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

Ida Snyder

Female 1898 - 1977  (79 years)


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  • Name Ida Snyder 
    Born 4 Jan 1898  Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Female 
    Name Ida Cressman 
    Name Ida Snider 
    Residence 1911  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1923  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Eby ID Number 00106-6136.5000 
    Died 10 Oct 1977  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 6
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I23291  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Rev. Absalom B. Snyder,   b. 7 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1936, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Mary Groff,   b. 15 Aug 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Nov 1949, RR2, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 17 May 1892  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8
    Family ID F261896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Howard Alexander Cressman,   b. 10 Apr 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 29 years) 
    Married 12 Dec 1923  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Dr. Harry Keith Cressman,   b. 6 Jul 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 2005, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     2. Howard Snyder Cressman,   b. 26 Mar 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 2004, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5626  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Norman M. Snider,   b. 13 Aug 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Sep 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 107 years) 
    Married 1945 
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F5625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SNIDER, Mrs. Norman M.-- On Monday, October 10, 1977, at the South Waterloo Memorial Hospital, Ida Snyder Cressman, beloved wife of Norman Snider, in her 79th year, of 7B Lang's Drive Cambridge. Dear mother of Keith Cressman of Morton, Ill., and Howard Cressman of Cambridge; also survived by her grandsons, Dale, Bill, Karl, Eric; one sister, Emma of Kitchener and one brother Edward of Cambridge. Predeceased by her former husband, Howard A. Cressman; two sisters, Mrs. Nelson Bechtel and Mrs. Chester Buschert and one brother Oliver. Mrs. Snider was born in Hespeler, Ont. and has been a resident of the Elmira Community for many years. She was a member of Preston Mennonite Church and had a lifetime interest in her church and Sunday School work. Friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira after 7 p.m. today until Thursday at 11 a.m. when removal will be made to the Preston Mennonite Church for funeral service at 3 p.m.


      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 11 Oct 1977

  • Sources 
    1. [S177] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) g-5 Page 8.

    2. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 8.

    3. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      West: Snider / Norman Snider / 1890- / his wife / Edna Brubacher / 1891-1944 / his wife / Ida Snyder Cressman / 1899-1977 / in loving memory

    4. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 7.

    5. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21946 (1923), Cressman-Snyder.
      Howard A. Cressman, 26, Farmer, res. Wilmot Twp, b. Wilmot Twp, son of Ezra Cressman and Louisa Shantz married Ida Snyder, 24, Domestic, res. Waterloo Twp, b. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Absalom B. Snyder and Mary Groff, Witnessed by: Menno Moyer of Vineland Ontario and Emma Snyder of Preston, 12 December 1923 in Waterloo Twp

    6. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), 11 Oct 1977 Obituary of Ida Snyder.

    7. [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..., 284.

    8. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 012039 (1892).
      Name:Mary Groff Age:27 Birth Year:abt 1865 Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario Marriage Date:17 May 1892 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Andrew Groff Mother:Mary Bauman Spouse:Absalom B Schneider

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 4 Jan 1898 - Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1923 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Dec 1923 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 10 Oct 1977 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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