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

Elizabeth B. Snyder[1]

Female 1865 - 1929  (63 years)


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  • Name Elizabeth B. Snyder 
    Born 2 Sep 1865  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Gender Female 
    Family Photograph
    • This photograph, dating from around 1885, is of siblings Oliver B. Schneider, Elizabeth (Schneider) Meyers, and Susannah (Schneider) Thaler. They are the children of David Bechtel Schneider (1840-1928) and his first wife, Elizabeth Bricker (1841-1866). Oliver, Elizabeth, and Susannah are great grandchildren of Joseph and Barbara Schneider, the original owners of Schneider Haus National Historic Site.

      [artifact - photograph - 2012.013.013.046 (SH)] Waterloo Region Museum 2019
    Schneider,Oliverandsisters-WRM.jpg
    Schneider,Oliverandsisters-WRM.jpg
    This photograph, dating from around 1885, is of siblings Oliver B. Schneider, Elizabeth (Schneider) Meyers, and Susannah (Schneider) Thaler. They are the children of David Bechtel Schneider (1840-1928) and his first wife, Elizabeth Bricker (1841-1866). Oliver, Elizabeth, and Susannah are great grandchildren of Joseph and Barbara Schneider, the original owners of Schneider Haus National Historic Site.

    [artifact - photograph - 2012.013.013.046 (SH)] Waterloo Region Museum 2019
    Name Elizabeth B. Meyers 
    Name Lizzie B. Schneider  [3
    Name Lizzie Schneider 
    Eby ID Number 00106-6391 
    Died 14 Jun 1929  [7
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I3302  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Elizabeth Bricker,   b. 24 Apr 1841, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Feb 1866, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Married 18 Jul 1862  Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 8, 9
    Family ID F1032  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josiah C. Meyers,   b. 31 Jul 1863, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1902  (Age 38 years) 
    Married 1 Oct 1889  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Children 
     1. Olive Lorene Meyer
     2. Morris Howard Meyer
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F1077  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Elizabeth B. Snyder, "was born September 2nd, 1865. On October 1st, 1889 she was married to Josiah Meyer, a civil engineer. They reside at Eventon, Illinois."


      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.].

  • 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..., 317.

    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..., 347.

    3. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012336-89.
      012336-89 (Waterloo Co.) Josiah C. MEYERS, 26, medical student, Canada, St. Louis Mis, s/o Solomon & Caroline married Lizzie B. SCHNEIDER, 24, Canada, Berlin, d/o David B. & Elizabeth, witn: Albert SCHNEIDER & Lizzie TROXEL both of Berlin, 1 October 1889 in Berlin.

    4. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      In loving memory of / Josiah C. Meyers / born July 31, 1863 / died May 12, 1902 / Elizabeth B Snyder / his beloved wife / born Sept.2, 1866 / died June 14, 1929 / rest our loved ones sweetly rest / Meyers

    5. [S168] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 14.

    6. [S224] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1881, Div 3 Page 18.

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

    8. [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

    9. [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)

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Sep 1865 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 1 Oct 1889 - 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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