Lydia Snyder^{[1, 2]}

1846 - 1871  (25 years)

• Name	Lydia Snyder
  Born	8 Feb 1846	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/182431558
  Name	Lydia Bear
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1861	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1868	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	NC Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00106-5910
  Died	4 Dec 1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 6, 8, 9, 13]
  	Cause: consumption
  Buried	Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  Person ID	I15324	Generations
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024

  
  

  Father	Levi Snyder,   b. 16 Aug 1815, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Clemens,   b. 6 Jul 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1838  [3]
  Family ID	F3300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Levi Snyder,   b. 16 Aug 1815, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 May 1890, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F268676	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Benjamin Bear,   b. 2 Mar 1847, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Mar 1932, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Married	27 Dec 1868	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 5]
  Children	1. Nancy Bear,   b. 1861, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Byron Bear,   b. 1 Aug 1869, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Jul 1892  (Age 22 years)   3. Aaron Baer,   b. 15 Oct 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1952  (Age 80 years)
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2024
  Family ID	F254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Lydia Snyder, "was born February 8th, 1846. On December 27th, 1868, she was married to Benjamin Bear (No. 609). They resided near Doon where she died December 4th, 1871, leaving a family of two 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.]. ______________________________________ On the 3rd of December, in Waterloo county, Ont., of consumption, Lydia, wife of Benjamin Baer, aged 25 years, 9 months and 24 days. We have the hopes that she left this troublesome world in peace with God and now rests in that happy world above, where grief and sorrow can never come. A funeral discourse by D. Wismer from the words, "Where art thou?" Gen. 3: 9. Herald of Truth - Volume IX, Number 2 - February 1872, page 29, 30

  
  

• 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..., 398. [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..., 187. [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..., 280. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851. gives age and country of birth [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Benjamin Bear, age 21, res Waterloo, born Waterloo, son of John and Nancy married 27 Dec 1868 to Lidea Snyder, aged 22, res Waterloo, born Waterloo, daughter of Levi and Elizabeth. [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration, as recorded by Eldon Weber for the Waterloo Region Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Siv. 2, Pg. 15. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, Volume IX, Number 2 - February 1872, page 29, 30. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 54. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link. [stone broken] Gone Home/ In memory of/ Lydia/ Wife of/ Benjamin BEAR/ Who died May (1),1871/ [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 10 Page 72. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 11 Page 78. [S2491] aaa Vit - ON - Death Registration, death certificate 020046 (1871). [stone broken] Gone Home/ In memory of/ Lydia/ Wife of/ Benjamin BEAR/ Who died May (1),1871/

  
  

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  Born - 8 Feb 1846 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1868 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 27 Dec 1868 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - NC Methodist - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: consumption - 4 Dec 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth