Edwin S. Snider

1872 - 1948  (75 years)

• Name	Edwin S. Snider
  Born	18 Sep 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Agricultural Laborer
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-6413
  Died	5 Apr 1948	Brighton, Monroe, New York   [4]
  Buried	First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I4020	Generations
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Ezra C. Snyder,   b. 17 Sep 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 13 Jan 1904, Didsbury, Alberta, Canada  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Lucinda B. Shantz,   b. 7 Sep 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Apr 1921  (Age 72 years)
  Married	10 Mar 1868	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F1255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Eby,   b. May 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1937, , Cambria Co., Pennsylvania, USA  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Children	1. Helen Gertrude Snider,   b. 7 Aug 1898, Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States ,   d. 21 Feb 1970, New York City, New York, USA.  (Age 71 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2025
  Family ID	F60816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Edwin Snyder, "was born September 18th, 1872. He is engaged in the J. Y. Shantz & Son button factory in Buffalo, N. Y., and is unmarried." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ____________________ Edwin was the third of five known children born to Ezra Snyder/Snider (1841-1904) and Lucinda Snyder/Schneider, née Shantz (1848-1921). He was born and grew up in Waterloo Township, Ontario, where his father was a farmer. Edwin married Louisa (Louise) Eby in 1897. At the time, Edwin worked for his uncle, Dilman Shantz, at the Jacob Y. Shantz & Son Company, a button factory in Buffalo, New York. He had immigrated to the United States in 1896. The 1900 United States Census finds Edwin, Louisa, and a one-year-old daughter, Helen G., living in Rochester, New York. Edwin was a foreman in a button factory. This factory was operated by another of Edwin's uncles, Moses Shantz. Edwin became an American citizen in 1905. By the time of the 1910 census, Edwin, Louise, Helen, and a son, Roswell, lived in Newstead, New York. Edwin's occupation was noted as superintendent in a button factory. The 1920 census shows that the family had returned to Rochester. The household included Edwin (age 47), Louise (50), and children, Helen G. (21), Roswell E. (18) and Edwin's mother, Lucinda Snider (71). Edwin was a superintendent in a button factory. In 1930, Edwin, Louise, and her mother, Esther Eby, lived in Ferndale, Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Edwin was listed as a button manufacturer. By this time, Helen and Roswell were living in New York City, where Helen was a musician, and Roswell, a scenic designer. Edwin died in May, 1948, in Brighton (a suburb of Rochester, New York). He was 75 years old. Although both "Edwin S. Snider" and "Louisa Eby" are inscribed on a gravestone in First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Ontario, it is uncertain whether he is buried at that spot, since his birth and death years (unlike his wife's dates) have not been added. Their daughter, Helen, was also buried there; her name and dates are inscribed on the same gravestone. " Edwin S. Snider (1872-1948) - Find A Grave...". 1872. Findagrave.Com. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209331225/edwin-s.-snider. ____________________ Edwin Snyder died at his home in Rochester, N.Y. yesterday. His father and mother, the late Ezra Snyder and Lucinda Shantz, predeceased him. Mr. Snyder's wife, the former Louise Eby, died in July1937. One son, Roswell and one dau. Miss Helen, New York, and a brother, Alvin,Didsbury, Alta, survive. Funeral will be held from the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Friday and interment is to be made in the First Mennonite Cemetery. The body will arrive in Kitchener Friday morning." KW Record, Apr. 6, 1948

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 351. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 1 Page 47. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 2 Page 7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/209331225/edwin-s.-snider. [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..., 407. [S2] Church Records - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Bridegroom Name: Ezra Schneider Age: 26 Res: Waterloo Tp. Place of Birth: Waterloo Tp. Names of Parents: Moses & Mary Schneider Bride: Name: Lozinda Schanz Age: 19 Res: Berlin Place of Birth: Berlin Names of Parents: Jacob & Barbara Schanz Witness(S): Name: Levi Schneider Res: Waterloo Tp. Name: Abraham Kinzie Res: Berlin Date of Marriage: March 10, 1868 [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 12 Mar 1868. Mar. 10, 1868 Losinda Schantz of Berlin and Esra Schneider of Waterloo, by Rev. Tuerk [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register. Esra Schneider, 26, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Moses and Mary, married 10 Mar 1868 Losinda Schang, 19, res. Berlin, b. Berlin, daughter of Jacob and Barbara

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 18 Sep 1872 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Apr 1948 - Brighton, Monroe, New York Buried - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth