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

Sarah Melinda "Melinda" Snyder

Female 1897 - 1981  (84 years)


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  • Name Sarah Melinda "Melinda" Snyder 
    Born 16 Feb 1897  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50925252 
    Name Melinda Snyder  [5
    Name Sarah Melinda "Melinda" Hagey 
    Name Sarah Melinda "Melinda" Hagey 
    Residence 1911  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1968  295 Peel St., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5924.789a 
    Died 19 Apr 1981  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Buried 22 Apr 1981  Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Person ID I23927  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Levi Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Sarah S. Reist,   b. 23 Jul 1862, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jul 1941, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 17 Sep 1884  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8, 9
    Family ID F261882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gordon M. Hagey,   b. 28 Nov 1894, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1956, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years) 
    Married 26 Dec 1917  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Children 
     1. Glen Hagey
     2. George Hagey
     3. Ruth Marie Hagey,   b. 7 Dec 1918,   d. 4 Mar 1994  (Age 75 years)
     4. Edward Gordon Hagey,   b. 3 Aug 1921, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1996, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     5. Edna Melinda Hagey,   b. 3 Aug 1921,   d. 31 Oct 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     6. Grace Lois "Lois" Hagey,   b. 17 Aug 1928, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 2016, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F5898  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Roy M. Hagey,   b. 20 Feb 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1968, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F55258  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HAGEY, Melinda - Melinda Hagey, of 799 Concession Rd., Cambridge, Sunday, April 19, 1981, at the Cambridge Memorial Hospital, in her 85th year, Melinda Snyder.

      Predeceased by two husbands, Gordon Hagey in 1956 and Roy Hagey in 1968. Dear mother of Edward of Ayr, Glen of Calgary, Alta., George of Walkerton, Ruth (Mrs. Wilfred Schantz) of Ripley, Edna (Mrs. Clarence Becker) of New Dundee, Lois (Mrs. Harold Cressman) of New Hamburg. Also survived by one brother, Gordon Snyder of Oakville and two sisters, Mary (Mrs. Frank Henry) of Indiana and Maggie (Mrs. Menno Moyer) of New Dundee. Predeceased by one brother and five sisters. Also surviving are 25 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

      Mrs. Hagey was born in Waterloo township and lived all her life in the Cambridge area.

      Friends were received at the Stager Funeral Home, Cambridge Tuesday. The funeral service was held at Wanner Mennonite Church on Wednesday, April 22, at 3: 30 p.m. Interment in Hagey cemetery.

      New Hamburg Independent - Apr 29, 1981, pg 20

  • Sources 
    1. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 6.

    2. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 6.

    3. [S2645] News - ON, Waterloo, New Hamburg - New Hamburg Independent (1917 -, Obituary of Sarah Melinda Snyder - Hagey - 29 Apr 1981, pg 20.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50925252.

    5. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link .
      Hagey / Gordon Hagey / 1894-1956 / his beloved wife / Melinda Snyder / 1897-1981 / Thy will be done

    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..., 283.

    7. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Levi Snyder - April 30, 1931 - Vol. XXIV, No.5 - page 110, 110.

    8. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 44.

    9. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 011693 (1884).
      Name:Levi Snyder Age:32 Birth Year:abt 1852 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:17 Sep 1884 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Absalom Snyder Mother:Mary Snyder Spouse:Sarah S Reist

    10. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, December 11, 1956 - Obituary of Gordon M. Hagey.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Feb 1897 - Waterloo Twp., 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 MapsMarried - 26 Dec 1917 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Apr 1981 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 22 Apr 1981 - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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