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Sarah S. Reist[1, 2]

Female 1862 - 1941  (79 years)


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  • Name Sarah S. Reist 
    Born 23 Jul 1862  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12] 
    Gender Female 
    Name Sarah S. Snyder 
    Residence 1871  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1881  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    C. Mennonite 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00090-5216.10 
    Died 27 Jul 1941  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10, 12] 
    Buried Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 12] 
    Person ID I386642  Generations
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2025 

    Father Moses Reist,   b. 18 Jan 1834, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1911  (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Mary Catharine "Catherine" Shantz,   b. 7 Apr 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Mar 1875, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1854  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13, 14] 
    Family ID F3324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Levi Snyder,   b. 25 Jul 1852, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Apr 1931, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Married 17 Sep 1884  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 11, 15, 16] 
    Children 
     1. Ada Snyder,   b. Mar 1881, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Myra Snyder,   b. 11 Jul 1885, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jul 1980, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 95 years)
     3. Abel Snyder,   b. 10 Aug 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Elma Snyder,   b. 12 Feb 1889, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aug 1968, Guernsey, Saskatchewan Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     5. Ada Katie Snyder,   b. 5 Mar 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1976, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     6. Sylvia Snyder,   b. 22 Jan 1893, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jul 1972, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
     7. Mary Beulah Snyder,   b. 2 Apr 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     8. Sarah Melinda "Melinda" Snyder,   b. 16 Feb 1897, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Apr 1981, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     9. Levi Gordon Snyder,   b. 12 Aug 1899, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1982  (Age 82 years)
     10. Maggie Snyder,   b. 11 Jan 1902, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1996, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years)
     11. Estelle Rebecca Snyder,   b. 8 Dec 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Nov 1972  (Age 68 years)
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2025 
    Family ID F261882  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MRS. LEVI SNYDER

      HESPELER, July 28. Mrs. Levi Snyder, a lifelong resident of this district, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clarence Rudy, Waterloo township, Sunday night. She had celebrated her 79th birthday, last week. Her maiden name was Sarah Reist and she was born near BresIau; about four miles from the Rudy farm. She was a member of Wanner Mennonite church and when health permitted, had been active in the work of the congregation. Her husband died, 12 years ago. Surviving are two sons, Abel of North Carolina and Gordon of Guelph and eight daughters, Mrs. Biehn of Guernsey, Sask., Mrs. Frank Henry of Elkhart, Ind., Mrs. Ben Shantz of Freeport, Mrs. Rudy of Waterloo township, Mrs. G. Halley of Galt, Mrs. M. Moyer of Blair, Mrs. I. Kinzie of Hespeler and Mrs. H. Weber of Kitchener. Two sisters also survive, one residing in Michigan and the other at Port Elgin.

      Kitchener Daily Record 28 Jun 1941 pg 13

      ___________________________

      Snyder.--Sarah Reist Snyder, wife of Levi Snyder, deceased ten years ago, was born July 23, 1862, near Kossuth; died at her home on the farm now owned by Bro. Clarence Rudy near Hespeler, Ont., July 27, 1941; living just four days in her 80th year. On this farm she and her husband lived ever since they were married, Sept. 17, 1884. All her married life and ten years since her husband,s death, was lived on the above-mentioned farm, except the last three years she spent the winter season with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Henry of Elkhart, Ind. She leaves to mourn her departure a family of 10 children, 40 grandchildren, and 5 great-grandchildren. Of the immediate family there are 2 sons (Abel of North Carolina, and Gordon of Guelph) and 8 daughters (Mrs. B. B. Shantz, Preston, Ont.; Mrs. Clayton Biehn, Saskatchewan; Mrs. Gordon Hagey, Galt, Ont.; Mrs. Clarence Rudy, Hespeler; Mrs. Isaiah Kinzie, Guelph, Ont.; Mrs. Frank Henry, Elkhart, Ind.; Mrs. Menno Moyer, Blair, Ont.; and Mrs. Howard Weber, Kitchener). Two sisters also survive her, one in Michigan and the other in Port Elgin. She was a member of the Wanner Mennonite Church, and when health permitted she was always there taking an active interest in all the work of the congregation. As we see from the above, she lived 57 years on the site of the earthly home which she and her husband were instrumental in building; but she has gone to her heavenly home. Sister Snyder loved to sing, and the last hymn she was heard to sin a few days before her death was:

      "My heav'nly home is bright and fair,
      Nor pain nor death can enter there;
      Its glitt,ring tow,rs the sun outshine,
      That heav,nly mansion shall be mine."

      Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIV, No . 21 - August 21, 1941 - page 454, 455

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 172.

    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..., 283.

    3. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).

    4. [S276] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1881, Waterloo South, Waterloo South, Ontario Film 1375900 District 161 Sub-district C Division 1 Page Number 15 Household Number 67.

    5. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-5 Page 6.

    6. [S163] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Mennonite CC#6479 (formerly Waterloo Township).
      Levi Snyder / July 25 1852 / April 7, 1931 / Sarah S. Reist / his wife / July 23, 1862 / July 27, 1841 / Until the day dawn / Snyder

    7. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 29.

    8. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 15.

    9. [S342] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1911, Breslau, Waterloo Township Div. 5 Page 6.

    10. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Sarah Reist Snyder - August 21, 1941 - page 454, 455.

    11. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 44.

    12. [S2588] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Wanner Cemetery Internet Link.
      Levi SNYDER/ July 25 1852/ April 7, 1931/ Sarah S. REIST/ his wife/ July 23, 1862/ July 27, 1941/ Until the day dawn/ SNYDER/

    13. [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..., 396.

    14. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Moses Reist, farmer of Waterloo Twp. married 5 Sep 1854 in Berlin by banns to Catherine Schantz of Waterlooo Twp.

    15. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Levi Snyder - April 30, 1931 - Vol. XXIV, No.5 - page 110, 110.

    16. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 011693 (1884).
      Name:Levi Snyder Age:32 Birth Year:abt 1852 Birth Place:Canada Marriage Date:17 Sep 1884 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Absalom Snyder Mother:Mary Snyder Spouse:Sarah S Reist

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Jul 1862 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1871 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - C. Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Sep 1884 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 27 Jul 1941 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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