Maria "Polly" Snyder^[1]

1796 - 1883  (87 years)

• Name	Maria "Polly" Snyder
  Born	8 Jan 1796	Franklin Co., Pennsylvania   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19858682
  Name	Maria "Polly" Bowman
  Name	Mary Schneider
  Name	Polly Schneider
  Residence	1861	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	M. E. N. S.
  Residence	1871	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-6229
  Died	28 Feb 1883	Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 8]
  Buried	Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  Person ID	I534	Generations
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2025

  
  

  Father	Jacob Yost Schneider,   b. 24 Jan 1764, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 6 Feb 1853, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Maria "Mary" Erb,   b. 2 Mar 1766, Warwick Twp., Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 27 Aug 1835, Near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 69 years)
  Married	1790  [9]
  Family ID	F637	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Reeve Jonathan B. Bowman,   b. 25 Nov 1792, , Berks Co., Pennsylvania ,   d. 1 Apr 1876, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 83 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1817  [2, 3, 4]
  Children	1. Mary S. Bowman,   b. 16 Jul 1818, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1899, Ayton, Normanby Twp., Grey Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   2. Noah S. Bowman,   b. 26 Feb 1820, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 May 1886, West Montrose, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 66 years)   3. John S. Bowman,   b. 12 May 1822, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 16 Jun 1903, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   4. Jacob S. Bowman,   b. 14 Oct 1824, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Feb 1905  (Age 80 years)   5. Samuel S. Bowman,   b. 30 Jun 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Dec 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 75 years)   6. Salome S. Bowman,   b. 26 Jul 1830, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Jun 1882, Near, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 51 years)   7. Levi S. Bowman,   b. 23 Nov 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 30 Jan 1918, Caledonia, Kent, Michigan, USA  (Age 85 years)   8. Joshua S. Bowman,   b. 17 Jul 1835, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Apr 1895, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 59 years)   9. Menno S. Bowman,   b. 13 Sep 1838, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 29 Aug 1918, Riverside, Riverside, California, United States  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2025
  Family ID	F186	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  Bowman-Jonathan1792-1876-withwife-MariaSnyder-AncestryPublicMemberTree.jpg Jonathan B. Bowman and wife Maria Snyder - Ancestry Public Member Tree - photograph by Denison in Berlin(Kitchener), Ontario

  
  

• Notes

  Polly Snyder, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, January 8th, 1796. On July 20th, 1817, she was married to Jonathan B. Bowman. they resided near Bloomingdale where she died February 28th, 1883." 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

  [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..., 622. [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..., 326. [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..., 68. [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..., 99. [S131] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1851, Div 2 Pg 95. [S144] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 42. [S915] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1861, Township of Woolwich 1861 Div. 7 Page 63. [S226] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery CC#4581 Internet Link. In loving remembrance of/ Jonathan B. Bowman/ 1st Reeve of Waterloo Township/ Born Nov. 25, 1792, in Berks Co. Pa./ Died April 1, 1876 Aged 83 Yrs. 4 Mo. 6 D./ Maria Snyder/ His wife/ Born Jan. 8, 1796, in Franklin Co. Pa./ Died Feb. 27, 1883 Aged 87 Yrs. 1 Mo 19 D./ Erected by their surviving children/ and grandchildren, in 1912/ Bowman [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..., 308.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Jan 1796 - Franklin Co., Pennsylvania Residence - M. E. N. S. - 1861 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1871 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth