Alvina Matilda Shantz^[1]

1872 - 1961  (88 years)

• Name	Alvina Matilda Shantz
  Born	25 Nov 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Alvina Matilda Snider
  Name	Elvina Matilda Shantz
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Servant
  Residence	1891	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Domestic
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00110-6677.7
  Died	4 May 1961  [3, 5, 7]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 7]
  Person ID	I19236	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Bauman Shantz,   b. 17 Dec 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Dec 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann Snyder,   b. 20 Jan 1839, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 10 Sep 1909, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Married	20 Oct 1863	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F4757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Leander S. Snider,   b. 20 Sep 1867, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Oct 1955  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Jul 1919  [5]
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F6563	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Snider, Alvina, daughter of Henry and Lydia (Snider) Shantz, died at the Scott Pavilion Hospital, Kitchener, Ont., May 4, 1961; aged 88 years. In July 1919, she was married to Leander Snider, who died in Oct. 1955. Surviving are 3 sons (Melvin and Earl, Kitchener; and Harry, Preston), 13 grandchildren, and 27 great-grandchildren. She was a member of the Strasburg Church. Funeral services were held at the First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, in charge of J. B. Martin and Lester Bauman. Gospel Herald - Volume LIV, Number 24 - June 13, 1961, pages 550, 551, 552

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 394. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Division 3 Page Number 13 Household Number 53. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. Snider / Elvina Matilda / Shantz / beloved wife of / Leander Snider / Nov. 25, 1872 / May 4, 1961 / Thy trial ended, thy rest is won [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 30, Pg 1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Obituary of Alvina Snider - June 13, 1961. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 13. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26562505/alvina-matilda-snider. [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..., 299. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Henry Shantz, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Noe and Hanna, married 20 Oct 1863 Lydia Snyder, 23, res. Waterloo, b. N. Dumfries, daughter of Samuel and Mary

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Nov 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Servant - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Domestic - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth