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

Allan D. Snyder[1, 2]

Male 1892 - 1928  (35 years)


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  • Name Allan D. Snyder 
    Born 30 Dec 1892  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6361.5 
    Died 10 Jun 1928  , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Cause: abdominal grippe 
    Buried Pike Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I2743  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Abraham S. Snyder,   b. 19 Aug 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Apr 1945, Vestaburg, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth S. Detweiler,   b. 14 Mar 1864, Zurich, Hay Twp., Huron Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Jan 1957, Near, Vestaburg, Montcalm, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1887  [1
    Family ID F864  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Martin,   b. Abt 1903,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 10 Oct 1926  [4
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F9124  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Anna Bauman,   b. 11 Apr 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 1916  [4
    Children 
     1. Anna Marie "Marie" Snyder,   b. 1 Feb 1924,   d. 11 Jul 1994, , Paraquay Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F19825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Snyder. - Allen D., son of Abram and Lizzie Snyder, was born in Waterloo Co., Ont., Dec. 30, 1892; died at his home near Ephrata, Pa., June 10, 1928, after a two-week illness of abdominal grippe. In 1916 he was married to Anna Bauman who died in 1925. To this union were born 4 children. On October 10, 1926, he was married to Sarah Martin. To this union was born one daughter. At the age of 18 he united with the Mennonite Church in which faith he died. He leaves to mourn the loss of a kind devoted husband and father, his deeply bereaved wife and 5 children (Violet, Roy, Clare, Marie, and Eleanor), his parents, 2 brothers, and 3 sisters (Abram, Leroy, Mrs. Hannah Roop, Mrs. Susanna Wideman, Mrs. Lydia Beach), his aged grandmother (Mrs. Matilda Detweiler), and many other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held at the house June 14, by Bro. John Bucher and at the Ephrata Mennonite Church by Bros. N. L. Landis and J. K. Bixler of Elkhart, Ind. Interment in the Pike Cemetery.

      "Weep not for me, my family dear
      Nor shed for me a sorrowing tear;
      I am not dead, but only sleep
      My silent slumbers, oh, how sweet."

      Gospel Herald - Volume XXI, Number 21 - August 23, 1928, pages 446, 447

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 343.

    2. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 5, 1928 - Obituary of Elam Martin.

    3. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 3.

    4. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, August 23, 1928 - obituary of Allen D. Snyder.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 30 Dec 1892 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: abdominal grippe - 10 Jun 1928 - , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Pike Cemetery, Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Link to Google Earth
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