Amos W. Snyder

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-6195
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Notes:

Amos W. Snyder, "was born April 16th, 1849. On February 15th, 1874, he was married to Lydia, daughter of Benjamin and Lydia (Kolb) Shantz. She was born August 17th, 1851. They resided on his father's old homestead where he is engaged in farming. Their family consists of three children".


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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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SNYDER - On the 7th of March, 1897, near Bloomingdale, Waterloo Co., Ont., very suddenly and unexpectedly, of heart trouble, Amos Snyder, aged 47 years and 20 days. Deceased had been in feeble health for some time, but was able to be about. On the above date a meeting had been held at his home by Pre. Springer of the U.B. church (Old Constitution). After a hearty supper deceased went out, and upon entering the house he complained of weakness to his wife, she being alone. He lay down on the lounge and in half an hour he was dead. He leaves a wife in feeble health, a son of about seventeen, a daughter and many relatives and friends to mourn their loss. Buried on the 9th at the Snyder M.H. Funeral services by Moses C. Bowman in German and by Pre. Springer and A. Stoltz in English. The deceased was converted last fall.


Herald of Truth,Vol. XXXIV, No. 7, April 1, 1897 - Page 109, 110, 111

Amos married Lydia K. Shantz 15 Feb 1874, Elmira, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lydia (daughter of Benjamin P. Shantz and Lydia Kolb) was born 17 Aug 1851, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1900; was buried , Bloomingdale Mennonite Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-6196
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Agricultural Laborer
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

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• Name: Elisabeth "Lizzie" Shantz
• Name: Lizzie Snyder
• Eby ID Number: 00106-6197
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite

Elisabeth — James R. Shantz. James (son of Christian Shantz and Mary Hutchinson) was born 1874, , Kansas; died , Camrose, , Alberta, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: 00106-6198
• Residence: 1881, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Mennonite
• Occupation: 1901, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Dry Goods Clerk
• Occupation: 1909, Lashburn, , Saskatchewan, Canada; merchant

Alvin married Muriel Misener 20 Jan 1909, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Muriel (daughter of Sidney Misener and Alice Babcock) was born 1885; died 1966; was buried , Lashburn Cemetery, Lashburn, , Saskatchewan, Canada. [Group Sheet]