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

Stanley Emmet Snyder

Male 1891 - 1918  (27 years)


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  • Name Stanley Emmet Snyder 
    Born 3 Apr 1891  Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Interesting crime, murder, story 
    Misfortune murdered 
    Misfortune 1918  Peace River, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    murdered 
    • The book depicts background information and detailed investigation from then-North West Mounted Police and the Alberta Police Service on an unsolved murder of six that occurred in Grande Prairie in 1918.

      On June 20, 1918, the bodies of Joseph Snyder and his nephew Stanley Snyder were discovered charred inside a shack near Grande Prairie. A .38-caliber Ivor Johnson revolver, with five discharged shells in its chambers, was found near the hand of Joseph.
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    Snyder,JosephW.-FoulestofMurdersBookCover.jpg
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-34362 
    Died 19 Jun 1918  Peace River, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried City of Grande Prairie Cemetery, Grande Prairie, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I34362  Generations
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2024 

    Father Menno Waines Snyder,   b. 9 Feb 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Jan 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann Weber,   b. 9 Aug 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married 11 Mar 1885  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Family ID F259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Book published as dying wish

      Even has we approach 100 years since one of Grande Prairie's oldest mysteries, a newly published book is bringing back memories for one family.

      When Wally Tansem died in 2001 at the age of 74, a promise was made to him by his wife, Doris, and his daughter Brenda to publish the book he had worked on for the previous 10 years - The Foulest of Murders.

      The book depicts background information and detailed investigation from then-North West Mounted Police and the Alberta Police Service on an unsolved murder of six that occurred in Grande Prairie in 1918.

      On June 20, 1918, the bodies of Joseph Snyder and his son [nephew actually] Stanley Snyder were discovered charred inside a shack near Grande Prairie. A .38-caliber Ivor Johnson revolver, with five discharged shells in its chambers, was found near the hand of Joseph.

      Four days later, Ruthenian minister Frank Parzychowsky and three trappers - Charles Zimner, John Wudwang and Ignace Patan, were found murdered on the Patan farm 6.5 kilometres northwest of the Snyder farm.

      The murders have often been referred to as the 'Crime of the Century.'...

      Book published as dying wish. (2018). Daily Herald Tribune. Retrieved 7 July 2018, from https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2012/08/26/book-published-as-dying-wish

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Stanley Emmet Snyder Born: 3 Apr 1891 County: Waterloo Father: Menno W Snyder Mother: Mary Ann Weber

    2. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, C., America, N., Division, G., Prairie, G., & Cemetery, C. (1891). Stanley Emmet Snyder (1891-1918) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181944057/stanley-emmet-snyder.

    3. [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..., 328.

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Mary Ann Weber Born: Canada Age: 24 Father: Moses Weber Mother: Veronica Weber Born: abt 1861 Spouse: Menno Snyder Age: 25 born: Canada Father: Joseph Snyder Mother: Lydia Snyder married 11 Mar 1885

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 3 Apr 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMisfortune - murdered - 1918 - Peace River, , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 19 Jun 1918 - Peace River, , Alberta, Canada Link to Google Earth
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