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

Edna Ella Snider[1, 2]

Female 1880 - 1975  (95 years)


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  • Name Edna Ella Snider 
    Born 20 Jul 1880  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5876.2 
    Died 28 Dec 1975  Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I190  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Tilman B. Snider,   b. 9 Dec 1850, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1937, Spencer, Clay, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Magdalena Groff,   b. 18 Nov 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Mar 1939, Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Edna Snider, daughter of Tillman and Magdeline Snider, was born in Ontario, Canada on August 20, 1880. She came to the United States with her parents at the age of 10 years, in 1890, and settled in the Sanborn, Iowa, vicinity. Here she attended school and grew to young womanhood.

      She was united in marriage to Clare Hakeman of Sanborn, Iowa on June 10, 1903. Their entire married life was lived in Sanborn where her husband, Clare, was manager of the Sanborn Cooperative Grain Company.

      Clare and Edna entered the Prairie View Retirement Home in September of 1967 where they lived until his death January 8, 1969. She continuted to make her home there and passed away there suddenly on December 28, 1975 at the age of 95 years, four months and eight days.

      She is survived by three sons: Cornyle and George of Sanborn, Iowa, and James of Wichita, Kansas; two daughters: Mrs. Lawrence (Margaret) Hickey of Sanborn, and Dorothy Foote of Des Moines, Iowa; twelve grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and two great great grandchildren; two sisters: Mabel Higgins of Dequim Washington and Elthen Turner of Seal Beach, California.

      She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Clare on January 8, 1969; one son in infancy; two brothers and two sisters.

      She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Sanborn.

      Sanborn, Iowa, Pioneer, 2 Jan 1976, p4

  • 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..., 274.

    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..., 724.

    3. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 22.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/165878750.

    5. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian).
      Bridegroom Name: Tillman Snyder Age: 21 Res: Waterloo Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Elias & Hannah Snyder Bride: Name: Magdalena Groff Age: 19 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Names of Parents: Andrew & Maria Groff Witness(S): Name: Henry Groff Res: Waterloo Name: Jacob Snyder Res: Waterloo Date of Marriage: Oct. 24, 1871

    6. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 2 Nov 1871.
      Oct. 24, 1871 Dilman Schneider of German Mill and Lena Groff of Waterloo, by Rev. Tuerk

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Jul 1880 - 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 MapsDied - 28 Dec 1975 - Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Roseland Cemetery, Sanborn, O'Brien, Iowa, USA Link to Google Earth
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