Joseph W. Snyder

1860 - 1918  (57 years)

• Name	Joseph W. Snyder
  Born	24 Aug 1860	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Interesting	murder, crime, story
  Occupation	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1891	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1901	Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer Son
  Misfortune	1918	Peace River, , Alberta, Canada
  	murdered
  	The book depicts background information and detailed investigation from then-North West Mounted Police and the Alberta Police Service on an unsolved murder of six that occurred in Grande Prairie in 1918. On June 20, 1918, the bodies of Joseph Snyder and his nephew Stanley Snyder were discovered charred inside a shack near Grande Prairie. A .38-caliber Ivor Johnson revolver, with five discharged shells in its chambers, was found near the hand of Joseph.
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  Eby ID Number	00106-6242
  Died	19 Jun 1918	Peace River, , Alberta, Canada   [5]
  Buried	City of Grande Prairie Cemetery, Grande Prairie, , Alberta, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I753	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Joseph Salzberger Snyder,   b. 27 Jun 1827, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Mar 1910  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Lydia Ann Weber,   b. 21 Nov 1826, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Sep 1908, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	15 May 1853	Greenbush (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6, 7, 8]
  Family ID	F241	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Joseph W. Snyder, "was born August 24th, 1860. He is unmarried and resides at home with his parents where he is engaged in farming." 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.]. ______________________ Book published as dying wish Even has we approach 100 years since one of Grande Prairie's oldest mysteries, a newly published book is bringing back memories for one family. When Wally Tansem died in 2001 at the age of 74, a promise was made to him by his wife, Doris, and his daughter Brenda to publish the book he had worked on for the previous 10 years - The Foulest of Murders. The book depicts background information and detailed investigation from then-North West Mounted Police and the Alberta Police Service on an unsolved murder of six that occurred in Grande Prairie in 1918. On June 20, 1918, the bodies of Joseph Snyder and his son [nephew actually] Stanley Snyder were discovered charred inside a shack near Grande Prairie. A .38-caliber Ivor Johnson revolver, with five discharged shells in its chambers, was found near the hand of Joseph. Four days later, Ruthenian minister Frank Parzychowsky and three trappers - Charles Zimner, John Wudwang and Ignace Patan, were found murdered on the Patan farm 6.5 kilometres northwest of the Snyder farm. The murders have often been referred to as the 'Crime of the Century.'... Book published as dying wish. (2018). Daily Herald Tribune. Retrieved 7 July 2018, from https://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2012/08/26/book-published-as-dying-wish

  
  

• 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..., 328. [S148] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1901, Woolwich F-1 Page 4. [S130] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1881, Div. 4 Page 5. [S1821] Census - ON, Waterloo, Woolwich - 1891, Div. 2 Page 4. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, C., America, N., Division, G., Prairie, G., & Cemetery, C. (1864). Joseph W. Snyder (1864-1918) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 7 July 2018, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181951608/joseph-w.-snyder. [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..., 583. [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..., 327. [S6] Church Records - ON, Waterloo - Bindeman, F. W. - Card Index Kitchener Public Library. Joseph Schneider, yeoman of Woolwich married 17 May 1853 at Greenbush by banns to Lydia Weber of Waterloo.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 24 Aug 1860 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer Son - 1901 - Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Misfortune - murdered - 1918 - Peace River, , Alberta, Canada Died - 19 Jun 1918 - Peace River, , Alberta, Canada  = Link to Google Earth