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

Ralph F. Snider

Male 1882 - 1942  (59 years)


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  • Name Ralph F. Snider 
    Born 20 Sep 1882  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Methodist 
    Occupation 1901  Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Watch Maker 
    Residence 1917  Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6311 
    Died May 1942  Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Buried Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I1939  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Menno S. Snider,   b. 22 Aug 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1917, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Harriet Fields,   b. 30 Jan 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1898, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 6 Nov 1865  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F593  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Conestogo, May 27 - Funeral services for Ralph Snider, 57, a native of Conestogo who died Monday at his home in Flint, Mich., will be held Friday at 2 p.m. from the home of his sisters, the Misses Ida and Mabel Snider, Conestogo. Rev A. L. Thompson of Elmira United Church will officiate. Burial will be in Bloomingdale Cemetery. The remains will be brought from Flint to the Deisinger Funeral Home, Elmira, on Thursday prior to removal to the homestead. And son of the late Mr. And Mrs. Menno Snider, the deceased spent his early youth in the district as a jeweller apprentice with George Klinck, Elmira. Later he moved to Detroit where he remained for several years prior to moving to Flint. He was registered timekeeper for the Grand Trunk Railway for 28 years. Surviving besides his wife, Elizabeth, are one brother, Oliver, Hamilton, and three sisters, Ida and Mabel of Conestogo and Mrs. Henriett Shinbein of Capri, Saskatchewan. One sister Nellie died three months ago.


      The Kitchener Daily News 27 May 1942

  • 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..., 337.

    2. [S161] Census - ON, Waterloo, Elmira - 1901, Elmira (Village) B. Page 22.

    3. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 25.

    4. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      Snider/ Eleanor Grace 1874 * 1942/ Ralph F. 1882 * 1942/ Ida F. 1866 * 1944/ Mabel F. Schwartz/ 1879-1969

    5. [S350] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener Daily Record 1919-1947, Obituary of Ralph Snider - 27 May 1942.

    6. [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..., 336.

    7. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name:Menno Snyder Age:25 Birth Date:abt 1840 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Marriage Date:6 Oct 1865 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Henry Mother:Elizabeth Spouse:A Field Spouse's Age:21 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1844 Spouse Birth Place:Waterloo Township Spouse Residence:Waterloo Township Spouse Father:James Spouse Mother:Maria Anne Residence:Waterloo Township

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Sep 1882 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Methodist - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Watch Maker - 1901 - Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1917 - Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - May 1942 - Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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