Samuel S. Snider

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36705934
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5938
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Samuel S. Snider Jr., was born September 30th, 1852. On October 5th, 1875, he was married to Magdalena Brubacher (No. 1402). They reside on part of his father's old place 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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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.].

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Erb Street (David Eby) Mennonite Church

Early services which began around 1837 were held in private homes. Land at the corner of Erb Street and Hallman Road, where the present-day cemetery is located, was donated by David Eby Sr. on July 14, 1851; a red brick church known as David Eby's Church was built in the same year. The first minister in the new church was Jacob M. Oberholtzer who served from 1852 to 1874. He was followed by Elias Schneider (1874-1889), Jonas Snider (1892-1900), Newton Weber (1921-1923), and Noah Hunsberger (1923-1929).

Due to a difference of opinion in the David Eby congregation, Sunday School classes were held at first in a private home, that of Levi Groff, beginning in 1887. The dissension which resulted culminated in a division in the church in 1889; the minister, Elias Schneider, and the deacon, Menno S. Shantz, left the church and joined with the Old Order Mennonites of Woolwich Township. The following year, 1890, saw the commencement of "Edification Meetings", which were held in the homes of members of the David Eby congregation. These meetings later became the Young People's Bible Meetings.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, it was recognized that the church building was either in need of repair or in need of complete replacement. Consideration was given to building a new church on the same site or on a site on King Street North. A decision was made to accept from Samuel S. Snider the donation of a parcel of land which was also on Erb Street, but nearer town. Excavation of the foundation for the new church began in the Spring of 1902. A dedication service was held on August 17, 1902. A parsonage was built in 1929 on land donated by Herbert Snider, the son of Samuel Snider. The church building was renovated and enlarged in 1949-1950; a dedication service was held on April 9, 1950. Further renovations were made in 1974.

Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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Samuel Snider, was born Sept. 30, 1852; died at his home in Waterloo, Ont., Oct. 15, 1940; aged 88 y. 15 d. He was married to Magdalene Brubacher who predeceased him June 4, 1938. Surviving are 3 sons (Edwin, Alvin, and Herbert), 1 daughter (Malinda, Mrs. Norman Stauffer), 1 brother (Jacob Snider), 2 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. He was a life-long resident of Waterloo, always interested in the welfare of the community. He was a member of the Mennonite Church. In his earlier years he took part in the activities of the Church and was a faithful worshiper all his life at the Erb St. Mennonite Church. "As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness." Funeral services were held at Waterloo, Ont., in charge of J. B. Martin, assisted by Noah Hunsberger and Jonas Snider. Text, Rom. 5: 1-11. Burial in the David Eby Cemetery

Gospel Herald - Vol. XXXIII, No 31 - October 31, 1940 --- page 670, 671

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Century-Old County Barn To Fall Before Wreckers


In the far dim past, long before the, dreams which were to become realities in the Westmount Golf and in Country Club and residential Westmount, the rolling acreage they now comprise was part of a 500-acre farm. The farm in extent embraced land which is now the property of the Dominion Tire Company.

From its fields were hauled annually tons and tons of hay and grain to be stored in the largest barn in Waterloo County.

That was a century ago or more. The barn, believed to be the oldest in the county, stands today, but it may not stand tomorrow. It is to be razed this week or next.

ON OLD SNIDER FARM

The structure stands on the old Snider farm at the extreme end of John street west, Waterloo, at the termination of John boulevard.

The 500-acre farm, as years passed, was divided. The original farm was reduced to 300-acres. Later another section became part of the Westmount Golf Club property.

Two years ago the last remaining 60 acres with the original buildings passed from the Snider hands. The farm was purchased by J. D. C. For- syth and is now the Forsyth Fornsac Ranch.

The barns, the original structure and additions made during the years, one at least half a century ago, are to be removed and a new barn erected.
In the new structure are to be used some of the materials of the time-honored structure at least the four main beams, each 45 feet long and 15 inches square.

The original barn. 50 by 80 feet may have been built 126 years ago. A straw shed 40 by 45 feet was added about 55 years ago. It is thought to have been the largest barn in the county for many decades although other large barns have been erected in the last 30 or 40 years.

WAS BORN ON FARM

Samuel S. Snider, 183 Erb street west, Waterloo, 85 years of age, is authority for the fact that the barn has stood for 85 years and more. His parents owned the farm and Mr. Snider was born on the farm. His father's name was also Samuel S. Snider. Mr. Snider believed the barn built before he was born, would be the oldest in the county and probably the largest until more recent years.

Incidentally the house on the farm is probably as old or nearly so. The home has likely been altered at times and recently has undergone complete renovation.

Just when the barn was erected and by whom could not be definitely learned. Mr. Snider believed it had been built by his grandfather. Jacob C. Snider (his mother's father.)

Genealogical records contain the following: that Samuel S. Snider (father of Samuel S. Snider, residing on Erb street, Waterloo, and now 85 years of age) was born in 1821, On March 5, 1844, he was married to Anna, daughter of Jacob C. and Elizabeth (Cressman) Snider. After his marriage, he moved on a farm adjoining the town of Waterloo where he was engaged in farming for a number of years.

AT LEAST 94 YEARS OLD

Since his father had not erected the barn, Mr. Snider believed it was there when his father went to live on the farm after his marriage in 1844.

This would make the age of the barn at least 94 years.

The farm itself is one of the oldest In the county. It has been operated for nearly 126 years since about 1812. Just at what date the barn was built however by Jacob C. Snider cannot be determined.

The records of Jacob C. Snider, grandfather of the present Mr. Samuel S. Snider, show that he was born in Franklin County, Penn., Feb. 19, 1791. In 1812, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of John and Anna Cressman. "Soon after his marriage (in 1812) he moved on his farm a little to the west of the town of Waterloo."

"Not many years after his arrival in Waterloo county, he purchased the mill property belonging to the estate of Abraham Erb. Here he was engaged besides farming in the milling and saw milling and later erected a distillery."

The farm, originally owned by Jacob C. Snider and operated by him (while the war of 1812-14 was in progress), and then by his son- in-law, Samuel S. Snider Sr., passed into the hands of Samuel S. Snider's son, Titus Snider (brother of the present Samuel S. Snider).

It left Snider hands for a time when it was operated by George Hahn but came back into the family when it was purchased by Jacob Snider (also a brother of the present Samuel S. Snider), Howard Snider, a son of Jacob Snider, took over the farm probably ten years ago. selling it to Mr. Forsyth two years ago.

Kitchener Daily Record Fri, May 06, 1938 Page 3

Samuel married Magdalena Brubacher 5 Oct 1875. Magdalena (daughter of John E. Brubacher and Magdalena Musselman) was born 7 Jan 1854, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 4 Jun 1938, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Malinda Stauffer
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5938.2
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; House Work, Home
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Malinda married Rev. Norman B. Stauffer 1 Aug 1917. Norman (son of Benjamin Stauffer and Maria "Mary" Betzner) was born 30 Dec 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 13 Sep 1927, Aldersyde, Alberta; was buried , Mount View Mennonite Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Alvin Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00018-1402.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Waterloo, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, on Farm
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Edwin B. Snider
• Name: Edwin Snider
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5938.3
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1908, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer, on Farm
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

SNIDER, EDWIN B., of Waterloo,Ont., was born Sept. 2, 1878; died Mar. 9, 1968; aged 89 y. 6 m. 7 d. He was married to Emmaline Snider, who died in 1957. Surviving are one daughter (Beatrice--Mrs. Lloyd Shantz), 2 brothers (Alvin and Herbert), 4 grandchildren, and 6 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held at the Erb Street Church, with Milton Schwartzentruber and J. B. Martin officiating.

Gospel Herald - Volume LXI, Number 14 - April 9, 1968, Pages 331-332

Samuel married Emmeline Snider 8 Sep 1908, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Emmeline (daughter of Joshua S. Snider and Lydia Jane Clemens) was born 20 Apr 1881, , Ontario, Canada; died 17 Jun 1957. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-342476
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-5938.5
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer, Foundry
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Erb Street (David Eby) Mennonite Church

Early services which began around 1837 were held in private homes. Land at the corner of Erb Street and Hallman Road, where the present-day cemetery is located, was donated by David Eby Sr. on July 14, 1851; a red brick church known as David Eby's Church was built in the same year. The first minister in the new church was Jacob M. Oberholtzer who served from 1852 to 1874. He was followed by Elias Schneider (1874-1889), Jonas Snider (1892-1900), Newton Weber (1921-1923), and Noah Hunsberger (1923-1929).

Due to a difference of opinion in the David Eby congregation, Sunday School classes were held at first in a private home, that of Levi Groff, beginning in 1887. The dissension which resulted culminated in a division in the church in 1889; the minister, Elias Schneider, and the deacon, Menno S. Shantz, left the church and joined with the Old Order Mennonites of Woolwich Township. The following year, 1890, saw the commencement of "Edification Meetings", which were held in the homes of members of the David Eby congregation. These meetings later became the Young People's Bible Meetings.

By the beginning of the twentieth century, it was recognized that the church building was either in need of repair or in need of complete replacement. Consideration was given to building a new church on the same site or on a site on King Street North. A decision was made to accept from Samuel S. Snider the donation of a parcel of land which was also on Erb Street, but nearer town. Excavation of the foundation for the new church began in the Spring of 1902. A dedication service was held on August 17, 1902. A parsonage was built in 1929 on land donated by Herbert Snider, the son of Samuel Snider. The church building was renovated and enlarged in 1949-1950; a dedication service was held on April 9, 1950. Further renovations were made in 1974.


Waterloo County Churches A Research Guide To Churches Established Before 1900 By Rosemary Ambrose

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Herbert is a twin of John Alvin.

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Snider, Herbert B., son of Samuel and Magdelina (Brubacher) Snider, was born in Waterloo, Ont., Apr. 4, 1888; died in Cambridge, Ont., June 18, 1973; aged 85 y. 2 m. 14 d. On Apr. 25, 1917, he was married to Hannah Weber, who survives. Also surviving are one son (Harold), 3 grandchildren, and one brother (Alvin). He was a member of the Erb Street Mennonite Church, where funeral services were held on June 20, in charge of Galen Johns; interment in the Erb Street Cemetery


Gospel Herald - Volume 66, Number 28 - July 17, 1973 - pages 565, 566

Herbert married Samantha "Manda" "Mandy" "Amanda" Binder 23 Sep 1914. Samantha (daughter of Andrew Binder and Rachel Dedels) was born 23 May 1890, Kossuth, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Jun 1915, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Herbert — Hannah Weber. Hannah (daughter of Joseph S. Weber and Mary Ann Shantz) was born 19 Dec 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Beatrice Alverda Shantz
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-193211
• Residence: 1911, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Shantz.- Beatrice Snider, 82, Cambridge, Ont. Born: May 16, 1910, Waterloo, Ont., to Edwin and Emma (Snyder) Snider. Died: March 12, 1993. Cambridge, Ont. Survivors-husband: Lloyd Shantz; children: Ellis, Merle, Royal, Calvin; 16 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. Funeral and burial: March 15, Erb Street Mennonite Church, by Doug Snyder and Pat Falk.

Gospel Herald - Volume 86, Number 16 - April 20, 1993, page 14, 15.

Beatrice — Lloyd Stanley Shantz. Lloyd (son of Wendel R. Shantz and Priscilla Swartz) was born 22 Oct 1904, Williamsburg (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 27 Aug 1994, Listowel, Wallace Twp., Perth County, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Erb Street Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-125229

Harold — Eileen Snyder. Eileen (daughter of Jacob B. Snyder and Angeline Groff) was born 29 Jul 1919, , Ontario, Canada; died 20 Apr 2013, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Breslau Mennonite Cemetery, Breslau, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-179873
• Residence: 1968, RR1, Tavistock, Oxford Co., Ontario

Notes:

SHANTZ, Ellis Ellis James Shantz, 78, passed away in the Bonnie Brae Health Care Centre, Tavistock on Tuesday, October 26, 2010. He was born in Waterloo on March 2, 1932, a son of the late Lloyd S. Shantz and the former Beatrice Snider. He was a member of Cassel Mennonite Church. Ellis is survived by his wife, the former Mary Anna Kropf, whom he married at Cassel Mennonite Church on July 5, 1958; two sons, Jim and wife Jan Shantz of Waterloo, Byron Shantz of Stratford; two grandchildren, Ashley and Matthew Shantz; three brothers, Merle and wife Velma Shantz of Listowel, Royal and wife Kelli Shantz of Niagara Falls, Calvin and wife Marianne Shantz of Newton; "Kropf" brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Violet and Don Moores of Kitchener, Lorne Kropf of Tavistock, Erma Kropf of London, Verna and David Wideman of Parkhill, John and Arlene Kropf of Tavistock. He was predeceased by his sister-in-law, Ruth Kropf and his brothers-in-law, Sam Martin and Al Heuss. Relatives and friends will be received in the Francis Funeral Home , 77 Woodstock Street North, Tavistock on Wednesday from 7-9 p.m. and Thursday from 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. The funeral service will be held in Cassel Mennonite Church on Friday, October 29, 2010 at 11 a.m. Pastor Jim Whitehead will officiate. Cremation and burial at East Zorra Mennonite Cemetery, 16th Line will follow. As expressions of sympathy, donations to the Mennonite Central Committee or the Alzheimer Society would be appreciated and may be made through the Francis Funeral Home by calling 519-655-2431.

Ellis — Mary Kropf. (daughter of Ezra Kropf and Katie Lichti) [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Yvonne Martin
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65667

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Passed away peacefully with family by her side at Hospice Wellington, Guelph, on Tuesday January 15, 2013 at the age of 65.

Beloved wife of Ken, for 39 years. Dear mother of Phil (Krista), Justin (Jen), Nick (Andrea) and Cherished grandmother of Ainsley, Reid and Ryan; daughter of Eileen and the late Harold Snider; sister of Glenn (Carolyn) Snider and Robert (Brenda) Snider.

Mary was a long time and dedicated member of Breslau Mennonite Church.
Friends are invited to share their memories of Mary with her family during visitation at the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King St. S., Waterloo on Thursday, January 17, 2013 from 7-9 p.m. and on Friday January 18, from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.. A celebration of Mary's life will be held at Breslau Mennonite Church, 226 Woolwich Street, Breslau on Saturday, January 19 at 11am. A reception will immediately follow in the church hall. Cremation has taken place.

Condolences for the family and donations to MEDA - Pakistan Women's Entrepreneur Project or Shalom Counselling may be arranged through the Erb & Good Family Funeral Home, 171 King Street South, Waterloo at www.erbgood.com or 519-745-8445.

Mary — Kenneth B. Martin. (son of Emanuel Martin and Leah B. Bauman) [Group Sheet]

Robert — Brenda Lee Bast. (daughter of Harold Bast and Dorothy Lucille Brubacher) [Group Sheet]