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

Laurene Snyder[1]

Female 1905 - 1972  (67 years)


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  • Name Laurene Snyder 
    Born 19 May 1905  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Name Laurene Shantz 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1921  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1924  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Domestic 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-156930 
    Died 27 Dec 1972  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I156930  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Leander Snyder,   b. 15 Jun 1876, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 May 1924, Bridgeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Mother Elmina Kraft,   b. 20 Aug 1879, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Nov 1957, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 1891  [5
    Family ID F39337  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Irvin Shantz,   b. 29 May 1902, Peel Twp., Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1979, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 20 Jul 1924  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
     1. Earl Stanley Shantz,   b. 8 May 1925, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1995, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Rebecca Eileen "Becky" Shantz,   b. 19 Jul 1927, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 2012, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Kenneth Leander Shantz,   b. 22 May 1929, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jan 2018, Stratford, Perth Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Lorne Irvin Shantz,   b. 4 Dec 1932,   d. 27 Feb 2010, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
     5. Willard Laverne Shantz,   b. 11 Jan 1935,   d. 31 May 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F37660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Laurene Shantz

      Funeral service was conducted in Kitchener, Saturday for the former Laurene Snyder of Baden. She died last Wednesday at St. Mary's Hospital at the age of 67. Burial will be Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery.

      Wife of Irvin Shantz mother of Earl, Lorne and Judith (Mrs. Albert Bollenbach), all of Kitchener; Kenneth of R.R. 2, New Hamburg; Rebecca (Mrs. Lyle Miller) of R.R. 1, New Hamburg; Willard and Dorothy (Mrs. Donald Schwindt), both of Baden and Eva (Mrs. Arthur Baker) of Mount Forest; sister of Harold of Waterdown, Arthur and Stuart Snyder of Kitchener, and Gordon Snyder of Waterloo; Nora (Mrs. Stanley Weber) of New Dundee, and Eva (Mrs. Delton Shantz) of Elmira; 26 grandchildren also survive.

      The Elmira Signet 3 Jan 1973 pg 12

  • Sources 
    1. [S3108] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 020625-24.
      Irvin Shantz, 22, occ. Farmer, b. Peel Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Elias S. Shantz and Rebecca Musselman married Laurene Snyder, 19, occ. Domestic, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Leander Snyder and Elmina Kraft, Witn: Eugene and Edna Kraft both of Bloomingdale, 20 July 1924 in Waterloo Twp.

    2. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 3 Page 12.

    3. [S2088] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1921, Sud District 3 - Lexington 1921 Page 12.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46158237.

    5. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 26, 1924 - Obituary of Leander Snider.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 May 1905 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1921 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Domestic - 1924 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jul 1924 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Dec 1972 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Steinmann Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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