Stanley Emmet Snyder

1891 - 1918  (27 years)

• Name	Stanley Emmet Snyder
  Born	3 Apr 1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	crime, murder, story
  Misfortune	murdered
  Misfortune	1918	Peace River, , Alberta, Canada
  	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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  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-34362
  Died	19 Jun 1918	Peace River, , Alberta, Canada   [2]
  Buried	City of Grande Prairie Cemetery, Grande Prairie, , Alberta, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I34362	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Menno Waines Snyder,   b. 9 Feb 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jan 1940, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Weber,   b. 9 Aug 1860, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Jan 1927, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)
  Married	11 Mar 1885	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [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

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

  Born - 3 Apr 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - murdered - 1918 - Peace River, , Alberta, Canada Died - 19 Jun 1918 - Peace River, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth