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

Daniel Schneider[1, 2]

Male 1797 - 1884  (86 years)

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  • Name Daniel Schneider 
    Business 144  14 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location 
    store 
    Born 21 Dec 1797  Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Land Bef 1831  Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 051, Waterloo County, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    merchant 
    Elected Office 1857  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Waterloo City councillor 
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Merchant 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Elected Office 1862  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reeve - Waterloo 
    Name Daniel Snyder 
    Occupation 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    N. F. 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5988 
    Died 14 Mar 1884  [1, 3
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Person ID I17472  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Christian Schneider,   b. 28 Aug 1758, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Aug 1850, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Erb,   b. 23 Jan 1770, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1818, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years) 
    Married 1789  [10, 11
    Family ID F4942  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Erb,   b. 15 Feb 1794, , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Nov 1865, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 1818  [3
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F4559  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Daniel Snyder
    Daniel Snyder
    Head and shoulders portrait of Daniel Snyder, first Postmaster of Waterloo from 1831 to 1863.

    Waterloo Pubic Library Digital Collection

  • Notes 
    • Daniel Schneider, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, December 21st, 1797. When a lad of nine years of age his parents moved to Canada and settled at Doon, Ontario, where young Daniel grew to manhood. In 1818 he was married to Nancy (No. 2815), daughter of John and Magdalena (Schrantz) Erb. She was born February 15th, 1794, and died November 15th, 1865. Soon after their marriage he moved about two miles south of Berlin, on the farm lately owned by Ephraim B. Shantz, where he, in 1829, also opened a small store. In 1833 he disposed of this property and moved to the town of Waterloo where he was doing a well paying mercantile business for many years. He died march 14th, 1884, leaving no heirs."


      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.].

  • 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..., 625.

    2. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 23 Nov 1865.
      Nancy Schneider died 16 Nov 1865 in Waterloo, wife of Daniel, 76 yrs.

    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..., 292.

    4. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div3 pg 127.

    5. [S302] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1881, Waterloo Village 1881 Div. 1 Page 14.

    6. [S1885] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1861, Waterloo 1861 Dist. 3 Page 25.

    7. [S2658] aaaaWaterloo Village 1871, Sect. 1 Page 37.

    8. [S1322] Land - Founding Families of Waterloo Township 1800-1830, 46.

    9. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    10. [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..., 267.

    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..., 615.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBusiness - store - 144 - 14 King St. N., Waterloo, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Dec 1797 - Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand - Bef 1831 - Waterloo Township - German Company Tract Lot 051, Waterloo County, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - merchant - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Waterloo City councillor - 1857 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsElected Office - Reeve - Waterloo - 1862 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - N. F. - 1881 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo City, 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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