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John B. Snyder[1, 2]

Male 1848 - 1922  (73 years)


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  • Name John B. Snyder 
    Born 1 Aug 1848  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Mennonite 
    Directory 1884  Wilmot Township - Block A Concession 1 Lot 26, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Name John Schneider 
    Occupation 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1900  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    farmer 
    Occupation 1901  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Farmer 
    Occupation 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Laborer, Street 
    Residence 1911  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5921 
    Died 20 Mar 1922  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I15698  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Absalom Snyder,   b. 23 May 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 May 1900, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Mary Bricker,   b. 7 Mar 1823, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 1 Feb 1841  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Family ID F262044  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Isabella S. Cassel,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1877  Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 15] 
    Children 
     1. Zenas C. Snyder,   b. 29 Nov 1877, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1958, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Almeidia Snyder,   b. 12 Aug 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     3. Austin Snyder,   b. 1882, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Oscar Cassel Snyder,   b. 8 Oct 1882, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Feb 1973, Shoal Lake, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years)
     5. Savilla Snyder,   b. 9 Nov 1883, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1970, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
     6. Lauretta Rachel Snyder,   b. 11 Aug 1886, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1945, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 59 years)
     7. Phoebe Elsie Snyder,   b. 15 Aug 1889, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Aug 1981, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F2808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lucinda Cressman,   b. 29 Apr 1864, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Aug 1942, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 19 Sep 1900  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
     1. Clarence Wilfred Snyder,   b. 19 Aug 1902, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1938, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F6243  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • John B. Snyder, "was born August 1st, 1848. On February 27th, 1877. he was married to Isabella Cassel They reside a few miles west of Haysville where he is the owner of a beautiful farm. His family consists of five 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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      Snyder.--John B. Snyder was born in Waterloo county, Ont., Aug. 1, 1848 died at his home in Kitchener, Ont., Mar. 20, 1922; aged 73 y. 7 m. 20 d. In 1877 he was married to Isabella Cassel to which union 4 daughters and 2 sons were born, one girl dying in infancy. After his first wife's decease he was married to Lucinda Cressman in 1900. To this union one son was born. He leaves his sorrowing widow, 3 sons, 3 daughters, 3 brothers, and 3 sisters, and many friends. Bro. Snyder has been a member of the Mennonite Church for many years, to which he remained faithful till the end. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, Mar. 23, conducted by the brethren Jonas Snider and Manasseh Hallman. "Gone to his reward."


      Gospel Herald - Volume XV, Number 1 - April 6, 1922, pg 15

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 383.

    2. [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..., 313.

    3. [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..., 282.

    4. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 8.

    5. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 016352-00.
      John SNIDER, 52, farmer, Waterloo Twp, Wilmot Twp, widower, s/o Abs SNIDER & Mary BRICKER married Lucinda CRESSMAN, 36, Wilmot Twp, Berlin, d/o Samuel & Barbara CRESSMAN, witn: Ezra C. & Mrs. E.C. BOWMAN both of Berlin, 19 September 1900 in Berlin

    6. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 20.

    7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 6, 1922 - Obituary of John B. Snyder.

    8. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 27 Pg. 2.

    9. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 20.

    10. [S894] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861, Sect. 8 Page 59.

    11. [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..., 281.

    12. [S13] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - Wellington District Marriage Register Part 1 1840-1852, Eby, Benjamin - Minister of the Mennonist Society, Berlin.

    13. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 35.

    14. [S244] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Deutsche Canadier (1841-1865) - Index to Births, Deaths and Marriages Announced in the Deutsche Canadier, Berlin, Canada West. originally indexed by Simone Nieuwolt and Sylvie Kuppek..organised by Rosemary Ambrose, 5 Feb 1841 Pg 6.
      2 Feb 1841 Pastor Benjamin Eby m. Absalom SCHNEIDER to Maria BRUECKER, both from Waterloo.

    15. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8455 (1877), John Snyder-Isabella Cassel.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Aug 1848 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 27 Feb 1877 - Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDirectory - 1884 - Wilmot Township - Block A Concession 1 Lot 26, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1900 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Sep 1900 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer, Street - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Mar 1922 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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