Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Leah S. Bowman[1]

Female 1866 - 1918  (51 years)


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  • Name Leah S. Bowman 
    Born 16 Sep 1866  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41459731 
    Name Leah S. Snyder 
    Residence 1881  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1887  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00002-134 
    Died 21 Aug 1918  [4
    Buried Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I6997  Generations
    Last Modified 28 Jan 2025 

    Father Rev. Tobias Bowman,   b. 26 Jun 1829, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1909  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Anna Schneider,   b. 19 Feb 1832, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 May 1918  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 24 Apr 1853  Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 9, 10, 11, 12
    Family ID F2105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Noah Bechtel Snyder,   b. 21 Mar 1865, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Sep 1942, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 11 Oct 1887  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Children 
     1. Norman Snyder,   b. Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1896
     2. Alvin Bowman Snyder,   b. 21 Aug 1890, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1974  (Age 83 years)
    Last Modified 29 Jan 2025 
    Family ID F2110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Leah S. Bowman, "was born September 15th, 1866. She is married to Noah B. Snyder."


      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 
    1. [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..., 302.

    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..., 83.

    3. [S86] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1901, Waterloo (South/Sud) G-3 Page 10.

    4. [S15] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Breslau - Breslau Mennonite CC#4579 Internet Link .
      In memory of / Leah Bowman / wife of / Noah B.Snyder / born Sept.16,1866 / died Aug.21,1918 / Noah B.Snyder / Mar.21,1865-Sept.2,1942 / Snyder

    5. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 17.

    6. [S272] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1911, Div. 7 Page 4.

    7. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 65.

    8. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 20 Oct 1887.
      11 Oct 1887 Noah B. Snyder and Leah Bowman, both of Wilmot Township, were married by Rev. J.B. Bowman

    9. [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..., 303.

    10. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Tobias Baumann, farmer of Waterloo T. married 24 Apr 1853 Greenbush by banns to Anna Schneider of Waterloo T. witnesses: Isaac Baumann of Waterloo & Isaac Kressman of Waterloo

    11. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Sept. 30, 1909 - Obituary of Tobias Bowman.

    12. [S1887] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo Twp. - 1861 (North Division), Div. 1 Page 1.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 16 Sep 1866 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 11 Oct 1887 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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