Elmina Kraft^{[1, 2]}

1879 - 1957  (78 years)

• Name	Elmina Kraft
  Born	20 Aug 1879	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Elmina Snyder
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	General Servant
  Residence	1911	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1921	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00069-4160
  Died	24 Nov 1957	Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Person ID	I12951	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Moses Kraft,   b. 23 May 1833, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Nov 1907  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Margaret "Margaret" Hagey,   b. 1 Jun 1839, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Sep 1915, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F863	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leander Snyder,   b. 15 Jun 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 May 1924, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 47 years)
  Married	1891  [10]
  Children	1. George Harold Snyder,   b. 6 Aug 1902, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Nov 1980, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   2. Laurene Snyder,   b. 19 May 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1972, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 67 years)   3. Nora Snyder,   b. 25 Nov 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jul 1994  (Age 87 years)   4. Charles Arthur Snyder,   b. Dec 1908, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Arthur Snyder,   b. 1909, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Eva Snyder,   b. 1911, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Dec 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)   7. Stuart Snyder,   b. 1912, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Bef 1985  (Age < 72 years)   8. Gordon Leander Snyder,   b. 22 Oct 1918, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Jan 2004, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F39337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Almina Kraft, "was born August 20, 1879." 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.]. _________________ MRS. ELMINA SNYDER Mrs. Elmina Snyder, 78, of Kitchener, died Sunday, November 24, at the Coutts Pavilion, Freeport, following a long illness. Born in Waterloo Township August 20, 1870, she was the last surviving member of the Moses Kraft family. She was a member of Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church. Her husband, Leander, died May 16, 1924. Surviving are four sons, Harold of Waterdown, and Arthur, Stuart and Gordon, all of Kitchener; three daughters, Mrs. Irvin (Laurene) Shantz of Baden, Mrs. Stanley (Nora) Weber of Rosebank and Mrs. Delton (Eva) Shantz of Elmira. Also surviving are 24 grand children and 18 great-grand children. The body rested at the Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home until noon Wednesday when removal was made to Stirling Avenue Church for services at 3 p.m. Rev. Wilfred Ulrich of ficiated and burial was in First Mennonite Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 864. [S3] Book - Vol I 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..., 743. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 1. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, ON WATERLOO (North/Nord) (#121) Subdistrict: Waterloo c-3 Page 1. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 1 Page 1 Family 1. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 3 Page 12. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 12. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Waterloo Township, Sect. 1 Page 1. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18990654. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 26, 1924 - Obituary of Leander Snider.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Aug 1879 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - General Servant - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 24 Nov 1957 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth