Dorthy Boehmer

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-322498
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Stenographer, Insurance
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-130745
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Salesman
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Norman — Emma Steckle. Emma (daughter of Jacob B. Steckle and Elizabeth Snider) was born Mar 1876, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Emma Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-177919
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1921, 59 Samuel St., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190010152
• Interesting: story, business
• OnLinePhotograph: https://images.ourontario.ca/kitchener/details.asp?r=vs&ID=42319&number=45
• Name: A. Boehmer
• Name: Augustus Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-56606P
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Merchant
• Residence: 1871, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1873, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1874, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; merchant
• Elected Office: 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Kitchener Council
• Occupation: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Manufacturer
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Possessions: 1893, 100 Ahrens St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1901, 156 Duke St. W., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Paper Box
• Residence: 1901, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Business: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; A. & C. Boehmer - box manufacturers

Notes:

Boehmer, Augustus, general hardware merchant.

Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo, H. Parsel & Co., Toronto - 1881

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August and Charles Boehmer in the sixties owned a hardware, stove and tinware store at 58 East King Street. In 1874, they began manufacturing paper boxes, after selling the hardware stock to C. E. Moyer and the tinware shop to Peter and Henry Hymmen. Hymmen Bros. first leased quarters in the Canadian block from J. Y. Shantz, and later on in the Germania block. Hardware and plumbing were added to their lines. In 1892, Peter Hymmen bought his brother's share. In 1906, he opened up West King Street as a business section, erecting a large block at No. 158. Mr. Hymmen was active until shortly before his death in 1930. Prior to his departure, his sons, H. I.. Hymmen and Homer Hymmen, had been their father's associates and now direct the enterprise. After Henry Hymmen left the firm he was for four years with H. Wolfhard & Co., and then bought C. E. Moyer's hardware stock. He carried on in the Dunke block until 1900, when he was appointed superintendent of the waterworks. George Potter, who for many years had been with John Fennell & Son, bought Mr. Hymmen's stock, and is still doing business at the old stand.

A History of Kitchener, W. V. (Ben) Uttley, Kitchener, Ontario 1937, pg 159

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NATURE'S NOBLE MAN CALLED HOME

DEATH OF AUGUST BOEHMER IS MOURNED BY BERLIN CITIZENS AT LARGE

SURVIVED OPERATION ONLY A FEW HOURS

The death of Mr. August Boehmer, 92 Queen St. North, which took place at the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital about four o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, has cast a gloom over the town, for the deceased was respected as one of the most honorable and useful citizens of Berlin.

Mr. Boehmer had been unwell for a little over a year and diagnosis revealed the presence of a growth in the abdomen. Of late he had been failing more rapidly as the best medical skill could not check the affliction. However with his characteristic adherence to duty he came down town each morning to get the mail and then went out to the factory on Water Street. But on Friday he was compelled to leave his business duties and since then was confined to his room. His condition fast grew more serious and as the only resort which would possibly prolong or save his life an operation to remove the obstruction, was decided upon. But he was too weak, and the trouble was too far advanced. His system could not stand the shock. Though the operation was successful, and though he rallied and expressed himself as greatly relieved from the pain he had been suffering, he could not survive and passed away about three hours after the operation had been performed.

The hour of the funeral has been fixed at two o'clock on Friday, from the family residence, 92 Queen St. North, to the Benton Street Baptist Church and Mount Hope Cemetery.

The last August Boehmer, who passed away in his 62nd year, was a native of this township - practically of Berlin.

He was a son of Henry Boehmer and was born about a mile out of the corporation limits, on the Mannheim Road. He received his education in the Berlin schools and early I life entered business as a general merchant. Later he conducted a hardware business, and about 35 years ago he and his brother Charles entered into partnership as A & C Boehmer in the manufacture of paper boxes. They have been eminently successful and are well-to-do.

38 years ago the late Mr. Boehmer was married to Catharine Kalbfleisch, who, with a family of nine children, survive. They are Mrs. H. Jarvis, of Cleveland, Norman, George, Mrs. H. Hymmen, Arthur, Oscar, Edna, Gertrude and Emma, all of Berlin. The four surviving brothers are Charles, Reinhart, Philip and Herman, all of Berlin.

A good character is a man's best asset. That was Mr. Boehmer's sincere belief and he lived to it. When he made a promise it was fulfilled. He was sincere and he wanted others to be true to him in word and in deed. He was the very soul of conscientiousness and those who knew him best respected him most highly.

A neighbor and friend this morning paid a tribute to his memory as follows:

"August was an intimate friend and companion of mine. He was one of the most exact men I ever knew. Everything with him was done in order and in season. Anything he said "Yes" to, stood as long as life. There was no coming around next day with excuses to back away. He never started anything that he did not finish, and then he was ready to pay for it. Berlin loses one of its finest types of citizens in his death."

Mr. Boehmer was a believer in, and advocate of the principle of Protection of Canadian industries, but was not actively connected with any political movement. He was a man of most retiring disposition a great lover of home. Very seldom did he leave it evenings, and it was something most exceptional indeed that kept him from retiring at nine o'clock.

He has been for many years an active worker in the Benton St. Baptist Church and a most liberal contributor to its work. but his giving was always unostentatious.

His memory will long be honored; his good name revered as a man of whom it can be truly said in the language of the poet Pope: -

"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

To the bereaved widow and members of the family this News Record extends its condolences in this hour of bereavement and affliction.

Berlin News Record Aug 3 1910 pg 1

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MR. A BOEHMER PASSES AWAY

In the death of the late Mr. August Boehmer, which took place at the Berlin-Waterloo Hospital on Tuesday alternoon, Berlin his lost one of its most valuable and esteemed citizens. The deceased has been in ill- health for about a year, suffering from a growth in the stomach but he has been able to be about until last Friday afternoon when he took to his bed. After a consultation the physicians decided that his only hope for recovery was to undergo an operation which he consented to. The operation was performed about noon Tuesday but owing to the serious condition of the bowels he was unable to pull through and death relieved him of his sufferings about 3.45 o'clock.

The Chronicle Telegraph 4 Aug 1910 pg 3

Residence:
Boehmer August : Mnfr [Current Address 2023] 92 Queen St N [Historical Address] 66 Queen N

August married Catherine Kalbfleisch 9 Aug 1873, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada. Catherine (daughter of George Kalbfleisch and Dorothea) was born 16 Oct 1853, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Feb 1925, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190010178
• Name: Catherine Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-99423
• Residence: 1873, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1874, Neustadt, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1891, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1921, 92 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Other Events:

• Name: Jacob B. Stoeckle
• Name: Jacob Steckley
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00118-7452
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Jacob Steckle
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Notes:

Jacob Stoeckle, "was born August 20th, 1844. He was married to Elizabeth Snider, March 23rd, 1869. In 1873 he purchased the large farm of the late John Kraft, and from here he moved to Plattsville, Oxford County, where he resided until a few years ago when he moved to the town of Waterloo. At present he is engaged as caretaker of the Berlin and Waterloo Hospital."


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 Snider 23 Mar 1869, , Ontario, Canada. Elizabeth (daughter of Samuel Shantz Snider and Anna Snider) was born 17 Jul 1846, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Nov 1928; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Betsy Snider
• Name: Elizabeth Rudy
• Name: Elizabeth Steckle
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5935
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Elizabeth Snider
• Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Elizabeth Snider, "was born July 17th, 1846. On March 23rd, 1869, she was married to Jacob Stoeckle."


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.].

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/62313084
• Name: Henry Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-36468
• Birth: 10 Mar 1812, , Bavaria, Germany
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; cooper
• Occupation: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Johann married Magdalena Stoltz 31 Mar 1836, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Magdalena (daughter of Stoltz and Elisabetha) was born 20 Jan 1816, , Germany; died 20 Jan 1887, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Magdalena Boehmer
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-32672
• Birth: CALC 5 Jan 1817
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Other Events:

• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46587

George — Dorothea. Dorothea was born Abt 1823, of, Waterloo Twp., Region of Waterloo, Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Dorothea Kalbfleisch
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-46901

Other Events:

• Honoured: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Interesting: pioneer, story, weaver
• Name: Johannes Stoeckle
• Name: John Steckle
• Name: John Steckley
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00118-7447
• Land: Bef 1831, Bechtel Tract, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Ontario
• 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
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Gentleman
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennnonite

Notes:

John Stoeckle, "was born November 25th, 1802. He left Germany and emigrated to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, U.S., where he arrived October 2nd, 1829. Here he remained until the summer of 1831 when he moved to Canada and arrived at Berlin, Waterloo County, Ontario, August lst, 1831. Here he followed his profession (weaving) for about eighteen months. On January 29th, 1833, he was married to Esther Bliehm who was born March 16th, 1808. They moved on their large farm north of Strasburg and about four miles southwest of Berlin where they resided until his death which took place April 22nd, 1879. He was a member of the Mennonite Church of which body he was a minister for many years. His 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.].

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Pioneer Park (Weber/Strasburg) Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church

Early services were held in the homes of the first settlers, perhaps as early as 1833. Services often were held at the home of David Weber who lived across from where the church would be located. David Sherk was ordained deacon to serve the group in 1837, and in the next year, 1838, he was ordained minister. He was followed in 1840 by John Steckle (Stoeckle).

In 1842, David Weber donated one acre of land for a meeting house and burial ground. The deed was dated March 23, 1854, although the meeting house had been built in 1843. A new yellow brick church was built in 1894 on the same site. Noah Stauffer, who had been ordained in 1876 to assist John Steckle, was minister at the time. A Sunday School was organized in the 1890s; Sunday School records date from 1898. In 1899 the first Bible Conference to be held in an Ontario Mennonite church was held in the Weber church.

In 1971-1972 the church was enlarged and completely renovated. During that time - from October 17, 1971 to January 23, 1972 - the congregation met in the Herbert Feick home on Doon Village Road. On September 24, 1872 the congregation celebrated the 130th Anniversary of the building of the first meeting house. The name of the church was changed to Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship Mennonite Church in 1972.

In 1951 the congregation had purchased from Clifford Snider an additional acre of land located behind the church. In 1976, for the sum of $1, the congregation acquired a sixty-five foot strip of land along the south edge of the church property from Major Holdings & Development Co. A new church was built within several feet of the old yellow brick one which was removed; the date on the cornerstone is 1980. The 150th Anniversary of the construction of the first meeting house is to be celebrated in 1993.

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

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April 22nd, in Waterloo Co., Ont., Preacher JOHN STECKLE, aged 76 years and 4 months. He served as minister 38 years. Buried at Weber,s burying ground the 25th.

HERALD OF TRUTH - Volume XVI, Number 7 - July 1879 - page 137, 138

Honoured:
The J. Steckle Heritage Homestead is named in honour of John Steckle (Stoeckle), a farmer, weaver, and pastor of Mennonite faith, originally from Switzerland. He and his wife, Esther Bleam, built the Homestead in 1833. The site was the ideal location due to its proximity to a spring/artesian well, which had a history of native use that predated European occupation. The Steckle Homestead has remained in the hands of the Steckle family since the time of the original settlers, with many of the original buildings still intact. In 1978 Dr. Jean Steckle purchased the Homestead and remaining 10.2 acres from her parents. In 1983 the J. Steckle Heritage Homestead was designated a heritage property in the City of Kitchener under the Ontario Heritage Act. In 1988 a non-profit organization was established to preserve the site as an education centre for youth.

Steckle Heritage Farm

John married Esther B. Bliehm 22 Jan 1833, , Ontario, Canada. Esther (daughter of Philip Bliehm and Esther Bechtel) was born 16 Mar 1808, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 26 May 1892, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Pioneer Park Mennonite Cemetery, [formerly Weber Mennonite Biehn Drive Cemetery] Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Esther B. Stoeckle
• Residence: 811 Bleams Rd., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: 00010-1096
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Esther Bliehm "was born March 16th, 1808 and on January 29th, 1833, she was married to John Stoeckle."


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.].

Other Events:

• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20974184
• Name: S. S. Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5933
• House: CONSTRUCTED 1840, 39 Doon Valley Dr., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Residence: 1853, 194 Forsyth Dr., Waterloo, Ontario
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Business: 1878, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lancaster Flour Millers
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Retired: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

Samuel S. Snider, "was born October 9th, 1821. After the decease of his father in 1834 he had his home with his uncle, Benjamin Shantz who then resided at Freeport (Toll Bridge) on the old "Abraham C. Weber Farm." On March 5th, 1844, he was married to Anna, daughter of Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Cressman) Snider. She was born July 23rd, 1824, and died April 23rd, 1890. After his marriage' he moved on a farm adjoining the town of Waterloo where he was engaged in farming for a number of years. In connection with the farm he also had an interest in the Union Mills, Waterloo, and later in the Lancaster Mills of Bridgeport, Ontario. After the decease of his first wife he was again married to Elizabeth Reist, widow of the late Joseph Heckedon. They reside in the town of Waterloo. "

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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Snider.- Samuel S. Snider was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Oct. 9, 1821; died March 24, 1912; aged 90 y. 5 m. 14 d. He was married to Anna Snider March 5, 1844. Their home was blessed with 14 children, 3 of whom died in infancy, the mother dying April 23, 1890, aged 65 y. 9 m., whose death was mourned by a father and 11 children. On April 19, 1891, the father again married Elizabeth Reist, since which time family have had occasion to mourn the loss of 2 children, Titus, the fifth son dying Oct. 16, 1907, aged 47 y., and Cyrus, eldest son dying Aug. 17, 1909, aged 65 years.

The death of the father at this time leaving a widow, 4 sons, 5 daughters, 25 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren to mourn his departure. Funeral services were held at the Waterloo Mennonite Church, conducted by Bro. Noah Stauffer in English and Bro. Solomon Gehman in German. Interment in the David Eby Cemetery.

Gospel Herald - Volume V, Number 2 - April 11, 1912 - page 31, 32

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Snider - Forsyth - Home
194 Forsyth Dr, Waterloo
Part of Lot 22, German Company Tract


The Germany Company, originating in Pennsylvania, was initially comprised of 26 shareholders. These shareholders raised 10,000 pounds to purchase 60,000 acres of property which came to be known as Waterloo Township. The property was bought from Richard Beasley. He, along with two partners, had purchased a total of 94,012 acres from the Crown who held the land in trust for Chief Joseph Brant of the Mohawk or Five Nations Indians. This transaction took place in 1798.

Lot 22 of the German Company Tract originally comprised 448 acres stretching between boundaries now defined approximately by streets Erb and Glasgow. It was sold by David and Jacob Erb, agents of the German Company, to Abraham Gingrich in 1805. In 1815, David Gingrich, Abraham's son, sold the lot to John Binkley of Ancaster. Binkley, in turn, sold the entire 448 acres to Jacob C. Snider in 1842.

Jacob C Snider was a Mennonite. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1790 and worked as a yeoman. His wife, Elizabeth, was born in 1791. The house at 194 Forsyth Drive was built by Jacob C. Snider in 1845. This fact is recorded in the census records of 1861. The original house was a two-storey, typical Georgian frame with walls 15 - 16 inches thick. These walls were made of concrete and brick, and were covered by a clapboard exterior. The entire house, at that time, was comprised of the present day living room and centre hall.

In 1853, Jacob C. sold the property to his nephew, Samuel S., a farmer. In 1864, Samuel took out a mortgage for $6,000 from the Canada Permanent Building Society. The mortgage was discharged in 1863 according to the 1861 census. Samuel and his wife Anna had 8 children - Cyrus, Elizabeth, Catherine, Hiram, Samuel, Menno, Susanna and Titus. With a family of this size it is speculated that the money was used for very needy additions. These included four second floor bedrooms, a third floor attic, a dining room, and the present-day kitchen. The architectural design of the addition was Gothic rather than the original Georgian. This is evident in the pointed cathedral window, the centre peaked roof, and the decorative mouldings above the east and west entrances to the centre hall.

One of the interesting additions to the house involves a separate building of brick construction which may be entered from the living room of the main house. The date of this addition is unclear according to some reports. It was used as a laundry prior to 1936. In a recent interview with Mrs. Howard Snider, who moved into the house as a new bride in 1929,[Howard and Linda were married in 1919] this addition was referred to by her as the "milk house," for the farm was still operational in those years. Mrs. Snider's daughter recalls, "my sister was old enough then to do the selling [of milk] to the townspeople. We would bring the milk from the barn, and use the milk house as our dairy." It is quite possible, however, that this building had been constructed prior to 1851 as "the doddy house" of Jacob and Elizabeth, for the census records of that year described their home as a "one storey brick." It was a very common Mennonite practice in those days for parents to have an add-on building constructed to the home of a son or daughter. Housed in this room is an enormous Dutch oven which was used for cooking. It remains uncertain whether this was the original location, or whether it had been relocated from another area of the house. While the large metal doors used to close the oven have been removed to expose the hearth, the cranes for supporting huge cooking pots remain.

Of the 448 acre property, Samuel sold 117 acres to his son, Titus, in 1903 for $8,000. In 1908, the executors of Titus Snider sold the property to George H. Hahn for $10,550. Six years later, the land was returned to the Snider family, this time to Jacob S., a ninth child of Samuel S., born after the 1861 census. The cost was $17,550. For the same amount Jacob sold the land to his son Howard S. in 1929. Jacob and his family then moved to the farm house now designated as 131 William Street West [Waterloo]. Howard sold various parcels of his land off, including a sizeable portion to the Westmount Golf and Country Club, and 56 acres, a
at a cost of $16,782 to John Derby C. Forsyth.

The Forsyths, who purchased the property in 1936 never lived at 194 Forsyth Drive, the street which now bears his name. It was purchased as a guest house. Shortly after they acquired the property, the old barn was torn down and an elaborate new one was built. Pine beams from the old were salvaged and sawed into mellow panelling for the livingroom and master bedroom of the house. "He didn't want to leave the land empty," said Mrs. Forsyth, "so he put in grain and bought a herd of purebred Jersey cattle. He lost money every year."

In 1947, the house was sold to Dominion Life Assurance Company. They planned a housing development and put the house up for sale. While the tender of Dr. Archie Case was not the highest submitted, his plans for the house most appealed to the company, and the property became his the following year. In his renovations, three-quarters of the house was replastered, and the old fashioned closed stairway was opened onto the centre hall. Part of the livingroom was put up on jacks, and garages were constructed under it at basement level. Adverse to change of any sort in the refurbishing, Dr. Case contracted for copies of the rotting window sashes, interior trim; and clapboard for exterior repairs was specially milled.

In 1963, the house was sold to Mr. and Mrs. J. Askin. Subsequent owners to the Askins included Mr. and Mrs. D. D. Epp in 1978 - 1980, and a Ms. D. Crossan and a Mr. D. Zimmer, 1980 - 1982.

Much of the research for the history was done by Marg Rowell, Waterloo. This was printed with permission by Marion Roes from the framed history hanging in the hall of the 2008 owners.

House:
39 Doon Valley Drive is associated with three prominent citizens of Waterloo County. The first owner, the Honourable Adam Ferrie, was the founder of Doon Village. Samuel Snider, who purchased the property from Ferrie, owned the Blair Mill, as well as other mills that he and a partner operated in Bridgeport and Baden. Thomas Slee, one of the first trustees of the area, and the Doon Postmaster from 1867 to 1893, was the last significant owner of the property, purchasing it from Snider in 1878. In addition to its association with persons of historic significance, Doon Valley Drive (formerly Doon Village Road), was once an important linkage between the Village of Doon to Tow Town and Oregon (today Upper Doon).
39 Doon Valley Drive is unique in its use of building materials and the methods of construction. This one-and-a-half-storey house combined granite, limestone, fieldstone and lime mortar in its construction. It retains many original, intact features, such as the stone chimney with cove moulding, and the single door with a transom, on the north façade.<sup>1a

1a</sup>City of Kitchener Heritage Property Report, November 1990, Jean Haalboom; City of Kitchener By-law 91-142

Business:
Shirk & Snider Proprietors

Samuel married Anna Snider 5 Mar 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Anna (daughter of Jacob C. Snider and Elizabeth Cressman) was born 23 Jul 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 23 Apr 1890, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Name: Anna Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5897
• Grave Photograph - Find A Grave: Anna Snider
• Residence: 1844, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

SNIDER.-On the 23d of April, in the town of Waterloo, Waterloo county, Ontario, Sister Anna Snider, wife of Samuel Snider, aged 62 years and 9 months. Buried in the afternoon of the 23d at David Eby's meeting-house, where a very large number of relatives and friends gathered. Services were held by Moses Bowman and Noah Stauffer from Rev. 14: 13.


Herald of Truth pages, Vol. XXVII, Number 10, May 15, 1890, p. 157 and 158