David Bechtel Schneider^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1840 - 1928  (88 years)

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  Schneider, David B. 1840-1928 home in Kitchener.jpg Home of David B. Schneider, built after retirement from the farm. The first house built on Schneider Ave. in Kitchener

  
  

• Name	David Bechtel Schneider
  Born	1 Mar 1840	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [13]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1862	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [18]
  Residence	1868	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9]
  Occupation	1871	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [11]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [12]
  	Farmer
  Occupation	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [15]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [15]
  	Mennonite
  Retired	1901	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Occupation	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	Income
  Residence	1911	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [14]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-6388
  Died	28 Nov 1928	Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States   [17, 19]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [17, 19]
  Person ID	I3177	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Deacon Joseph E. Schneider,   b. 23 Nov 1810, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Feb 1880, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Sarah "Sallie" Shantz,   b. 21 Jan 1816, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1881, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 65 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1834  [20, 21]
  Family ID	F1004	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Bricker,   b. 24 Apr 1841, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 24 years)
  Married	18 Jul 1862	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 16, 18]
  Children	1. Rev. Oliver B. Schneider,   b. 12 Apr 1863, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. CA 1944, , Michigan, USA  (Age 80 years)   2. Susannah B. Snyder,   b. 23 Aug 1864, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Jun 1937, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   3. Elizabeth B. Snyder,   b. 2 Sep 1865, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1929  (Age 63 years)   4. Albert M. Snyder,   b. 3 Aug 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1936  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1032	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Sarah Meyer,   b. 17 Feb 1843, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Dec 1926  (Age 83 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1868	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5, 9, 15]
  Children	1. Albert M. Snyder,   b. 3 Aug 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Jul 1936  (Age 66 years)   2. Joseph M. Snyder,   b. 30 Aug 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Apr 1944  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2024
  Family ID	F1033	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David B. Schneider, "was born March 1st. 1840. On July 13th, 1862, he was married to Elizabeth Bricker (No. 1283). She was born April 24th, 1841, and died February 5th, 1866. On November 15th, 1868, he was again married to Sarah Meyer, widow of the late Zimmerman Martin. She was born February 17th, 1843. They reside on a small farm a little west to the west of Berlin.." 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.]. _______________________________ What Berlin was like fifty years go [1855]. Mr. David B. Schneider tells of ye olden days Very, very few of our citizens can speak with actual knowledge of the condition of things in Berlin 50 and 60 years ago. Nearly all of the pioneers of those bye-gone days have crossed the river on the long journey into the beyond. Among the few that remember incidents of the far past days is Mr. David B. Schneider, of Schneider Avenue, who is 65 years old today. He was born on the old Schneider lot, on which he is now residing, on March 1st, 1840, and has lived in or near Berlin all his lifetime. For quite a number of years he carried on farming just outside the corporation, but he was in the village - later a town, every day. On June 23, 1807, the late Joseph Schneider - Grandfather Schneider, he is called - settled in the woods where the present Schneider house is. The block comprised 448 acres and lay on the south side of King Street from the present Merchants Bank corner to the postoffice corner. This block, it will be seen, took in the very heart of the town. Just in passing, it may be said that it is the intention to hold a centennial celebration on the Schneider homestead on June 23rd, 1907, to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the arrival here of the pioneer of the family. The writer enjoyed a most enjoyable chat with Mr. David B. Schneider today. He says he can remember 60 years back. "Then, we had no cement walks or high schools," he said with a smile. "The only school that we had in the village was a little frame schoolhouse where the town hall now stands. There was only one room and one teacher - a Mr. Adam Ruby was one who taught me." Mr. John S. Hoffman was one of the boys Mr. Schneider went to school with. There was also a small schoolhouse where the Old Mennonite church stands. Mr. Schneider says he remembers well when the jail was built. He and other small boys used to watch the men and declared they would take good care and never get inside. Fifty and fifty-five years ago the land a near the centre of the village, at the corner of Benton and Mary Streets, was in woods, and he helped to plow land where the German Baptist church now stands. Among the churches here in the early days were the English and German Methodist; the Catholic, St. Paul's Lutheran and the New Jerusalem, the latter on the corner of Benton and Church, later used as a High School. There was a saw mill up on Schneider's creek, where Mr. Jacob Shoemaker's house now stands, and the creek afforded a fine water power. It also abounded in good fish. Mr. Schneider remembers two furniture factories - one at the East End, and the other, owned by Mr. J. S. Hoffman, on the present Merchants Bank site. News Record March 1 1905 _________________ David B. Schneider, the oldest native born resident of Kitchener, passed away Wednesday afternoon at Pontiac, Michigan according to word received by relatives here. He was in his 89th year. The late Mr. Schneider had been staying with his son Albert of this city during the summer and a week ago left for Pontiac, Mich., where he had intended spending the winter with his son Oliver. On the way, he contracted a chill which developed into pneumonia. Surviving are three sons, Rev. O.B. Snyder, Pontiac, Mich., Albert and Joseph of Kitchener and two daughters, Mrs. David Thaler of this city and Mrs. J. C. Meyer of New York. There are also surviving 19 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. The remains were brought to Kitchener this afternoon and the funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at two o'clock from the home of his son Albert M. Snyder, 88 Schneider avenue. Services will be held in Bethany Mennonite church after which internment will be made in East End cemetery. Friends will please omit flowers.

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 44. [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..., 317. [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..., 87. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 8 Feb 1866. Elisabeth Schneider died 5 Feb 1866 near Berlin, 24 yrs, 9 mths, 11 days, née Bricker, wife of David B. [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..., 347. [S137] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1901, Berlin (town/Ville) A-11 Page 15. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. In memory of / David B. Schneider / 1840-1928 / in his 89th year / at rest [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 4 Pg 20. David SCHNEIDER Birthplace: Canada Age 12 Mennonite b. 1-Mar [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Sarah Martin Born: Woolwich Res: Woolwich Age: 25 Born: abt 1843 Father: John Moyer Mother: Mary Moyer Spouse: David Snyder Age: 28 Born: abt 1840 born: Waterloo Township Res: Waterloo Township Father: Joseph Snyder Mother: Sarah Snyder married 15 Nov 1868 married: Berlin county: Waterloo [S9] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Canada Museum und Allgemeine Zeitung (1835-1840), 9 Mar 1840:49. 29 Feb 1840 The family of Joseph E. Schneider in vicinity of Berlin was blessed with a son. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 14. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 18. [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 3 Page 29. [S340] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1911, Div. 25 1911 Pg. 8. [S1592] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1891, Section 1 Page 22. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. David Snyder, 22, res. Berlin, b. Berlin, son of Joseph and Sarah (Shantz), married 13 July 1862 Elizabeth Bricker, 21, res. N Dumfries, b. N Dumfries, daughter of John and Susanna (Berge) [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18919791/david-b-schneider. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 7 Aug 1862. July 31, 1862 David Schneider of Berlin and Elisabeth Bricker of North Dumfries, by Rev. Wurster in Preston [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online. [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. [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.

  
  

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  Born - 1 Mar 1840 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1862 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 18 Jul 1862 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1868 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 15 Nov 1868 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Retired - 1901 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Income - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 28 Nov 1928 - Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth