Elijah Snyder Thomas^[1]

1861 - 1957  (95 years)

• Name	Elijah Snyder Thomas
  Born	8 Oct 1861	Rosendale, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Name	Eli Thomas
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	United Brethren
  Occupation	1901	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Laborer
  Occupation	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Laborer
  Residence	1911	Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00121-7510
  Died	10 Jan 1957	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Buried	12 Jan 1957	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I20276	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	William B. Thomas,   b. 7 Feb 1825, Dundas, West Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 May 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Hannah Snyder,   b. 12 Jul 1831, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1907, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 76 years)
  Married	10 Jun 1851	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7, 8, 9]
  Family ID	F506	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia Jane Underwood,   b. 13 Jun 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Oct 1935, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	4 May 1886	Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Children	1. Jane Thomas,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Warren Ross Thomas,   b. 28 Jan 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Oct 1959  (Age 72 years)   3. Jezebel Hannah Elizabeth "Jessie" Thomas,   b. 12 Jul 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Russell Arthur Thomas,   b. 3 Nov 1891, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Dec 1969, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)   5. Harold Thomas Thomas,   b. 12 Feb 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Arnott David Thomas Thomas,   b. 28 Sep 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Agnes Gladys "Aggie" Thomas,   b. 29 Jan 1902, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Aft 1924  (Age > 23 years)   8. George William Thomas,   b. 10 Sep 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Maizie Blanche Thomas,   b. 25 Mar 1908, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1988  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Elijah S. Thomas, "was born October 8th, 1861. He is married to Lydia Jane Underwood and resides near Bloomingdale where he is engaged in carpentering. To them are born four children, namely: Warren, Jezebel, Bursell, and Harold A." Eby, Ezra E. (1895). 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: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character. Berlin [Kitchener, Ont.]: [s.n.]. _________________ Elijah Snyder Thomas - Elijah Snyder Thomas, 95, of 369 King St. East, died Thursday at K-W Hospital. Mr. Thomas was born Oct. 8, 1861, in Rosedale. He was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. Mr. Thomas was retired. His wife, the former Lydia Jane Underwood, whom he married May 4, 1886, in Linwood, died in 1936. Surviving are two sons, Warren of Kitchener, Russell of new Dundee; two daughters, Mrs. Albert (Jessie) Moser of Kitchener, Mrs. Albert (Jane) Gies of Petersburg, 24 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren. Three sons, a daughter, two brothers and two sisters predeceased him. The body is at the Keffer Funeral Home where the funeral will be conducted Saturday at 3: 30 pm by Rev. J.H. Getz of Calvary Memorial Evangelical United Brethren Church. Burial will be in the First Mennonite Cemetery. Unidentified Newspaper Obituary

  
  

• 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..., 536. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 3. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Waterloo N. Twp. 1881 Page 12. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 41 Page 3. [S2545] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Township North 1891, Section 1 page 38. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Elijah Snyder Thomas. [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..., 333. [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..., 535. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Wilhelm B. Thomas aged 26, farmer of Waterloo married 10 Jun 1851 at Greenbush by banns to Hanna Schneider aged 19 of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 4 May 1886 - Linwood, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - United Brethren - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Laborer - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 10 Jan 1957 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - 12 Jan 1957 - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth