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

Stanley Harper

Male 1899 - Yes, date unknown


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Stanley Harper was born 8 Oct 1899, , Ontario, Canada (son of David Harper and Mary Ann Snyder); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79183


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David Harper was born 25 Mar 1868, Fullarton Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada (son of William Harper and Janet); died 22 Apr 1955.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79181
    • Occupation: 1898, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; School Teacher
    • Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Teacher

    David married Mary Ann Snyder 27 Oct 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Benjamin S. Snyder and Sarah Shoemaker) was born 19 Feb 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1962. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Mary Ann Snyder was born 19 Feb 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Benjamin S. Snyder and Sarah Shoemaker); died 27 Oct 1962.

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    • Name: Mary Ann Harper
    • Name: Mary Olive Snider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6265
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Mary Ann Snyder, "was born February 19th, 1869. She is unmarried and resides at home with her parents."


    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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. 1. Stanley Harper was born 8 Oct 1899, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    2. Dr. Howard Harper was born 8 Oct 1899, New Dundee, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Dec 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 3 Dec 1980, Preston Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. David McPherson Harper was born 1906; died 1907; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  William Harper died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-463327

    William — Janet. Janet died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Janet died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Janet Harper
    • Eby ID Number: Waterloo-463328

    Children:
    1. 2. David Harper was born 25 Mar 1868, Fullarton Township, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada; died 22 Apr 1955.

  3. 6.  Benjamin S. Snyder was born 13 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (son of Benjamin Snyder, Sr. and Catharine G. Saltzberger); died 29 Dec 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6261
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Occupation: 1901, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

    Notes:

    Benjamin S. Snyder, "was born November 13th, 1840. On June 21st, 1863, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Abraham and Mary (Miller) Shoemaker. She was born May 9th, 1841. They reside on his father's old homestead." To them are born eleven 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.].

    Benjamin married Sarah Shoemaker 21 Jun 1863, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Sarah (daughter of Abraham D. Shoemaker and Maria "Mary" Miller) was born 9 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Sarah Shoemaker was born 9 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Abraham D. Shoemaker and Maria "Mary" Miller); died 26 Jan 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Sarah Snyder
    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7154
    • Residence: 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
    • Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Sarah Shoemaker, "was born May 9th, 1841. She was married to Benjamin Snyder, June 21st, 1863. They reside about a mile north-west of Bloomingdale, and have a family of eleven 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. Joanna Snyder was born 11 Apr 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1953; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Wellington Snider was born 6 Sep 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Aug 1934; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Eliza Jane Snyder was born 1 Mar 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Feb 1897, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Winterbourne Presbyterian Cemetery, Winterbourne, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 3. Mary Ann Snyder was born 19 Feb 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Oct 1962.
    5. Sarah Snyder was born 5 Jun 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Nov 1945, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Almina Snyder was born 3 Jul 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 19 Apr 1873, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Walter Snyder was born 1873, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    8. George Walter Snyder was born 13 Mar 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Leander Snyder was born 15 Jun 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 May 1924, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Abraham Urban Snyder was born 29 Apr 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 28 Oct 1962; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. Benjamin Alexander Snyder was born 29 Apr 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Feb 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Samuel Addison Snyder was born 30 Jun 1882, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Oct 1971, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Benjamin Snyder, Sr. was born 15 Jan 1798, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Yost Schneider and Maria "Mary" Erb); died 18 Apr 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38439571
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6230
    • 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:

    Benjamin Snyder, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, January 15th, 1798. When a lad of eight years of age his parents moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, near Bloomingdale, where he was raised. On October 21st, 1823, he was married to Catharine, daughter of John Philip and Veronica (Gingerich) Saltzberger. She was born June 1st, 1806, and died January 3rd, 1869. After his marriage he moved a little to the north of Bloomingdale where he was the owner of several hundred acres of land. He died April 18th, 1861, leaving a family of thirteen 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.].

    Benjamin married Catharine G. Saltzberger 21 Oct 1823. Catharine (daughter of John Philip Saltzberger and Veronica Gingrich) was born 1 Jul 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Jan 1869, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 13.  Catharine G. Saltzberger was born 1 Jul 1806, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of John Philip Saltzberger and Veronica Gingrich); died 3 Jan 1869, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38439475
    • Name: Catharine G. Snyder
    • Eby ID Number: 00098-5490
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Catharine Saltzberger, "was born July 1st, 1806, and died near Bloomingdale, January 3rd, 1869. She was married to Benjamin Snyder"


    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. Samuel S. Snider was born 8 Nov 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 May 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. John S. Snyder was born 24 Mar 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Apr 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Joseph Salzberger Snyder was born 27 Jun 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Mar 1910; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Veronica "Franie" "Frances" Snyder was born 17 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Oct 1895; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Peter Snyder was born 30 Jun 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1895; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Mary Ann Snyder was born 18 Oct 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1916, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Dilman Snyder was born 11 Jul 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Dec 1918, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Magdalena Snyder was born 1 Feb 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    9. Daniel S. Snyder was born 5 Dec 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 1916, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Elizabeth S. Snyder was born 6 Nov 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Dec 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    11. 6. Benjamin S. Snyder was born 13 Nov 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Dec 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Moses S. Snyder was born 24 Jul 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Sep 1920, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    13. Nancy Snyder was born 22 Nov 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 14.  Abraham D. Shoemaker was born 16 Feb 1809, Skippack Twp., Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of George Shoemaker, Sr. and Mary Detweiler); died 13 Jan 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00112-7144
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 019, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 048, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; sawmiller
    • Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer & Saw Miller
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Miller
    • Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]
    • Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; [Member of New Jersulem Religion]

    Notes:

    Abraham D. Shoemaker, "was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 16th, 1809. In May, 1829, he came to Canada with his grandfather, Jacob Shoemaker, George Bechtel and family, and his brother John's widow, old "Maricha," and her three youngest children, Magdalena, Veronica, and David. On April 15th, 1834, he was married to Mary Miller who was born November 20th, 1814, and died September 11th, 1874. He died January 13th, 1888. Some time after their marriage he moved on the farm now occupied by his son, David M., where he constructed a dam and erected sawmills. An extensive business in lumber was carried on at these mills for a number of years. Recently the Berlin Water Works Company purchased the water privilege together with several acres of land. This caused the removal of the sawmills. Here he had a family of 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.].

    Abraham married Maria "Mary" Miller 15 Apr 1834. Maria (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner) was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 15.  Maria "Mary" Miller was born 20 Nov 1814, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Christian Miller and Hester Wanner); died 11 Sep 1874, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

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    • Name: Maria "Mary" Shoemaker
    • Name: Maria Miller
    • Name: Mary Müller
    • Name: Polly Miller
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4781
    • Birth: CALC 23 Nov 1814
    • Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Swedenborgan

    Notes:

    Polly Miller, "the eldest, was born November 20th, 1814, and died September 11th, 1874. She was married to Abraham D. Shoemaker who was born February 16th, 1809, and died January 13th, 1888. They resided a little west of Berlin where both died."


    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. Esther Shoemaker was born 17 Apr 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jan 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Lutheran Cemetery, Mannheim, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Mary Shoemaker was born 1 Jan 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jul 1838, , Ontario, Canada.
    3. David Miller Shoemaker was born 28 Sep 1839, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Sep 1920, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Janes Shoemaker was born 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    5. 7. Sarah Shoemaker was born 9 May 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 Jan 1911, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Susannah Shoemaker was born 18 Jan 1843, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 1888, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Menno M. Shoemaker was born 8 Mar 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Aug 1924, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lydia Ann Shoemaker was born 6 Oct 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Nov 1905; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Abraham Shoemaker was born 1 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    10. ? Shoemaker was born 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Isaac Shoemaker was born 3 May 1850, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 May 1850, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    12. Simon Shoemaker was born 20 Sep 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Sep 1852, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.