Waterloo Region Generations
A record of the people of Waterloo Region, Ontario.

Rev. Absalom B. Snyder

Male 1861 - 1936  (75 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Rev. Absalom B. Snyder was born 7 Mar 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 11 Mar 1936, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 13 Mar 1936, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Absalom married Mary Groff 17 May 1892, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Andrew H. Groff and Mary W. Bauman) was born 15 Aug 1864, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 25 Nov 1949, RR2, Preston, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Martha Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 5 Feb 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1945, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Mar 1945, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 3. Oliver Absalom Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 Oct 1894, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1977, RR1, Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Aug 1977, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 4. Mary Edna Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 13 Jan 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1962, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 5. Ida Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Jan 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Oct 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 6. Emma Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 12 May 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 7. Edward Groff Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Mar 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1991, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Martha Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Absalom1) was born 5 Feb 1893, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1945, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 15 Mar 1945, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Martha married Nelson Bechtel 22 Aug 1916, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Nelson (son of Jesse C. Bechtel and Rebecca Cober) was born 9 Jan 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Mar 1968, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida, United States; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 8. Dorothy Helen Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point died 6 Nov 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 9. Janet May Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Jan 1918, , Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 2013, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    3. 10. Mary Alma "Alma" Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 3 Dec 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    4. 11. Ruth Evelyn Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Jul 1924, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    5. 12. Dorothy Helen Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 21 Oct 1926, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    6. 13. George Bechtel  Descendancy chart to this point was born 4 Aug 1932; died 3 May 2019.

  2. 3.  Oliver Absalom Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Absalom1) was born 12 Oct 1894, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 15 Aug 1977, RR1, Hespeler, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 18 Aug 1977, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Oliver married Lillian N. Snyder 1 Dec 1923, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Lillian (daughter of Ervin S. Snyder and Nancy Nahrgang) was born 10 Dec 1895, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 21 Oct 1987, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 24 Oct 1987, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Rev. John Wilfred Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 20 Sep 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 15. James Clare Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point was born 31 Mar 1930; died 1 Jun 1974.
    3. 16. Robert Oliver Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 4.  Mary Edna Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Absalom1) was born 13 Jan 1896, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 24 Nov 1962, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Mary married Chester Buschert 20 Oct 1923, Breslau, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Chester (son of Wendel Buschert and Lydia Cressman) was born 28 Dec 1889, Winterbourne, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Sep 1946, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 17. Robert C. Buschert  Descendancy chart to this point was born 28 Nov 1924, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1996; was buried , Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana.
    2. 18. Donald Edward Buschert  Descendancy chart to this point was born 16 Mar 1928; died 16 Jan 2010, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  4. 5.  Ida Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Absalom1) was born 4 Jan 1898, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Oct 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Ida married Howard Alexander Cressman 12 Dec 1923, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Howard (son of Ezra M. Cressman and Louisa Shantz) was born 10 Apr 1897, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Mar 1927, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Nith Valley Mennonite Cemetery, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 19. Dr. Harry Keith Cressman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 6 Jul 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 2005, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
    2. 20. Howard Snyder Cressman  Descendancy chart to this point was born 26 Mar 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 2004, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Nov 2004, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Ida married Norman M. Snider 1945. Norman (son of Sidney S. Snider and Blandina Martin) was born 13 Aug 1890, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 12 Sep 1997, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , First Mennonite Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  5. 6.  Emma Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Absalom1) was born 12 May 1902, Hespeler (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 18 Nov 1995, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

  6. 7.  Edward Groff Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (1.Absalom1) was born 16 Mar 1905, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 10 Mar 1991, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Edward — M. Glennys Snider. M. was born 1907; died 1996; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]



Generation: 3

  1. 8.  Dorothy Helen Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.Absalom1) died 6 Nov 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Dorothy married Merlin Russell Grove 11 Sep 1951. Merlin was born CALC 9 Feb 1929, Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1962, Mogadiscio, , Banaadir, Somalia; was buried , Catholic Cemetery, Mogadiscio, , Banaadir, Somalia. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Janet May Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.Absalom1) was born 28 Jan 1918, , Ontario, Canada; died 27 Feb 2013, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Janet — Thomas L. "Tom" Inglis. Thomas was born 1918; died 27 Dec 1994, Wingham, Turnberry Twp., Huron Co., Ontario; was buried 30 Dec 1994, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  3. 10.  Mary Alma "Alma" Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.Absalom1) was born 3 Dec 1920, , Ontario, Canada; died 11 Jun 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Mary — Charles Samuel Goodrich. Charles died Bef 2010; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Mary — Charles Samuel Goodrich. Charles was born 1922, , Kentucky; died 30 Apr 1992, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  4. 11.  Ruth Evelyn Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.Absalom1) was born 20 Jul 1924, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Ruth — Rev. John Henry Hess. John was born 15 Aug 1922, Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died 22 May 2007, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  5. 12.  Dorothy Helen Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.Absalom1) was born 21 Oct 1926, , Ontario, Canada; died 6 Nov 2010, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Dorothy married Rev. Merlin Russel Grove 11 Sep 1951. Merlin was born 9 Feb 1929, Markham, York Co., Ontario, Canada; died 16 Jul 1962, Mogadiscio, Somalia; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  6. 13.  George Bechtel Descendancy chart to this point (2.Martha2, 1.Absalom1) was born 4 Aug 1932; died 3 May 2019.

    George married Grace Almeda Schott (daughter of Vernon Floyd Schott and Luella Mae Witmer) [Group Sheet]


  7. 14.  Rev. John Wilfred Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (3.Oliver2, 1.Absalom1) was born 20 Sep 1925, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Oct 2012, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    John — Lois Ruth Buckwalter. Lois was born 16 Sep 1925, Heston, Kansas, USA.; died 30 Aug 1990, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 21. John Edgar "Jed" Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. Patricia Ruth Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 23. Julie Beth Snyder  Descendancy chart to this point

    John married Dr. Iva Ruth Sherk 16 Nov 1991. Iva was born 1928; died 29 Mar 2011, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Woodland Cem., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  8. 15.  James Clare Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (3.Oliver2, 1.Absalom1) was born 31 Mar 1930; died 1 Jun 1974.

    James — Mary Ruth Hadley. [Group Sheet]


  9. 16.  Robert Oliver Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (3.Oliver2, 1.Absalom1)

    Robert — Edith "Beth" Palmer. [Group Sheet]


  10. 17.  Robert C. Buschert Descendancy chart to this point (4.Mary2, 1.Absalom1) was born 28 Nov 1924, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 22 Jan 1996; was buried , Violett Cemetery, Goshen, Elkhart, Indiana.

  11. 18.  Donald Edward Buschert Descendancy chart to this point (4.Mary2, 1.Absalom1) was born 16 Mar 1928; died 16 Jan 2010, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Donald — Betty Ellen Rudy. Betty (daughter of Abner R. Rudy and Edith Erma Snyder) was born 7 Jan 1934, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 5 Oct 2010, Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]


  12. 19.  Dr. Harry Keith Cressman Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ida2, 1.Absalom1) was born 6 Jul 1925, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Aug 2005, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, USA; was buried , Mannheim Mennonite Cemetery, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Harry married Audrey Sylvia Musselman (daughter of Leslie Clarence Musselman and Ida Bowman) [Group Sheet]


  13. 20.  Howard Snyder Cressman Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ida2, 1.Absalom1) was born 26 Mar 1927, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 2 Nov 2004, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried 5 Nov 2004, Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.

    Howard — Miriam Jean Snider. Miriam (daughter of John Stanley Snider and Erma Shantz) was born 24 Jan 1931; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Wanner Mennonite Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 24. Howard Dale "Dale" Cressman  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 25. John William "Bill" Cressman  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 4

  1. 21.  John Edgar "Jed" Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (14.John3, 3.Oliver2, 1.Absalom1)

  2. 22.  Patricia Ruth Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (14.John3, 3.Oliver2, 1.Absalom1)

  3. 23.  Julie Beth Snyder Descendancy chart to this point (14.John3, 3.Oliver2, 1.Absalom1)

  4. 24.  Howard Dale "Dale" Cressman Descendancy chart to this point (20.Howard3, 5.Ida2, 1.Absalom1)

    Howard — Brenda Lynn Martin. (daughter of Earl B. Martin and Alice M. Weber) [Group Sheet]


  5. 25.  John William "Bill" Cressman Descendancy chart to this point (20.Howard3, 5.Ida2, 1.Absalom1)

    John — Bonita Lou "Bonnie" Fretz. [Group Sheet]