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Allan S. Snider

Male 1861 - 1959  (97 years)


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  • Name Allan S. Snider 
    Born 29 Oct 1861  German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Male 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20748997 
    Interesting life 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Miller 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Evangelical 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Miller 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5840 
    Died 7 Jul 1959  [2, 6] 
    Buried Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6] 
    Person ID I17515  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Isaac B. Snider,   b. 13 Jan 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1921, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Nancy Sitler,   b. 17 Feb 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1891  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 7, 8, 9] 
    Family ID F3120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annie Schroder,   b. 1865, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1946, Parkway (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 2 Jan 1887  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Children 
     1. Nelson Snider,   b. 20 Oct 1888, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1918, , France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years)
     2. Arabella Snider,   b. 26 Aug 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1975, London, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Ralph Aldo Snider,   b. 16 Oct 1893,   d. Feb 1974  (Age 80 years)
     4. Lloyd Gerald Snider,   b. 12 Jan 1897, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Feb 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Mary Ann Margurite "Marie" Snider,   b. 12 Dec 1905, Killarney, , Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 1976, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F4568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Allan Snider, "was born October 29th, 1861. On January 2nd 1887, he was married to Annie Schroder. He is a miller by trade and resides in Waterloo where he is engaged in the Union Mills. His family consists of three 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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      Man Who Predicted Flights to Moon Dies

      When Allan S. Snider of Parkway first predicted that humans would reach the moon by flight, the idea seemed fantastic. But he nearly lived to see his forecast come true.

      Mr. Snider, now 97, died last night at his home after a brief illness.

      Despite his advanced age, he followed news of satellite launchings with keen interest and was confident that space travel and a. wonderful new era in the history of mankind, is unfolding swiftly.

      INTERESTED IN POLITICS

      A flour miller by trade, he was an amateur inventor as a younger man and had a lifetime interest in politics. Born at Parkway, then called German Mills, Oct. 29, 1861, Mr. Snider was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Snider. His wife the former Annie Schroeder, died in 1946.

      He served his apprenticeship as a miller at New Dundee and later worked at St. Jacobs, Ayton, Detroit and Killarney, Manitoba, retiring in 1937. Later he was caretaker of Parkway School.

      Mr. Snider was a member of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

      FAMILY SURVIVES

      He is survived by two sons, Ralph of Toronto and Lloyd of Elmira; two daughters, Mrs. Wesley (Arabelle) Merner, Zurich and Miss Marie of Parkway; two brothers, Isaac of. Winnipeg and Elem, Montreal, also a sister, Mrs. Edward Schaefer, Breslau. A son, Nelson, was killed overseas in a the First World War. There grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.

      Very Rev. F. G. Stewart will conduct the service at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home 2 p.m. Friday. Burial will be at Union Cemetery, Elmira.

      Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Kitchener, Ontario, Canada Wed, Jul 8, 1959 Page 3

  • 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..., 270.

    2. [S98] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Elmira Union CC#4578 Internet Link.
      Snider/ Allan Snider/ 1861 - 1959/ Annie Schroder/ His Beloved Wife/ 1865 - 1946/ Their Son Nelson/ Died In France 1918/ Until The Day Break. ((Back)) - Marie A. Snider/ 1905 - 1976/ Lloyd G. Snider/ 1897 - 1976. A - Lloyd/ B - Marie.

    3. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 20.

    4. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 48.

    5. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 56.

    6. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20748997/allan-snider.

    7. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Isaac Snyder aged 20 of Waterloo Twp., born Waterloo Twp. son of Elias Snyder and Hannah Bingeman married 17 Mar 1861 to Nancy Sittler aged 21 of Waterloo Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of John Sittler and Sarah Blemmer.

    8. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 29 Mar 1861.
      By the Rev. F. W. Bindeman at Berlin Snyder - Sittler: On the 17th inst., Mr. Isaac Snyder, to Miss Nancy Sittler, of Waterloo Township

    9. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Isaac Snyder, 20, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Elias and Hannah (Bargeman), married 17 Mar 1861 Nancy Sittler, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Abram and Sarah (Klemer)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Oct 1861 - German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Miller - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 2 Jan 1887 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Evangelical - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Miller - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Union Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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