Lydia Snyder^[1]

1879 - 1953  (73 years)

• Name	Lydia Snyder
  Born	28 Dec 1879	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Female
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40652666
  Name	Lydia Shantz
  Residence	1881	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Mennonite
  Residence	1911	Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00106-6060.1
  Died	22 Mar 1953	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario   [3]
  Person ID	I18916	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Amos B. Snyder,   b. 30 Sep 1854, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 26 Dec 1937  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Kuntzenhauser,   b. 1854, Carrick Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 7 Mar 1896, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 42 years)
  Married	18 Feb 1879	North Easthope Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada   [1, 7]
  Family ID	F4835	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph N. Shantz,   b. 30 Dec 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Mar 1942, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 60 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1911	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Children	1. Vernon S. Shantz,   b. 1 Jan 1912,   d. 1965  (Age 52 years)   2. Joy S. Shantz,   b. 20 Jun 1913,   d. 20 Jun 1913  (Age 0 years)   3. Wayne S. Shantz,   b. 27 Jan 1916, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 6 Jul 1977  (Age 61 years)   4. Alice Alta Shantz,   b. 26 Feb 1923,   d. 30 Jun 2011, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F7623	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Shantz, --- Lydia, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos Snyder, passed away at the Kitchener-Waterloo Hospital after a brief illness, March 22, 1953, in her seventy-fourth year. On Feb. 11, 1911, she was united in marriage to Joseph Shantz, who preceded her in death 11 years ago. Surviving are 2 sons (Vernon and Wayne, Petersburg, Ont.), 2 daughters (Louise-Mrs. David Jantzi, Kitchener, Ont.; and Alice-Mrs. David Cressman, New Hamburg, Ont.), and 6 grandchildren. She was converted in her youth and united with the Mennonite Church to which faith she was loyal until her death, seldom being absent from church services. She was keenly interested in the work of the church, having been a Sunday-school teacher for many years and an active member of the local sewing circle at the time of her departure from this world. Funeral services were conducted, March 25, at the Geiger Mennonite Church, by C. C. Cressman and M. H. Roth. The body was laid to rest in the adjoining cemetery. Gospel Herald - Volume XLVII , Number 17 - April 28, 1953 --- page 405, 406 _______________________ NEW HAMBURG - Mrs. Lydia Shantz, 73, of RR 2, New Hamburg, died yesterday at the K-W Hospital after a brief illness. She was born at Baden, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Amos B. Snyder. Her husband, Joseph Shantz, died May 15, 1942. Mrs. Shantz was a member of Geiger Mennonite Church. Surviving are two sons, Vernon, and Wayne, both of RR 2, Petersburg; two daughters, Mrs. David (Louise) Jantzi, Kitchener, and Mrs. David (Alice) Cressman, RR 2, New Hamburg, and six grandchildren. The funeral will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from her home, RR 2, New Hamburg, to Geiger Mennonite Church for services at 2: 30. Rev. Moses H. Roth, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The body is at the Ratz Bechtel Funeral Home until 4 p.m. tomorrow when it will be taken to the home at RR 2, New Hamburg Kitchener Waterloo Record 22 Mar 1953

  
  

• 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..., 302. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-6 Page 1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, April 28, 1953 Lydia Snyder. [S140] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1881, Div. 1 Page 46. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration. Lidia Snyder Date of Birth: 28 Dec 1879 Gender: Female Birth County: Waterloo Father's Name: Amos B Snyder Mother's Name: Mary Kunsehauser [S346] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1911, Wilmot Twp. 1911 Div. 8 Page 10. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Amos B Schneider Born: Wilmot Tp Age: 24 Father: Moses Schneider Mother: Lydia Schneider Born: abt 1855 Spouse: Mariah Anna Kriegenhauser Age: 24 born: Carrick Tp Father: Isaac Kriegenhauser Mother: Hannah Kriegenhauser married 18 Feb 1879

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Dec 1879 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1881 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1911 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 11 Feb 1911 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 22 Mar 1953 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Wilmot Mennonite (formerly Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot, Waterloo Region, Ontario  = Link to Google Earth