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

Josiah Snider[1]

Male 1851 - 1922  (70 years)


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  • Name Josiah Snider 
    Born 3 Dec 1851  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Drover 
    Occupation 1911  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Drover 
    Residence 1911  Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6334 
    Died 9 Nov 1922  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Buried Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Person ID I2218  Generations
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 

    Father Henry Snider,   b. 2 Feb 1811, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1877, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Snider,   b. 19 Apr 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 1855, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married 27 Mar 1836  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10, 11
    Family ID F588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Angeline Martin,   b. 5 Feb 1855, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1873, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years) 
    Married 24 Mar 1872  [1, 2
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F443  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jemima J. T. Wright,   b. 26 Nov 1854, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1925  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 15 Jan 1879  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Last Modified 26 Jun 2024 
    Family ID F712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Josiah Snider, "was born December 3rd, 1851. He is the occupant of the old "Jacob Schneider Homestead" near Bloomingdale where he is engaged in farming. Besides farming, Mr. Snider is engaged in doing an extensive business in the buying of selling of fat cattle which he generally ships to the English market."


      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.].

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 26.

    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..., 339.

    3. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-1 Page 9.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 10740-79.
      (Waterloo Co..), Josiah SNIDER, 27, yeoman, Waterloo Twp., of Waterloo Twp., wid, s/o Henry & Elizabeth SNIDER, married Jamima WRIGHT, 24, Woolwich, of Woolwich, d/o Arthur & Jane WRIGHT, witn: James GLENNIE & Ellen HAMILTON, on 15 January 1879, at Woolwich

    5. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div 2, Page 42.

    6. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 14 page 7.

    7. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div 7 Page 42.

    8. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link.
      Snider/ Josiah Snider/ 1851 1922/ His wife/ Jemima T. Wright/ 1854 1925

    9. [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..., 335.

    10. [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..., 275.

    11. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 7 Apr 1836:27.
      27 Mar 1836 Rev. Benjamin Eby m. Heinrich Schneider to Elisabeth Schneider, both of Waterloo.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Dec 1851 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Jan 1879 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Drover - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Drover - 1911 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Nov 1922 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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