Zenas C. Snyder^{[1, 2]}

1877 - 1958  (80 years)

• Name	Zenas C. Snyder
  Born	29 Nov 1877	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1891	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Occupation	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-5921.2
  Died	5 Aug 1958	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Buried	Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I15713	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	John B. Snyder,   b. 1 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 20 Mar 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Isabella S. Cassel,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 22 Feb 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Married	27 Feb 1877	Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F2808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Effie Magdalena Cressman,   b. 22 Nov 1889, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 Jan 1981, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	5 Feb 1919	Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 8]
  Children	1. Nellie Snyder   2. Beulah Snyder   3. Alice Snyder   4. Mildred Snyder,   b. 17 Dec 1919,   d. 28 Oct 1990  (Age 70 years)   5. John Snyder,   b. 20 Apr 1921,   d. 6 Dec 2009, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F27956	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lavina Cressman,   b. 28 Nov 1875, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Oct 1916, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 40 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1900	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Arminta Snyder,   b. 16 Sep 1902, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 8 Jun 1996, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 93 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F28012	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Snyder, Zenas, son of the late John and Isabel (Cassel) Snyder, was born near New Hamburg, Ont., Nov. 29, 1877; died at his home in New Hamburg, Aug. 5, 1958; aged 80 y. 8 m. 7 d. In 1900 he married Lavina Cressman, who preceded him in death in 1916. To this union were born 3 children; two died in infancy. One daughter (Arminta-Mrs. Ralph Honsberger, Vineland, Ont.), survives. On Feb. 5, 1919, he married Effie Cressman, who survives. From this union one son and 4 daughters survive (Mildred-Mrs. Jacob Regier, New Hamburg; John, Waterloo; Beulah-Mrs. Willard Cressman and Alice, Vineland; and Nellie-Mrs. Willis Martin, Elmira). Also surviving are one brother and 2 sisters (Oscar, Shoal Lake, Man.; Savilla-Mrs. Edwin Gabel, Kitchener; and Phoebe-Mrs. Walter Hofstetter, Plattsville), 16 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He was a member of the Beihn Church where he rendered faithful service as church chorister, Sunday-school worker, and church trustee. Funeral services were conducted at the Beihn Church, Aug. 9, by Irvin Cressman and Curtis C. Cressman, with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume LI, Number 36 - September 9, 1958 - page 866, 867

  
  

• 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..., 282. [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..., 383. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 4 Page 20. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, September 9, 1958 - Obituary of Zenas Snyder. [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Div. 8 Page 7. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 21. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8455 (1877), John Snyder-Isabella Cassel. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 7, 1981 - Obituary of Effie Magdalena Cressman.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 Nov 1877 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 2 Oct 1900 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 5 Aug 1958 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth