Earl Snyder

1899 - 1958  (58 years)

• Name	Earl Snyder
  Born	24 Aug 1899	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	business, death
  Residence	1911	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Evangelical Association
  Occupation	1921	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Student, University
  Residence	1921	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Evangelical
  Misfortune	1958
  	killed in aircraft accident
  Residence	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-55069
  Died	9 Aug 1958	Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya
  Person ID	I55069	Generations
  Last Modified	12 May 2025

  
  

  Father	Alfred Snyder,   b. 25 Nov 1864, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Jun 1929, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Clara W. Snider,   b. 10 Mar 1865, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 11 Jan 1942  (Age 76 years)
  Married	17 Jan 1895	St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Family ID	F4958	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gladys Becker,   b. 22 Sep 1903, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Aug 1958, Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya  (Age 54 years)
  Married	2 May 1956	Cape Town, , Western Cape, South Africa
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F60869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Francina Dorothea "Frances" Enslin,   b. 1902, Paarl, , Cape Province, South Africa ,   d. 1953, Johannesburg, , Gauteng, South Africa  (Age 51 years)
  Last Modified	13 May 2025
  Family ID	F60870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "Earl Snyder, Wife Gladys Becker Die in Plane Crash" A former Kitchener woman and her husband, formerly of St. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder,were among 36 persons killed when an airliner bound from Southern Rhodesia to London, England, crashed Saturday near Benghazi, Libya. Mrs. Snyder was the former Gladys Becker. She was 54. Her husband was 58.The couple operated a 540-acre tobacco farm in Darwendale, Southern Rhodesia. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were married in Capetown, South Africa May 2, 1956. RESIDED WITH AUNT - For seven years prior to her marriage, Mrs. Snyder resided with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Bowman, 21 Beverly St., Waterloo. She and Mr. Snyder met here in 1955 when Mr. Snyder returned to visit a brother, Clive Snyder, 109 Dunbar Rd. Mr. Snyder, a native of St. Jacobs, had been away from this district for 34 years. He was a mining engineer in Africa from 1924 until he and his wife started tobacco farming over two years ago. His first wife died about five years ago. Mrs. Snyder was well-known in this district. In partnership with Miss Rose Kampman, she operated the Blessed Event Maternity Shop, 83 Ontario St. South, for about a year. NEW HAMBURG NATIVE- Previous to that she sold real estate for Kearns Insurance and Realty, Ltd. A member of Westmount Golf Club, she was also a member of the KW Granite Club and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. In Darwendale she was treasurer of the Darwendale Women's Institute. Born in New Hamburg, Sept. 22, 1903, she was a daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs. William Becker. Her father predeceased her in New Hamburg five years ago and her mother, the former Anna Doering, died 51 years ago. Surviving besides her aunt in Waterloo and two nephews, is a sister, Mrs. Ader (Anna) Hind, 13 Union St. East, Waterloo. A brother, Elijah, predeceased her about 32 years ago. Mrs. Snyder was a resident of Kitchener most of her life. BORN IN ST. JACOBS - Mr. Snyder was born in St. Jacobs, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Snyder. His mother, the former Clara Snider, was a daughter of E.W.B. Snider, one of the founders of Ontario hydro. Before graduation from Montreal's McGill University in 1924, he had travelled across Canada working at a variety of jobs. Among other things, he was a railroad man in Alberta, a lumberjack in Ontario and a taxi driver in Montreal. Once he went to England as a crew member on a cattle boat. The Snyders specialized in tobacco, and their farm produced 900 pounds to the acre. Surviving besides his brother here is another brother, Kenneth ofToronto; two sons by his first marriage, Peter and Hugh of Johannesburg,S. Africa, a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Beryl) Youngman of South Africa, and two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Harkness of Burlington and Mrs. Ruby Withers of Johannesburg...." KW Record of Monday, Aug. 11, 1958

  
  

• Sources

  [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-3 Page 16. [S348] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1911, Div. 16 Page 15. [S2121] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1921, Woolwich Twp. 1921 Sub Dist. 14 Page 16. [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012499-95. Alfred Snyder, 30, occ. Merchant, b. Conestogo, res. Saint Jacobs, son of John B. and Sarah married Clara W. (?) Snider, 29, b. German Mills, res. St. Jacobs, daughter of E.W.B. and Nancy, Witness(es): William Snider and Alice Snyder of Saint Jacobs, 17 January 1895 in Saint Jacobs.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Aug 1899 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical Association - 1911 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Student, University - 1921 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Evangelical - 1921 - St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 May 1956 - Cape Town, , Western Cape, South Africa Residence - - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 9 Aug 1958 - Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya  = Link to Google Earth