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Leander S. Snider

Male 1867 - 1955  (88 years)


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  • Name Leander S. Snider 
    Born 20 Sep 1867  German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    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  [5] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Agricultural Laborer 
    Residence 1891  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Mennonite 
    Occupation 1901  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Farmer 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5843 
    Died 29 Oct 1955  [9, 10] 
    Buried First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9, 10] 
    Person ID I72365  Generations
    Last Modified 12 May 2025 

    Father Isaac B. Snider,   b. 13 Jan 1841, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Mar 1921, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Nancy Sitler,   b. 17 Feb 1840, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Mar 1891  (Age 51 years) 
    Married 17 Mar 1861  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 11, 12, 13] 
    Family ID F3120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Alvina Matilda Shantz,   b. 25 Nov 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1961  (Age 88 years) 
    Married Jul 1919  [14] 
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F6563  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Mary Lydia Grischow,   b. 6 Feb 1877, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1917  (Age 39 years) 
    Married 8 Jun 1897  Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Melvin Russel Snider,   b. 26 Dec 1897, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1963  (Age 65 years)
     2. Harold Lucan Snider,   b. 4 Aug 1899, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jul 1984, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     3. Earl Stanley Snider,   b. 20 Jan 1904, German Mills (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1985, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)
    Last Modified 13 May 2025 
    Family ID F6564  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Leander S. Snider "was born September 20th, 1867. He is at home on the farm and 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.].

  • 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..., 270.

    2. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-5 Page 15.

    3. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.
      Snider / Leander Snider / 1867-1955 / his beloved wife / Mary Grischow / 1877-1917 / thy trial ended, thy rest is won

    4. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Leander Snyder Born: German Mills Age: 29 Father: Isaac Snyder Mother: Nancy Snyder Born: abt 1868 Spouse: May Grishon Age: 20 born: Wilmot Tsp Father: Fred'k Grishon Mother: Lydia Grishon married 8 Jun 1897 married: Waterloo, Berlin

    5. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 3 Page 20.

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

    7. [S604] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1871, Div. 3, Pg. 48.

    8. [S2560] aaaWaterloo Township South 1891, Sect. 1 Page 41.

    9. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26870179/leander-snider.

    10. [S47] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - First Mennonite CC#4507 Internet link First Mennonite Cemetery online.

    11. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library.
      Isaac Snyder aged 20 of Waterloo Twp., born Waterloo Twp. son of Elias Snyder and Hannah Bingeman married 17 Mar 1861 to Nancy Sittler aged 21 of Waterloo Twp. born Waterloo Twp. daughter of John Sittler and Sarah Blemmer.

    12. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 29 Mar 1861.
      By the Rev. F. W. Bindeman at Berlin Snyder - Sittler: On the 17th inst., Mr. Isaac Snyder, to Miss Nancy Sittler, of Waterloo Township

    13. [S5] Vit - - ON, Waterloo - 1858-1869 Marriage Register.
      Isaac Snyder, 20, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, son of Elias and Hannah (Bargeman), married 17 Mar 1861 Nancy Sittler, 21, res. Waterloo, b. Waterloo, daughter of Abram and Sarah (Klemer)

    14. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, Obituary of Obituary of Alvina Snider - June 13, 1961.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 20 Sep 1867 - German Mills (Kitchener), 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 - Mennonite - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Agricultural Laborer - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., 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 MapsMarried - 8 Jun 1897 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Farmer - 1901 - Waterloo 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 - - First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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