Amos B. Snider^{[1, 2]}

1855 - 1945  (90 years)

• Name	Amos B. Snider
  Born	19 Apr 1855	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94428785
  Name	A. B. Snider
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1881	German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  		Property of T. & A. B. Snider image from Waterloo Atlas 1881
  Residence	1944	, , Iowa   [8]
  Eby ID Number	00106-5878
  Died	4 May 1945	Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, United States   [7]
  Buried	Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States   [7]
  Person ID	I1375	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Elias Snider,   b. 3 Sep 1815, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Apr 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Hannah Bingeman,   b. 1 Aug 1815, , Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 23 Dec 1893  (Age 78 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1835	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 4, 9]
  Family ID	F1844	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Cornelia Kraft,   b. 30 Nov 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Jan 1943, Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, United States  (Age 86 years)
  Married	29 Jun 1875  [3]
  Children	1. Edwin Irvin Snider,   b. 10 Oct 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elva Alberta Snider,   b. 29 Oct 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 2 Jul 1945, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States  (Age 65 years)   3. Ethel May Snider,   b. 17 Sep 1888, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F451	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Amos B. Snider, "was born April 19th, 1855. On June 29th, 1875, he was married to Hannah Kraft. He followed the milling business for about fifteen years when he resided at German Mills, Ontario. On June 18th, 1890, he moved to Sanborn, Iowa, where he is engaged in farming." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. _________________ AMOS B. SNIDER A native of Waterloo County and former miller of German Mills, Amos B. Snider, Ocheyden, lowadied May 4 at his residence. Born April 19, 1855, he lived in this district until 1890 when moved to lowa and started farming. He was the last of a family of 12. His parents were the late Rev. and Mrs. Elias Snider, Surviving him is his wife, nee Hanna Krast [was deceased], and one daughter, Mrs. Elva Wiegand, Ocheyden. A. number of grandchildren and great grandchildren also survive. A son, Ervin and daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Ethel) Stein, predeceased him. The funeral and burial services took place on Sunday. Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Thu, May 10, 1945 Page 19 ____________ A.B. Snider Last rites were conducted Sunday afternoon, May 6th at the home in May City by Rev. G.E. Scheider of the Hartley Methodist church for A. B. Snider. Mrs. H. B. Pike and Mrs. Paul Woodke sang. Burial was made in Harrison Twp. Cemetery beside his wife who preceded him in death. Amos B. Snider was born April 19, 1855 in Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada. He was married to Hannah Kraft June 29, 1875. They lived in Waterloo County until June, 1890 when they moved to Iowa onto the farm where he lived at the time of his death. He reached the age of 90 years and 14 days. He. is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Elva Wiegand, Fairmont, Minn., his wife, son and one daughter having preceded him in death. Besides the daughter, he leaves to mourn his passing 14 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a host of friends. The Hartley Sentinel, published in Hartley, Iowa on Thursday, May 10th, 1945 pg 5

  
  

• 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..., 268. [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..., 867. [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..., 274. [S16] Bible - Genealogical Information in the Bibles of the Waterloo Historical Society, Elias Schneider and Hannah Bingeman Family Bible. [S1943] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1861, Div. 10 Page 79. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 32. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94428785/amos-b.-snider. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Jonas B. Snider - September 22, 1944. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 12 Nov 1835:12. last Tuesday Rev B. Eby m. Elias Schneider (son of Jacob Schneider, miller) to Hannah Bingeman, both of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 19 Apr 1855 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Birth - - May City, Osceola, Iowa, USA Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1881 - German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1944 - , , Iowa Died - 4 May 1945 - Ocheyedan, Osceola, Iowa, United States Buried - - Harrison Cemetery, May City, Osceola, Iowa, United States  = Link to Google Earth