Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.
Deacon Joseph E. Schneider

Deacon Joseph E. Schneider[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1810 - 1880  (69 years)

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  • Name Joseph E. Schneider 
    Prefix Deacon 
    Born 23 Nov 1810  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Historic Building 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11
    • Joseph Schneider's house is the oldest surviving in Kitchener dating from 1820 and has been made into the Schneider Haus Muesum.
    Joseph Schneider Haus Museum
    Joseph Schneider Haus Museum
    Joseph Schneider Haus \ Plan Your Visit. (2016). Josephschneiderhaus.com. Retrieved 8 June 2016, from https://josephschneiderhaus.com/plan-your-visit/
    Possesions 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Betty Lamp 
    Joseph Schneider's Betty Lamp
    Joseph Schneider's Betty Lamp
    in possession of Schneider Haus Museum
    Occupation 1852  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    farmer 
    Occupation 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Farmer 
    Residence 1861  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Farmer 
    Residence 1871  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6385 
    Died 16 Feb 1880  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6, 10, 13
    Cause: dropsy 
    Buried 19 Feb 1880  First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10, 14
    Person ID I3124  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Joseph Schneider,   b. 24 May 1772, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Barbara Eby,   b. 29 Apr 1774, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1843, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years) 
    Married 21 Feb 1798  , Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 15
    Family ID F798  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sarah "Sallie" Shantz,   b. 21 Jan 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Oct 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Married 28 Jan 1834  [3, 5
    Children 
     1. Isaac Schneider,   b. 5 Dec 1834, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1835  (Age 0 years)
     2. Barbara Schneider,   b. 26 Feb 1837, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Feb 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. David Bechtel Schneider,   b. 1 Mar 1840, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1928, Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     4. Samuel B. Schneider,   b. 9 Oct 1842, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1912, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     5. Maria "Mary" Schneider,   b. 26 Dec 1844, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Apr 1925  (Age 80 years)
     6. Louisa Snyder,   b. 16 Aug 1847, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1932  (Age 84 years)
     7. Lydia S. Schneider,   b. 23 Dec 1849, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Magdalena Snyder,   b. 31 Dec 1851, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 May 1880, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years)
     9. Sarah Schneider,   b. 27 Jul 1854, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Dec 1887, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     10. Hannah Schneider,   b. 29 Jan 1857, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Nov 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F1004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Joseph E. Schneider, "was born at Berlin, Ontario, November 23rd, 1810. On January 28th, 1834, he was married to Sarah, daughter of Isaac and Esther (Bechtel) Shantz. She was born January 21st, 1816, and died October 18th, 1881. Soon after their marriage they moved on his father's old homestead, now in possession of Samuel B. Schneider. When Mr. Schneider was a young man he joined the church of his choice, the Mennonite, of which body he was ordained deacon, a position he held for many years. His old days were much beclouded with troubles in the church, and owing to the different views held by the two parties in regard to the teaching of the Bible a division was made and the one party organized themselves into a distinct body, now known as the Mennonite Brethren in Christ. Mr. Schneider joined himself with the new body. He died happy in the Lord, February 16th, 1880"

      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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      Feb. 16th, in Berlin, Ont., of dropsy, JOSEPH E. SCHNEIDER. For several months he was obliged to sit in a chair. He bore his sufferings with christian fortitude

      Herald of Truth - Volume XVII, Number 4 - April, 1880, page 76, 77, 78

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      Church of the Good Shepherd

      The congregation began meeting in various locations as early as 1833, with Christian Enslin as leader. A small frame church was built on Frederick Street in 1842, and was called The Free Church; the congregations of four denominations held services in it. The seating space in the Free Church became insufficient for the growing Swedenborgian congregation with the result that land on the northwest corner of Church and Benton Streets was purchased in 1847 from Joseph E. Schneider. A frame church with a seating capacity of 150 was built in the same year; the church was called the New Church (Uttley 1937: 64). Several decades later a larger church was again needed. Land was purchased on the northeast corner of King and Water Streets where a new stone church was built and completed in 1870. The old church was sold to the congregation of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church.

      Serious differences resulted in a formal split in the Berlin Swedenborgian congregation on September 18, 1891. One group, the predecessor of this congregation, whose pastor was Rev. F.W. Tuerk (June 1857-July 3, 1901), continued to worship in the stone church. The other group, eventually to be known as the Carmel Church of the New Jerusalem, built their church in 1892 at 820 King Street West; their pastor was Rev. F.E. Waelchli. In 1935 the congregation purchased land on the corner of Queen Street North and Margaret Avenue as the site for a new church. The Church of the Good Shepherd is a Convention Church of the New Jerusalem.

      Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

  • 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..., 235.

    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..., 549.

    3. [S10] Book - Vol II 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..., 418.

    4. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Oct 1881.
      18 Oct 1881 Sarah Schneider, née Schantz, widow of Joseph E. Schneider, died in Berlin at age of 65 years, 8 months and 5 days. The burial takes place today (Thurs.) at 9 a.m.

    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..., 346.

    6. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      In memory of / Joseph E. Schneider / born Nov.23, 1810 / died Feb.16, 1880 / aged 69 yrs. 2 mo. 23 days / (verse)

    7. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 20.
      Joseph E. SCHNEIDER Farmer Birthplace: Canada Age 42 Mennonite b. 23-Nov
      Sarah SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 36 Mennonite b. 18-Feb
      Barbara SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 15 Mennonite b. 26-Feb
      David SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 12 Mennonite b. 1-Mar
      Samuel SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 10 Mennonite b. 6-Oct
      Maria SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 7 Mennonite b. 26-Dec
      Louisa SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 5 Mennonite b. 9-Aug
      Lydia SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 3 Mennonite b. 23-Dec
      Magdalena SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 1 Mennonite b. 31-Dec
      Leonhard VEEK Labourer Birthplace: Germany Age 27 Lutheran

    8. [S229] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1871, Div. 2, Pg. 68.

    9. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 29.

    10. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 1? Feb 1880.
      Feb. 16, 1880 Joseph E. Schneider died in Berlin at age of 69 years and some months. The burial takes place on Thurs. morning at 9 a.m.

    11. [S872] Book - Historic Building Inventory - Kitchener.

    12. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 20.

    13. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, April, 1880 - death notice of Joseph E. Schneider.

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

    15. [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..., 341.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Nov 1810 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsHistoric Building - - 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsPossesions - Betty Lamp - - 466 Queen st., S., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - farmer - 1852 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - Cause: dropsy - 16 Feb 1880 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 19 Feb 1880 - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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