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

Joseph C. Snyder[1]

Male 1837 - 1909  (71 years)


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  • Name Joseph C. Snyder 
    Born 21 Oct 1837  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1858  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [14
    Occupation 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    Roman Catholic 
    Occupation 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Farmer 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Farmer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Farmer 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6366 
    Died 25 Jul 1909  Natchez (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Person ID I2831  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2024 

    Father Jacob E. Schneider,   b. 2 Sep 1800, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Oct 1884, East Of Berlin, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Clemens,   b. 8 Feb 1810, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years) 
    Married 18 Nov 1827  [16, 17
    Family ID F811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Jacob Snyder,   b. 1810, , USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F18765  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Betzner,   b. 30 Oct 1839, Doon (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Sep 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years) 
    Married 12 Oct 1858  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 6, 13, 14, 18
    Children 
     1. Isadore B. Snyder,   b. 15 Nov 1859, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1938  (Age 78 years)
     2. Lovina Snyder,   b. 9 Jun 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 May 1868  (Age 6 years)
     3. Lucinda Snyder,   b. 6 Nov 1867, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Oct 1936  (Age 68 years)
     4. Maggie Snyder,   b. 1870, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Magdalena "Maggie" Snyder,   b. 14 Apr 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1932, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
     6. Jacob Snyder,   b. 1874, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     7. Jacob B. Snyder,   b. 8 Jul 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1967  (Age 91 years)
     8. Joseph Lincoln "Lincoln" Snyder,   b. 24 Jun 1886, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Aug 1946, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 60 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2024 
    Family ID F901  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joseph C. Snyder, "was born October 21st, 1837. On October 12th, 1858, he was married to Elizabeth Betzner (No. 949). They reside about two miles east of Berlin on his father's old homestead where he is engaged in farming"

      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.].

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      Joseph C. Snyder

      One of Waterloo County's oldest and best known farmers, Mr. Joseph C. Snyder, passed away on Sunday, June 25, on the Snyder homestead at Natchez, aged 71 years, 9 months and 4 days, having been born on the farm on which he died June 21,, 1837. He had been in failing health for about fifteen months.

      The late Mr. Snyder is survived by a wife and five children, also two sisters. The children are: Isadore B., Berlin; Lucinda (Mrs. Simeon Brubacher), Berlin; Maggie (Mrs. Stauffer Shantz), Baden; Jacob B. on old homestead and Lincoln, of Potter's Hardware, Berlin. The two sisters are, Mrs. Isaac Moyer, Bloomingdale, and Mrs. Isaac Cressman, Strasburg.

      The funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon at 1.30 o'clock from his late residence at Natchez to the East End Mennonite Church and burying grounds.

      Berlin Daily Telegraph, July 26, 1909

  • Sources 
    1. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012051-94.
      Stauffer Shantz, 32, occ. Farmer, b. Wilmot Twp, res. Wilmot Twp, son of David and Barbara married Maggie Snyder, 22, b. Waterloo Twp, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Joseph C. and Elizabeth, Witn: Jacob B. and Marian Snyder of Waterloo Twp, 6 March 1894 at The Residence of Bride's Parents

    2. [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..., 344.

    3. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 5.

    4. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 9.

    5. [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..., 246.

    6. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Joseph Snyder aged 21 res Waterloo Twp born Waterloo Twp. son of Jacob Snyder and Eliza Clemmens married 12 Oct 1858 to Elisabeth Betzner aged 19 res Waterloo Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of John Betzner and Magdalena Eby.

    7. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Joseph C. Snyder / died July 25, 1909 / aged 71 yrs. 9 mo. 4 ds. / Elizabeth Betzner / his beloved wife / died Sept.9, 1932 / in her 93rd year / asleep in Jesus peaceful rest whose waking is supremely blest / Snyder

    8. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 29.
      Joseph SCHNEIDER Labourer Birthplace: Canada Age 15 Mennonite b. 21-Oct

    9. [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 24 Oct 1837:45.
      last Sat. In the vicinity of Berlin, family of Jacob E. Schneider was blessed with a son.

    10. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 27.

    11. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 2 Page 11.

    12. [S1573] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1891, Section 1 Page 25.

    13. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Joseph Snyder, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Jacob and Eliza (Clemens), married 12 Oct 1858 Elizabeth Betzner, 19, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of John and Magdalena (Eby)

    14. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 26 Oct 1858.
      On the 12th instant, Joseph Snyder, to Elizabeth Betzner, of Waterloo Township.

    15. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    16. [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..., 342.

    17. [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..., 432.

    18. [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..., 247.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 21 Oct 1837 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1858 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 12 Oct 1858 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Roman Catholic - 1861 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Jul 1909 - Natchez (Kitchener), 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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