Nelson Snider^[1]

1888 - 1918  (29 years)

• Name	Nelson Snider
  Born	20 Oct 1888	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Military	WW1  [6]
  Name	Nelson Snyder
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical
  Eby ID Number	00106-5840.2
  Died	30 Mar 1918	, France   [3, 4, 7]
  Buried	Moreuil Communal Cemetery, Allied Extension, Moreuil, , Picardie, France   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I17718	Generations
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Allan S. Snider,   b. 29 Oct 1861, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Jul 1959  (Age 97 years)
  Mother	Annie Schroder,   b. 1865, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Aug 1946, Parkway (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	2 Jan 1887	Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Family ID	F4568	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  A steam engineer by trade, he enlisted in the Canadian Expeditionary Force on 24 Sept 1914 in Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. Private Snyder was an original member of the First Canadian Contingent's 'E' Company, 6th Battalion (Fort Garry Horse). The First Canadian Contingent embarked from Quebec City on Saturday, 3 Oct 1914, sailing to England. The first Canadian Contingent, the largest convoy ever to cross the Atlantic, was comprised of over 31,000 troops who were aboard 31 ocean liners escorted by Royal Navy warships. Also sailing with them was a contingent from the British Dominion of Newfoundland, still separate from Canada at the time. Private Nelson Snyder is commemorated on Page 504 of Canada's First World War Book of Remembrance. He is honoured and remembered on the Snider Family's grave headstone in the Elmira Union Cemetery in Elmira, Ontario, Canada. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180559524/nelson-snyder

  
  

• 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..., 270. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 4 Page 56. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20749084/nelson-snider. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180559524/nelson-snyder. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. Name:Nelson Snyder Birth Date:20 Oct 1888 Birth Location:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Relative:Allan Snyder res: Hillarnye, Man. Canada Relationship:Father Regiment Number:15023 [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers, "Personnel Record FWW Item - Library And Archives Canada". 2019. Bac-Lac.Gc.Ca. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=24131&. [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.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 20 Oct 1888 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 Mar 1918 - , France Buried - - Moreuil Communal Cemetery, Allied Extension, Moreuil, , Picardie, France  = Link to Google Earth