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

Leah Snyder

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Leah Snyder was born 31 Aug 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Jacob E. Schneider and Elizabeth Clemens); died 25 Oct 1836, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6365


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Jacob E. Schneider was born 2 Sep 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Joseph Schneider and Barbara Eby); died 2 Oct 1884, East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6348
    • Residence: 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
    • 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; Farmer
    • Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

    Notes:

    Jacob E. Schneider, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, September 2nd, 1800. On November 18th, 1827, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Abraham and Molly (Miller) Clemens. She was born February 8th, 1810, and died May 20th, 1870. Soon after his marriage he moved a little east of Berlin, on the farm now possessed by his son, Joseph, where he resided until his death which took place October 2nd, 1884. "


    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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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 Elizabeth Clemens 18 Nov 1827. Elizabeth (daughter of Deacon Abraham L. Clemens and Magdalena "Molly" Miller) was born 8 Feb 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Clemens was born 8 Feb 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada (daughter of Deacon Abraham L. Clemens and Magdalena "Molly" Miller); died 20 May 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Elizabeth Schneider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6348.1

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Clemens, "was born February 8th, 1810. On November 18th, 1827, she was married to Jacob E. Schneider. They resided on a farm two miles south-east of Berlin where she died May 20th, 1870"


    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. Mary Schneider was born 14 Aug 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Sep 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Moses C. Snyder was born 27 Sep 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 30 Aug 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Magdalena Schneider was born 1 Apr 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Aug 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Barbara Snyder was born 9 Jul 1834, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Feb 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 1. Leah Snyder was born 31 Aug 1836, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Oct 1836, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Joseph C. Snyder was born 21 Oct 1837, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Jul 1909, Natchez (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Elizabeth Snyder was born 18 Apr 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1910; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Lydia Snyder was born 18 Oct 1842, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Nov 1894, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Sarah C. Snyder was born 1 Jun 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1917; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Jacob C. Snyder was born 11 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.
    11. Franklin C. Snyder was born 8 Dec 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Joseph SchneiderJoseph Schneider was born 24 May 1772, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob Schneider and Maria Herschi); died 27 Oct 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27232276
    • Historic Building: 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Interesting: religion, pioneer, story
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-6346
    • Historic Building: 1807, 393 Queen Street South, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Site of first log cabin
    • Historic Business: 1816, 113 David Street, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Sawmill
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 017W, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 023W, Waterloo County, Ontario
    • Historical Event: 29 Aug 1839, Evangelical Association Church, Waterloo, Ontario; church founding

    Notes:

    Joseph Schneider, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 24th, 1772. On February 21st, 1798, he was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Catharine (Bricker) Eby. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, April 29th, 1774, and died in Berlin, Ontario, March 13th, 1843. On May 8th, 1807, Mr. Schneider with wife and family and a large company of others (See Vol. 1 pages 39, 40 and 41 for particulars) moved to Canada and settled where now is the town of Berlin, Ontario. Here he was engaged in farming. His first buildings were erected where now his grandson, Samuel B. Schneider, lives, a little west of the Walper Block, Berlin. Here he died October 27th, 1843, leaving a family of seven 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.].

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    Zion United Church

    A Sunday School was established in Berlin in 1837, meeting in Jacob Hailer's carpenter shop which was located at the southeast corner of what is now King and Scott Streets. A mission was begun by Rev. Christian Holl shortly after his arrival in Berlin on May 9, 1839, and a class (or congregation) was organized several months later on August 29, 1839 by Bishop John Seybert of the Evangelical Association during a camp meeting held at David Erb's farm near Lexington. John Hoffman was the Berlin class leader; his brother, Jacob, was class leader for the Waterloo-Lexington congregation. The Berlin congregation met in the old Town Hall until their first church was built in 1841 on Queen Street South across from Church Street on land purchased as of August 24, 1841 from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schneider. The church was dedicated on September 25th of that year, with Rev. Christian Hummel of Buffalo, New York, officiating. Rev. Joseph Harlacher was pastor from 1840-1842. In 1842 the Waterloo Mission became a Circuit of the East Pennsylvania Conference. Two years later it was part of the New York Conference.

    The second church building was built of brick on the same site in 1866, and dedicated in 1867; Rev. C.A. Spies was pastor at the time. The old frame church was sold and moved to Elgin Street where it was used as a dwelling. In the same year Berlin became a station.

    The present church building was built in 1893 on Weber Street; dedication services were held on June 15, 16 and 17, 1894. This building was heavily damaged by fires in 1942 and 1965 but was renovated and restored each time.

    The union of the Evangelical Church and the United Brethren in Christ Church on November 16, 1946 created the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The name of the church was to change again, to Zion United Church when the Evangelical United Brethren Church joined the United Church of Canada on January 1, 1968. Of interest: some maps of early Berlin show this church as a German Methodist church.


    Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900
    By Rosemary Ambrose

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    SCHNEIDER, JOSEPH, settler and sawmill owner; b. 24 May 1772 in Lancaster County, Pa, son of Jacob B. Schneider and Maria Herschi; m. 21 Feb. 1798 Barbara Eby, sister of Benjamin Eby*, and they had seven children; d. 27 Oct. 1843 in Berlin (Kitchener), Upper Canada.

    Joseph Schneider's father immigrated with his parents to Pennsylvania from the Palatinate (Federal Republic of Germany) in 1736. In 1806, three years after Jacob's death, two of his sons, Christian and Jacob, settled in block 2 (Waterloo Township), in the vicinity of present-day Kitchener. Joseph and a group of other Mennonites followed them, making the month-long journey in horse-drawn wagons. Schneider purchased and settled on lot 17 of the German Company Tract of block 2. It was the attraction of inexpensive land, as well as the desire to remain under British rule in the years after the American revolution, that brought many Mennonites to the area, among them Benjamin Eby and Samuel D. Betzner*. Geographical isolation allowed them to practise their religion and language freely, although at first it forced them to travel to such centres as Dundas for supplies and services.

    Schneider was an active figure among the Mennonite settlers and, with Eby, is often regarded as a founder of Kitchener. He helped open the first local road, which ran from his farmstead to the Dundas road and was known as Schneider's road until the 1870s. In 1808-9 he and four other heads of families hired a teacher to open the first school in the area. He was involved four years later in the building of the first Mennonite meeting-house, headed by Eby; in 1834 Schneider participated in the construction of a new church. Perhaps as early as 1816 he had built a sawmill on what is still known as Schneider's Creek, and in the 1820s a blacksmith shop and tavern were erected by Phineas Varnum on land leased from Schneider. Together these enterprises formed the commercial nucleus of the developing village, known variously as Sand Hills, Ebytown, and, later, Berlin. In 1835 Schneider strongly supported the establishment of its first newspaper, Heinrich Wilhelm Peterson*'s Canada Museum, und Allgemeine Zeitung, of which he was a stockholder.

    Schneider died on 27 Oct. 1843. Among the possessions he left to his family were traditional objects valued by Pennsylvania Germans, including a tall case clock, the works for which he had brought with him in 1807. The clock still stands in the house he built about 1820, Kitchener's oldest structure and now a museum. In other local collections are two family bibles: one, in the Mennonite Archives of Ontario, a rare edition published in Zurich in 1560 by Christoph Froschauer and brought to Upper Canada by Schneider; the other, in the possession of a descendant, printed in Lancaster County in 1805 and containing striking examples of fraktur (ornamental writing), executed by teacher-artist Jacob Schumacher in 1821.

    Schneider's farming and milling operations were continued by his youngest son, Joseph E., who in 1849 had the family's history printed in Berlin in a small booklet, possibly the earliest published genealogy in Canada. In 1874 he was a charter member of the Reforming/Reformed Mennonites (later the Missionary Church) .
    E. Reginald Good and Paul Tiessen

    Toronto and York Land Registry Office (Toronto), "Old York County," deeds, 5, no.1839 (mfm. at AO). Waterloo South Land Registry Office (Kitchener, Ont.), Waterloo Township, abstract index to deeds, German Company Tract, lot 17 (mfm. at AO). E. E. Eby and J. B. Snyder, A biographical history of early settlers and their descendants in Waterloo Township, with Supplement, ed. E. D. Weber (Kitchener, 1971), 136. John English and Kenneth McLaughlin, Kitchener: an illustrated history (Waterloo, Ont., 1983). Hannes Schneider and his wife Catharine Haus Schneider, their descendants and times, 1534-1939, ed. J. M. Snyder (Kitchener, [1940]). Herkommen und Geschlechts Register der Schneider Familie (Berlin [Kitchener], 1849). P. G. Klassen, "A history of Mennonite education in Canada, 1786-1960" (d.ed. thesis, Univ. of Toronto, 1970), 73-74. W. V. Uttley, A history of Kitchener, Ontario (Kitchener, 1937; repr. [Waterloo, 1975]), 17. M. [H.] Snyder Sokvitne, "The Joseph Schneider house, 1820," Waterloo Hist. Soc., [Annual report] (Kitchener), 1966: 20-27. W. V. Uttley, "Joseph Schneider: founder of the city," Waterloo Hist. Soc., Annual report (Waterloo), 1929: 111-19. G. K. Waite, "Joseph Schneider sawmill operations, 1848-1859," Waterloo Hist. Soc., [Annual report], 1985: 57-65.

    Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
    2000 University of Toronto/Université Laval

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    JOSEPH SCHNEIDER
    Founder of the City

    The first stones in the city's foundation were laid in South Queen Street, in 1807, by Joseph Schneider. He was born in Lancaster County, Pa, in 1798, and married Barbara, sister of the Rev. Benjamin Eby.

    On Lot No. 17, Pioneer Schneider built a log cabin. It stood on the east side of Queen Street, where John McKay's former home rests. Next he cut a roadway from the house to the Walper House corner and easterly to No. 57 East King Street, where he built a barn. South Queen Street was the first thoroughfare in the city and until the eighteen-eighties was called Schneider's Road.


    A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937 pg 16

    Historic Building:
    Joseph Schneider's house is the oldest surviving in Kitchener dating from 1820 and has been made into the Joseph Schneider Haus Muesum.

    Historic Building:
    Now on this site is Barra Castle a 15 unit apartment building, due to be renovated for other purposes (2009).

    Historic Business:
    Joseph Schneider's Saw-Mill

    The pioneers had then begun to replace their log-houses with frame homes. To meet a demand for lumber Joseph Schneider built a saw-mill in 1816 on Schneider's Creek. It rested on the easterly side of David Street, opposite Victoria Park. The mill dam was above the railway, and the mill-race crossed David Street between Schneider Avenue and Roland Street. The up-and-down or "muley" saw was run by an overshot waterwheel.1a

    1aA History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937 pg 17

    Historical Event:
    A Sunday School was established in Berlin in 1837, meeting in Jacob Hailer's carpenter shop which was located at the southeast corner of what is now King and Scott Streets. A mission was begun by Rev. Christian Holl shortly after his arrival in Berlin on May 9, 1839, and a class (or congregation) was organized several months later on August 29, 1839 by Bishop John Seybert of the Evangelical Association during a camp meeting held at David Erb's farm near Lexington. John Hoffman was the Berlin class leader; his brother, Jacob , was class leader for the Waterloo-Lexington congregation. The Berlin congregation met in the old Town Hall until their first church was built in 1841 on Queen Street South across from Church Street on land purchased as of August 24, 1841 from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Schneider.1a

    1aAmbrose, Rosemary. Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide to Churches Established Before 1900. Kitchener, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo-Wellington Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1993. [used the kind permission of Rosemary Ambrose 2011]

    Joseph married Barbara Eby 21 Feb 1798, , Pennsylvania, USA. Barbara (daughter of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker) was born 29 Apr 1774, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Mar 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Barbara Eby was born 29 Apr 1774, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Christian Eby and Catharine Bricker); died 13 Mar 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27232187
    • Name: Barbara Schneider
    • Residence: 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2422

    Notes:

    Barbara Eby, "the third daughter of Christian Eby and his wife, Catharine Bricker, was born April 29th, 1774. On February 21st, 1798, she was married to Joseph Schneider who was born May 24th, 1772, and died October 27th, 1843. She died March 13th, 1843. In 1807 they, in company with some of the Ebys and Erbs, moved to what is now Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario. They settled on lot No. 17, U. B., of the Township of Waterloo, now forming part of the town of Berlin. The old homestead is now owned by a grandson, Samuel B. Schneider. Here they raised a family of seven 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. Catharine Schneider was born 12 Feb 1799, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Sep 1881, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 2. Jacob E. Schneider was born 2 Sep 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 2 Oct 1884, East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Elizabeth Schneider was born 2 Jan 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 26 Nov 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Veronica Schneider was born 25 Jul 1803, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Jul 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Martin Meeting House Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Mary Schneider was born 1 Apr 1808, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Mar 1887, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. Deacon Joseph E. Schneider was born 23 Nov 1810, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Feb 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 19 Feb 1880, First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Moses E. Schneider was born 24 Nov 1810, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1896; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 6.  Deacon Abraham L. Clemens was born 3 Jul 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Jacob C. Clemens and Elizabeth Lederach); died 26 Jan 1845, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19903938
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1830
    • Land: Bef 1831, Waterloo Township - Beasley's Broken Front Lot 21, Waterloo County, Ontario

    Notes:

    Abraham Clemens L., "the eldest son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Lederach) Clemens, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, July 3rd, 1781, and when four years of age his parents moved to Chester County where he was raised. In 1807 he was married to Magdalena, daughter of John and Hester (Steiner ) Miller. She was born February 8th, 1786, and died February 1st, 1847. In 1809 they moved to Canada and settled in Waterloo County, Ontario, a little north of Preston on the farm owned until recently by their son Joel Here they both died. His death took place January 26th, 1845. In 1815 he was ordained deacon of the Mennonite Church for the Hagey field of labor. This position he held until his death. To him and his wife were born ten 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.].

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    Mennonite families suffered misfortunes, such as childbirth deaths of women, accidental work deaths of men, frequent deaths of infants and young children, and the scourges of cholera, typhoid and tuberculosis. Cholera epidemics of the 1830s especially in July-August 1834 - could be devastating. Funerals were usually arranged by neighbours and friends, but the community was so demoralized in 1834 that, as Deacon Abraham L. Clemens wrote to his brother in Chester County in 1836, "the neighbours did not go out to assist one another as in any other disease so that there was no funeral held."

    BUILDING COMMUNITY ON THE FRONTIER: the Mennonite contribution to shaping the Waterloo settlement to 1861 by Elizabeth Bloomfield

    Abraham married Magdalena "Molly" Miller 1807. Magdalena (daughter of John Miller and Hester Steiner) was born 8 Feb 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Feb 1847, North Of Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Magdalena "Molly" Miller was born 8 Feb 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of John Miller and Hester Steiner); died 1 Feb 1847, North Of Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Other Events:

    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19903751
    • Name: Magdalena "Molly" Clemens
    • Name: Molly Miller
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4778

    Notes:

    Magdalena Miller, "daughter of John and Hester (Steiner) Miller, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, February 8th, 1786. She was married, in 1807, to Deacon Abraham L. Clemens who was born in the same place, July 3rd, 1781. In 1809 they moved to Canada and settled a little north of Preston where they both died. He died January 26th, 1845, and she died February 1st, 1847. See No. 1830. (Could not ascertain whether Magdalena and Margaret Miller were any relation to I Jacob Miller)."


    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. John Clemens was born 18 Sep 1807, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 10 Jan 1819; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Elizabeth Clemens was born 8 Feb 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 May 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Jacob M. Clemens was born 6 Feb 1813, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jun 1866, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Eli Clemens was born 21 Jun 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 8 Feb 1879; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. Levi B. Clemens was born 15 Jul 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Jan 1891, , Allegan Co., Michigan; was buried , Hooker Cemetery, Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, USA.
    6. Magdalena Clemens was born 3 Mar 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 29 Jan 1887, near, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    7. Menno Clemens was born 23 Apr 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 17 Aug 1823; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    8. Joel Clemens, Esq. was born 18 Dec 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Aug 1905; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    9. Noah Clemens was born 25 Nov 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Apr 1835; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    10. Christian Clemens was born 18 Oct 1828, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Feb 1902, , Kent Co., Michigan; was buried , Gaines Cemetery, Gaines Township, Kent Co., Michigan.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Jacob Schneider was born 1727, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany (son of Hannes Schneider); died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Eby ID Number: 00106-5813

    Notes:

    Jacob Schneider "was born in the Palatinate, in 1727 or 1730, came to this (USA) country when a mere lad and was raised in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. When some twenty years of age he was married to a Maria Herschi (now Hershey), a descendent of Andrew Hershey who settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in 1719. This marriage took place on April 1st, 1755. They had a family of fifteen 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.].

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    AFTER 200 YEARS, FAMILY LEGACY IS STILL GROWING

    Schneiders celebrate bicentennial by Valerie Hill

    WATERLOO REGION (Jun 25, 2007)
    Two hundred years ago this month, Joseph Schneider and his brothers Jacob and Christian arrived at a wild tract in Upper Canada where they faced dense, old growth forests, swamps, ever-flooding creeks and the wildly beautiful Grand River.Could Joseph Schneider have imagined that through his influence and hard work, these traditional hunting grounds of the Huron Indians would eventually become Kitchener, a hub of industry and industrious people? This place became Schneider's legacy and there are still remnants of his influence, including a few thousand Schneiders, Sniders and Snyders, all variations of the same name.On Saturday, June 30, the clan will celebrate its illustrious ancestor with a reunion. The last gathering was in 1909, when news reports of the day claimed a couple of thousand people showed up, many from hundreds of kilometres away. That reunion was for the kin of all three brothers.This weekend's event will be just the family of Joseph Schneider.Vern Sherk is a seventh generation Schneider who was aware of his family history as a youngster, but a couple of decades ago his interest really piqued."There was more information available," he explained, citing documents and books by local historians.Suddenly, having all this accessible information gave Sherk a new appreciation for his family, for Joseph Schneider.He learned that his ancestor arrived in Waterloo County with his brothers, his wife Barbara and four of what would grow to be a family of seven children.They travelled with several other Mennonite families -- Erbs, Ebys and Webers, among others, whose ancestors had come to the U.S. decades earlier to escape religious persecution. This particular group came from Lancaster County, Penn., with four heavily laden wagons and a dream of finding inexpensive, fertile land.Waterloo County was divided into parcels of 448 acres for the settlers, but first they had to cut the trees, pull the stumps, plow the land and build homes and barns. Early settlers faced endless days of intense labour yet viewed it as an opportunity, not a hardship.The results of that labour are to be seen across the city today: the 1820 Joseph Schneider Haus Museum on Queen Street was the family homestead and Victoria Park was part of the farm that Schneider refused to sell, even as industry sprang up on adjacent properties.
    One of the symbols of his family's success was a clock.Susan Burke, curator at Joseph Schneider Haus, explained that with their Swiss and German background, time keeping was important to the settlers. The Schneider family clock was carefully transported from Lancaster to their new home. Over the generations, the clock eventually was lost to the family until a Schneider descendant spotted it while visiting a Kitchener home. The owner sold the clock back to the Schneider family and it's now on loan to Schneider Haus. This clock is on the family reunion's logo and used in its catchphrase "Time To Come Home."Miriam Sokvitne, now in her 90s, is the family matriarch, a woman of considerable presence. The Schneider heritage is precious to the retired nurse who is also keeper of family heirlooms and history.Her father, Joseph Meyer Snyder, returned the clock to the family, wrote a book about their history and bought the homestead after it had been used as rental housing for several years. Sokvitne begged then-premier John Robarts to have the site declared a heritage site. "I not only cried, I bawled," she said, remembering her passionate outpouring.Once the homestead was back in the family, Sokvitne and her husband travelled the countryside searching for heirlooms. From spinning wheels to toys, these artifacts will be on display at the reunion with, of course, the clock as centrepiece, a symbol of the man known as Kitchener's founding father, Joseph Schneider.


    Monday, June 25, 2007 ,The Record Newspaper , Kitchener, Ontario

    Jacob married Maria Herschi 1 Apr 1755, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania. Maria was born Abt 1732, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Maria Herschi was born Abt 1732, Of, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

    Other Events:

    • Name: Maria Schneider
    • Eby ID Number: 00106-5813.2

    Children:
    1. Christian Schneider was born 28 Aug 1758, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Aug 1850, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Doon Presbyterian Cemetery, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jacob Yost Schneider was born 24 Jan 1764, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Feb 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Peter Schneider was born 28 Dec 1765, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Sep 1823.
    4. 4. Joseph Schneider was born 24 May 1772, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 27 Oct 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  3. 10.  Christian Eby was born 22 Feb 1734, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Christian Eby and Elizabeth Mayer); died 14 Sep 1807, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60179011
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2421
    • Website: 2009

    Notes:

    Christian Eby, "the eldest of the above family, was born near Lititz, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, February 22nd, 1734. He was married to Catharine Bricker. They retained the old "Eby Homestead" situated on Hammer Creek. He greatly improved the dwelling house erected by his father in 1754. The dressed sandstone in front wall bears date 1754 and names of Christian Eby and his wife Elizabeth. (From Simon P. Eby's notes) The house and barn on the old homestead were in their time considered stately buildings. The house had originally a large chimney in the centre with fire place in nearly every room on first and second story; it had an arched cellar underneath, walnut and oaken panneled partitions, with some of the window sashes hung on cords with lead weights. The barn was built 99 feet long (only that long so as not to offend a neighbor who shortly before had built a barn of the boasted length of 100 feet). The walls of both, particularly so of the house, are good and solid to this day. Christian was a large, well proportioned and athletic man, retaining unusual health and vigor of both body and mind up to the time of his death. He was an elder in the Mennonite Church and wore a long beard, which in his later years had turned white. Regular stated Mennonite meetings were held at his house, until a building for that purpose was erected in his neighborhood. He lived during the Revolutionary War and foraging parties took off some of his horses and cattle, carrying with them large quantities of flour and grain from his mill. On one occasion his wife's pewter dishes and spoons and an oven full of newly baked bread and pies shared the same fate. During the winter in which the American Army was encamped at Valley Forge a number of disabled soldiers were quartered in the old Lutheran Church near Brickerville, and were supplied weekly with milk and other necessaries of life from his and neighboring farms. As already stated, he died September 14th, 1807, and lies buried in the family graveyard on top of the hill opposite the buildings of the said place. His wife Catharine, who is said to have been an amiable and greatly esteemed person, survived him several years. They had a family of twelve children, as follows: Elizabeth, Christian, Peter, John, Andrew, Catharine, Barbara, Anna, George, Maria, Benjamin, Maria. Barbara and Benjamin were the only two of the family that settled in Canada. The descendants of the others are all to be found in Pennsylvania and the Western and Pacific States with the exception of Sem Wissler,(See family of Sem Wissler), one of the sons of Anna who was married to Jacob Wissler."


    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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    Christian — Catharine Bricker. Catharine (daughter of Peter Bricker) was born 1743, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 16 Mar 1910, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried , Eby Cemetery, Lexington, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Catharine Bricker was born 1743, Near Lititz, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (daughter of Peter Bricker); died 16 Mar 1910, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was buried , Eby Cemetery, Lexington, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.

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    • FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60179106
    • Name: Catharine Eby
    • Eby ID Number: 00031-2421.1

    Children:
    1. 5. Barbara Eby was born 29 Apr 1774, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 13 Mar 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Anna Eby was born 9 Sep 1777, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 25 Apr 1829; was buried , Hammar Creek Mennonite Meeting House, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
    3. Bishop Benjamin Eby was born 2 May 1785, Hammer Creek, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Jun 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Maria Eby was born 12 Oct 1787, Of, Elizabeth (Part Of Warwick) Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; died 16 Apr 1864.

  5. 12.  Jacob C. Clemens was born 1754, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania (son of Abraham Clemens and Catharine Bachman); died 1819, West Pikeland, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1829

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    Jacob C. Clemens, "third son of Abraham and Catharine Clemens, was born in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in 1754. He was married to Elizabeth Lederach. In 1776 he received eighty-two acres of his father's old homestead which he possessed for nine years. On June 30th, 1785, he sold his land to his brother, Abraham, and moved to Chester County to which place his brother George had moved several years previously. They resided in the vicinity of West Pikeland P. O., Chester County, Pennsylvania, where they both died. His death took place in 1819. To him and his wife, Elizabeth, was born a family of five 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.].

    Jacob — Elizabeth Lederach. Elizabeth was born Abt 1754, Of, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died , West Pikeland, Chester Co., Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  Elizabeth Lederach was born Abt 1754, Of, Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died , West Pikeland, Chester Co., Pennsylvania.

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    • Name: Elizabeth Clemens
    • Eby ID Number: 00023-1829.1

    Children:
    1. 6. Deacon Abraham L. Clemens was born 3 Jul 1781, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 26 Jan 1845, Near Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. Jacob Clemens was born Abt 1790, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 15 Aug 1876, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania.
    3. Henry Lederach Clemens was born 25 Nov 1802, , Chester Co., Pennsylvania; died 17 Jun 1876, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Blair Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  7. 14.  John Miller was born Abt 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania (son of Miller); died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4778.2

    John — Hester Steiner. Hester was born CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  Hester Steiner was born CA 1775, Of, Montgomery Co. Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown.

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    • Name: Hester Miller
    • Eby ID Number: 00079-4778.3

    Children:
    1. 7. Magdalena "Molly" Miller was born 8 Feb 1786, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 1 Feb 1847, North Of Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. William Miller was born 15 Jul 1798, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 28 Sep 1849, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. Margaret Miller was born 1789, , Pennsylvania, USA; died 18 Oct 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. Christian Miller was born 6 Feb 1791, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania; died 6 Jan 1864; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.