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Melissa Snider

Female 1879 - 1977  (98 years)


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  • Name Melissa Snider 
    Born 15 Aug 1879  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Melissa Schaefer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5851 
    Died 20 Nov 1977  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7] 
    Person ID I19355  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Isaac B. Snider,   b. 13 Jan 1841, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1921  (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  [8, 9, 10, 11] 
    Family ID F3120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Edven Schaefer,   b. 24 Dec 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Dec 1960  (Age 85 years) 
    Children 
     1. Vera Ella Schaefer,   b. 2 Jan 1905, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 2001, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     2. Charles Floyd "Tiny" Schaefer,   b. 12 Aug 1906, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     3. Loren Schaefer,   b. 1 Mar 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 May 1974, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
     4. Lauretta "Laura" Schaefer,   b. 1 Mar 1909, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1983  (Age 74 years)
     5. Clayton Isaac Schaefer,   b. 1912, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1997, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     6. Bertha Schaefer,   b. 1918,   d. 2000  (Age 82 years)
     7. Kenneth Schaefer,   b. Abt 1921,   d. Bef 1997  (Age ~ 75 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F41279  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SCHAEFER, Mrs. Edven (Melissa) -- On Sunday, November 20, 1977, at St. Raphael's Nursing Home, Melissa Snider, age 98 years, of Breslau. Mother of Vera (Mrs. Albert Blake) of Breslau, Laura Schaefer of Breslau, Bertha (Mrs. Harold Seibel) of Kitchener, Clarence of Ayr, Clayton and Kenneth, both of Kitchener. Also survived by 18 grandchildren, 38 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren. Predeceased by her husband Edven, in 1960; a son, Lorne; one sister, seven brothers, her father Isaac Snider and her mother the former Nancy Sittler, She attended Breslau Missionary Church. Friends may call at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, 621 King St. W., Kitchener. Funeral service in the Ratz-Bechtel Chapel Tuesday, 3 p.m. Interment in Breslau Mennonite Cemetery. Rev. E. R. Sparks will officiate.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 21 Nov 1977

  • 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..., 271.

    2. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-1 Page 4.

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

    4. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 8.

    5. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Melissa Snider - 21 Nov 1977.

    6. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 41.

    7. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      Schaefer/ Edven Schaefer/ 1874-1960/ his wife/ Melissa Snider/ 1880-1977

    8. [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.

    9. [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.

    10. [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

    11. [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 - 15 Aug 1879 - 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 MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 20 Nov 1977 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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