Clara W. Snider

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• Name: Clara W. Snyder
• Eby ID Number: 00106-5854
• Residence: 1891, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Notes:

Clara Snider, "was born March 10th, 1865, She is married to Alfred Snyder, a merchant, and resides in St. Jacobs, Ontario."

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a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin: as also much other unpublished historical information chiefly of a local character.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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MRS. ALFRED SNYDER


Mrs. Clara W. Snyder. 76, St. Jacobs, widow of the late Alfred Snyder, died at her home early Sunday morning of last week after a lengthy illness.

The eldest daughter of the late E. W. B. Snyder. she was born at Parkway (German Mills), in 1865. Mrs. Snyder was a member of St. Jacobs Calvary Evangelical Church and took an active part in its various organizations.

Surviving are three sons, Earl of East Geduld, South Africa, Clive of Kitchener, Kenneth of Toronto; two daughters, Mrs. D. B. Harkness of Burlington and Mrs. Geo. Withers of Johannesburg, South Africa.

KW Record obit. of Mon., Jan. 12, 1942

Clara married Alfred Snyder 17 Jan 1895, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Alfred (son of Reeve John B. Snyder and Sarah Snider) was born 25 Nov 1864, Conestogo, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 14 Jun 1929, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Military: WW1
• Residence: St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55067P
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, 2nd Lieutenant, O. T. C. / Imperial Army
• Military: 1914, WW1; WW1, G.O.T.C., Service #490766

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55068
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association

Notes:

Sunday morning bore the sad news of the death of Miss Grace Snider, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred snider, who, after a lingering illness, passed away into peaceful rest, leaving to mourn her loss the bereaved parents, two sisters, four brothers and a wide circle of close and intimate friends. The funeral was held on Tuesday afternoon and was largely attended. The community's sympathy is extended to the bereaved family.

Elmira Signet Feb 8 1917

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• Interesting: business, death
• Residence: Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55069
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student, University
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Misfortune: 1958; killed in aircraft accident

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"Earl Snyder, Wife Gladys Becker Die in Plane Crash"

A former Kitchener woman and her husband, formerly of St. Jacobs, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Snyder,were among 36 persons killed when an airliner bound from Southern Rhodesia to London, England, crashed Saturday near Benghazi, Libya.

Mrs. Snyder was the former Gladys Becker. She was 54. Her husband was 58.The couple operated a 540-acre tobacco farm in Darwendale, Southern Rhodesia.

Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were married in Capetown, South Africa May 2, 1956.

RESIDED WITH AUNT - For seven years prior to her marriage, Mrs. Snyder resided with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Bowman, 21 Beverly St., Waterloo.

She and Mr. Snyder met here in 1955 when Mr. Snyder returned to visit a brother, Clive Snyder, 109 Dunbar Rd.

Mr. Snyder, a native of St. Jacobs, had been away from this district for 34 years. He was a mining engineer in Africa from 1924 until he and his wife started tobacco farming over two years ago.

His first wife died about five years ago.

Mrs. Snyder was well-known in this district. In partnership with Miss Rose Kampman, she operated the Blessed Event Maternity Shop, 83 Ontario St. South, for about a year.

NEW HAMBURG NATIVE- Previous to that she sold real estate for Kearns Insurance and Realty, Ltd.

A member of Westmount Golf Club, she was also a member of the KW Granite Club and St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church.

In Darwendale she was treasurer of the Darwendale Women's Institute.

Born in New Hamburg, Sept. 22, 1903, she was a daughter of the late Mr.and Mrs. William Becker. Her father predeceased her in New Hamburg five years ago and her mother, the former Anna Doering, died 51 years ago.

Surviving besides her aunt in Waterloo and two nephews, is a sister, Mrs. Ader (Anna) Hind, 13 Union St. East, Waterloo.

A brother, Elijah, predeceased her about 32 years ago.

Mrs. Snyder was a resident of Kitchener most of her life.

BORN IN ST. JACOBS - Mr. Snyder was born in St. Jacobs, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Snyder. His mother, the former Clara Snider, was a daughter of E.W.B. Snider, one of the founders of Ontario hydro.

Before graduation from Montreal's McGill University in 1924, he had travelled across Canada working at a variety of jobs.

Among other things, he was a railroad man in Alberta, a lumberjack in Ontario and a taxi driver in Montreal. Once he went to England as a crew member on a cattle boat.

The Snyders specialized in tobacco, and their farm produced 900 pounds to the acre.

Surviving besides his brother here is another brother, Kenneth ofToronto; two sons by his first marriage, Peter and Hugh of Johannesburg,S. Africa, a daughter, Mrs. Ronald (Beryl) Youngman of South Africa, and two sisters, Mrs. Gladys Harkness of Burlington and Mrs. Ruby Withers of Johannesburg...."

KW Record of Monday, Aug. 11, 1958

Earl married Gladys Becker 2 May 1956, Cape Town, , Western Cape, South Africa. Gladys (daughter of William P. Becker and Anna Doering) was born 22 Sep 1903, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 9 Aug 1958, Benghazi, , Banghåzi, Libya. [Group Sheet]

Earl — Francina Dorothea "Frances" Enslin. Francina was born 1902, Paarl, , Cape Province, South Africa; died 1953, Johannesburg, , Gauteng, South Africa. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-55070
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student, University
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1970, 100 Queen St. N., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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CLIVE SNYDER Clive Snyder of 100 Queen St. N. died Saturday at St. Mary's. Hospital after a brief illness. He was 68.

A resident of the Twin City area for most of his life, Mr. Snyder was born in St. Jacobs March 1, 1901, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Snyder.

He was a member of St, Andrew's Presbyterian Church.. He retired as secretary-treasurer of Canada Felting CO. Ltd. St. Jacobs in December last year, but retained the position of president.

Surviving besides his wife, the former Mildred Clare Fleck whom he married in Georgetown Feb, 2, 1935; are a son, William of Brampton, a brother, Kenneth of Toronto; two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Withers of Johannesburg, South Africa, and Mrs. Gladys Harkness of Burlington and two grandchildren.

Mr. Snyder was predeceased by a son, Edward, two brothers and a sister. The body was at the Ratz-Bechtel Funeral Home, until Tuesday at 11:30 a.m. when removal was made to St. Andrew's Church for a private funeral in the chapel at I:30 p.m. with the Very Rev. Dr. Finlay G. Stewart officiating. Burial was in Calvary United cemetery, St. Jacobs.

Clive married Mildred Clare Fleck 2 Feb 1935. Mildred was born 6 Mar 1906, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; died 24 Aug 2005; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169174
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Occupation: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student, School
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1970, Burlington, Halton Co., Ontario, Canada

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married D. B. Harkness - lived Burlington in Aug. 1958

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169175
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical

Kenneth — Alice McPherson. Alice was born 1908; died 1995; was buried , Calvary United Brethern Cemetery, St. Jacobs, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-169176
• Residence: 1911, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical Association
• Residence: 1921, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Evangelical
• Residence: 1970, Johannesburg, , Gauteng, South Africa

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married George Withers - lived Johannesburg, S. Africa in Aug. 1958

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-215185

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John Gordon Carson - St. Jacobs - John Gordon Carson, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland W. Carson, drowned in the Conestoga River here on Tuesday afternoon. The body has not yet been recovered.

He is survived by his parents and one brother, eight years old.

Fail To Recover Body Of Five-Year-Old Lad Drowned At St. Jacobs
Kitchener Lad, Drowned in November, Was Chum of Victim; Well Known in Twin City

Kitchener - Dragging operations for the body of five-year-old Gordon Carson, drowned early Tuesday afternoon in the Conestogo River at S. Jacobs, near here, again proved futile Wednesday. The victim is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roland W. Carson, of St. Jacobs.

The lad is said t have been drowned when he slid off the bank of the river into the water in an attempt to retrieve his rubber boot which had fallen in. Leonard Bowman, 5, his companion, on seeing the accident raced back to the village for help, but by the time they returned no trace of the Carson lad could be found.

Old residents of the village told The Chronicle this morning that unless the body sand close to the shore where the lad fell in "it is doubtful if it will ever be recovered."

"The current in the old Conestogo at St. Jacobs is about the fastest and most treacherous it is anywhere, and if the remains of the Carson lad are caught by it, there is no telling where the body will go," C. Schutz, a resident stated.

According to Schutz, the body may already have been carried all the way to Brantford after the Conestogo River joins the Grand River.

The factory in St. Jacobs, in which the father of the victim is an official, remained closed all day yesterday and will probably do so today to allow its employees to assist in dragging operations. It was learned by The Chronicle that a number of men worked very late Tuesday night at the factory manufacturing drag hooks and more adequate grappling equipment.

According to Leonard Bowman, 5, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bowman, he accompanied the victim, to the bank of the river at about 1:30 yesterday afternoon. The drowned lad was the son of Mr. and MR.s R. W. Carson, of St. Jacobs.

"We walked up the river bank as far as the railroad (CNR) bridge, to see what the river looked like as the ice had gone out the day before," Leonard told.

"The bank of the river was pretty slippery, but Gordon left me for a minute and walked a little farther up the bank. All at once, I saw him slip and his rubber boot came off and slipped down into the water. When he tried to get it out he fell in, and I ran to get help," Leonard told The Review.

Leonard said he did not try to help his companion to get out of the water as he apparently sank before he was able to run for help at William Schaner's office which was the closest place.

"I ran back to the spot where the boys had been standing and where the young lad fell in," Arthur Schaner told The Chronicle, "but when I got there, there was no sign of him."

Leonard Bowman, who had been with the Carson lad, said the latter made "no sound whatever" as he sank. He did not come up a second or third time, he said.

"We had told our son so many times to stay away from the river bank, but apparently it was useless," sobbed Mrs. Carson, mother of the dead boy. "It was less than half an hour after he had left the house with the Bowman boy that I heard he had been drowned," she said.

Mrs. Michael Bowman said she had often told both of the boys to "stay clear of the river." "We are very fortunate that he did not try to rescue the other lad or both would have been drowned," she told the Chronicle.

The victim, besides his parents, had one brother, O'Neill, aged 8, who was at school at the time of the tragedy. His companion, Leonard Bowman, also has an older brother who was at school.

Ironically, the dead lad's best friend, little Clive Edward Snyder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Clive Snyder, of Kitchener, was accidentally drowned late last November. Mr. Carson is superintendent of the Canada Felt Co. plant at St. Jacobs while Mr. Snyder is manager of the factory.

Immediately after the alarm had been sounded yesterday afternoon, all factories in the village, an industrial centre, closed down, and all employees gathered at the river to assist in the search.

A wire net was stretched across the river, and rescue parties were organized, using hooks and poles from boats and canoes. The work was speeded up with the arrival of fast motor boats from Kitchener. Today, it is expected more elaborate dragging equipment will be used. A watch is being kept for the body seven miles down the river at Conestogo, the Chronicle learned.

Chartering one of the few canoes available at the scene of the drowning, The Chronicle assisted in dragging operations.

Waterloo Chronicle 29 Mar 1939