Menno S. Snider^{[1, 2]}

1838 - 1917  (78 years)

• Name	Menno S. Snider
  Born	22 Aug 1838	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  	Miller
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Miller
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [10]
  	Methodist
  Occupation	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Miller
  Occupation	1911	Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Miller
  Occupation	1911	Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Miller
  Residence	1911	Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00106-6304
  Died	9 Feb 1917	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7]
  	Cause: Cause: Pneumonia
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Person ID	I22471	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Henry Snider,   b. 2 Feb 1811, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Jan 1877, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Snider,   b. 19 Apr 1817, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jan 1855, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 37 years)
  Married	27 Mar 1836	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11, 12, 13]
  Family ID	F588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Harriet Fields,   b. 30 Jan 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Jul 1898, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 53 years)
  Married	6 Nov 1865	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 14]
  Children	1. Ida F. Snider,   b. 30 Sep 1866, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1944  (Age 77 years)   2. William Schneider,   b. 1869, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Walter James Snider,   b. 30 Sep 1869, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Apr 1927, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 57 years)   4. Emma Maud Snider,   b. 10 Jan 1872, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Mar 1879  (Age 7 years)   5. Eleanor Grace "Nellie" Snider,   b. 11 Sep 1874, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Feb 1942  (Age 67 years)   6. Oliver Arthur Snider,   b. 2 Dec 1876, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1963, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 86 years)   7. Mabel Annie Snider,   b. 2 Aug 1879, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1969  (Age 89 years)   8. Ralph F. Snider,   b. 20 Sep 1882, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. May 1942, Flint, Genesee, Michigan, USA  (Age 59 years)   9. Harriet Mary Snider,   b. 11 Apr 1890, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Snider,MennoS.-0001-FindAGrave-fromJaneEpp.jpg Cemetery, B., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, B. (1838). Menno Snider (1838-1918) - Find A Grave Memorial. Findagrave.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43042744/menno-snider From Jane Epp
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• Notes

  Menno S. Snyder, Was born August 22nd, 1838. When a young man he entered his father's mills in Conestogo where he served his apprenticeship in the business which he has so successfully carried on for the last twenty years. Shortly before his father's death he became proprietor of the Conestogo Roller Flour Mills. Some four years ago he purchased the Salem Mills and is now engaged in manufacturing some of the finest brands of flour put on the market. Mr. Snider is well known by the farmers of Woolwich and other townships and is highly respected by all. he is first-class business man and courteous and pleasing in manners, thus making him one of our highly esteemed citizens of the county. On November 6th, 1865, he was married to Harriet Fields who was born January 30th, 1845. They reside in Conestogo and have had a family of seven children". 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.]. ______________________ Conestogo - At noon Friday, there passed away, at his late residence, Mr. Menno Snider, after a brief illness of two days, of broncho-pheumonia, at the age of 78 years, 5 months and 18 days. Deceased was born in Waterloo Township on august 22nd, 1838. In 1865 he was married to Harriet Fields, who predeceased him by nineteen years. He succeeded his father in the milling business here which he has since carried on. The deceased had occasion in his daily business to come in to contact with a large number of people, whose respect he won and retained through fair and honest treatment no matter from how near or far the customers came in. He is survived by several brothers and sisters and by three sons and four daughters, namely: Walter, Ida and Mabel, here; Oliver, of Herbert, Sask.; ralph, of Battle Creek, Mich.; Eleanor, of Saskatoon, and Harriet, Mrs. Wm. Schinbein, of Cabri, Sask. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon and was attended by a large number of friends and acquaintances who came to pay a last tribute to the departed. Burial took place at the Mennonite Cemetery at Bloomingdale. The sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved family. Elmira Signet Feb 15 1917

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 313. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 18850-1904. Oliver A Snider, 27, Occ. Miller, b. Conestogo, Res. of Conestogo, son of Menno Snider and Harriet Fields, married Matilda Struck, 21, b. Conestogo, Res. of Conestogo, daughter of Charles Struck and Rachel Scheifele, Witn: J W Gerbig, Conestogo and Eleanor G Snider, Conestogo, On 3 Dec 1904, at Conestogo [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. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-2 Page 10. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 87. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. Menno Snider/ Born August 22, 1838/ Died Feby. 9, 1918/ Harriet Fields His wife/ Born Jan. 30, 1845/ Died July 29, 1898/ Snider [S116] Vit - ON - Death Registration. Menno Snider Death Date: 9 Feb 1917 Death Location: Waterloo [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div 4, Page 56. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 14 page 10. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 24. [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. [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. [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. [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

  Born - 22 Aug 1838 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 6 Nov 1865 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1911 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Miller - 1911 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1911 - Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: Cause: Pneumonia - 9 Feb 1917 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth