Henry C. Wismer was born 21 Aug 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Mar 1885, Texas.