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

Omar Snider[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]

Male 1896 - 1980  (83 years)


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  • Name Omar Snider 
    Born 29 Jun 1896  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1980  339 Hamilton Rd., New Hamburg, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-25077 
    Died 24 Mar 1980  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13
    Buried Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13
    Person ID I25077  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Rev. Jonas B. Snider,   b. 2 Oct 1858, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Sep 1944, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Susannah Horst,   b. 2 Jun 1862, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Jul 1933, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 5 Jul 1887  [2, 14
    Family ID F773  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maylinda Hallman,   b. 1 May 1896, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jul 1936, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 
    Married 25 Dec 1918  Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10
    Children 
     1. Eva Snider
     2. Snider,   d. 2 Apr 1928
     3. Snider,   d. 6 Jun 1936
     4. Ruth Snider,   b. 29 Nov 1919,   d. 26 Jan 2011  (Age 91 years)
     5. Eunice Aileen Snider,   b. 7 Jun 1921, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 2012, Barrie, Simcoe Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 91 years)
     6. Gordon Franklin Snider,   b. 21 Jan 1923
     7. George Russel "Russel" Snider,   b. 3 Apr 1925,   d. 2 May 1996  (Age 71 years)
     8. Jonas Clare "Clare" Snider,   b. 17 Aug 1926
     9. Eva May Snider,   b. 4 Aug 1929,   d. 9 Feb 2023, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F6069  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elsie Groff,   b. 22 May 1906, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Mar 1991, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1938  [3
    Children 
     1. Jeannette Louise Snider
     2. James Keith Snider
     3. Yvonne "Bonnie" Snider
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F256387  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SNIDER, Omar -- Suddenly on Monday, March 24, 1980, at St. Mary's Hospital, Kitchener, Mr. Omar Snider, of 339 Hamilton Rd., New Hamburg, age 83 years. He was a member of the New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church, Hamilton Road. Beloved husband of the former Elsie Groff; dear father of Gordon of Victoria, BC, Russel of Lakefield, Clare of Ohio, James of New Hamburg, Ruth (Mrs. Willard Kinzie) and Eunice Snider, both of Barrie. Eva (Mrs. Vernon Brubacher) of New Hamburg, Jeannette (Mrs. Orval Cressman) of Route 1, New Hamburg and Yvonne Snider of Fairview Home Cambridge. He was predeceased by his first wife, the former Maylinda Hallman in 1936, two sons, his parents, the late Bishop Jonas Snider and the former Susannah Horst, five brothers and three sisters. The late Mr. Snider is resting at the Omand-Jutzi Funeral Home, 291 Huron St., New Hamburg, until Wednesday, March 26, when transfer will be made to the New Hamburg Conservative Mennonite Church for service and committal at 2: 30 p.m., with Bishop Elmer Grove officiating. Spring Interment in Blenheim Mennonite cemetery, Route 1, New Dundee.

      The Kitchener-Waterloo Record 25 Mar 1980

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Maylinda Hallman - August 6, 1936.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Jonas B. Snider - September 22, 1944.

    3. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Elsie Groff - Snider - 1991.

    4. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Eli Groff.

    5. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Ida May Groff - Kaiser - 1989.

    6. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Irvine Groff.

    7. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Mabel Groff.

    8. [S2403] News - Unidentified Newspaper Obituary, Obituary of Maylinda Hallman - Snider.

    9. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-3 Page 15.

    10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Omar Snider Born: Waterloo Ont Age: 22 Father: Jonas Snider Mother: Susanna Horst Born: abt 1896 Spouse: Maylinda Hallman Age: 22 born: Dumfries Twp Ont Father: George S Hallman Mother: Veronica Heckendorn married 25 Dec 1918 married: Oxford, Blenheim Township

    11. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Div. 3 page 2.

    12. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Omar Snider - 25 Mar 1980.

    13. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44590316/omar-snider.

    14. [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.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Jun 1896 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 25 Dec 1918 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1980 - 339 Hamilton Rd., New Hamburg, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 24 Mar 1980 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Blenheim Mennonite Cemetery, Blenheim Township, Oxford Co., Ontario Link to Google Earth
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