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

Elva Alberta Snider[1, 2]

Female 1879 - 1945  (65 years)


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  • Name Elva Alberta Snider 
    Born 29 Oct 1879  Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5878.3 
    Died 2 Jul 1945  Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I1695  Generations
    Last Modified 30 Sep 2024 

    Father Amos B. Snider,   b. 19 Apr 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1945  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Hannah Cornelia Kraft,   b. 30 Nov 1856, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Jan 1943  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 29 Jun 1875  [1
    Family ID F451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Mrs. Elva Wiegand Passed Away at Daughter's Home

      Mrs. Elva Wiegand, who had been ill for the past two months and who came from Fairmont, Minn., less than two weeks ago to be cared for in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Loers and family, died Monday morning, July 2.

      Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon, Thursday, at one-thirty o'clock at the Harpole Funeral Home. Mrs. Wiegand was a member of the Church of Christian Science in Fairmont and services will be in charge of Mrs. Lyshoi from the church in that city. Interment will be in Oak Hill cemetery, Estherville.

      Elva Alberta Snider Wiegand, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Snider, was born October 29, 1879, at Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. At the time of her death she was sixty-five years and nine months of age.

      She came with her parents to the United States when she was nine years of age. The family settled at May City where they continued to make their home until the death of Mr. and Mrs. Snider. The latter passed away three years ago and the father died in May, 1945. For the last two years of his life Mrs. Wiegnd had cared for him at May City.

      Following her marriage to John Wiegand, Mrs. Wiegand lived in the May City community and also at Estherville. Later she lived for some time in Fairmont.

      She is survived by three daughters and two sons. The daughters are Mrs. Harry Loers of Spirit Lake, Mrs. Alice Rockne of Estherville, and Mrs. Marjorie Markquart of Fairmont. The sons are Myrle Wiegand of Long Beach, California who arrived here late last Thursday to be with his mother in her last illness, and Sgt. LeRoy Wiegand, who is with the United States armed forces in Belgium.

      Another son, Ronald, died twenty-one years ago at the age of nineteen. [eighteen]

      She is also survived by eleven grandchildren.

      Besides her interest and work in affairs of the church with which she was affiliated, Mrs. Wiegand was very active in the Red Cross, giving freely of her time and labor whenever an opportunity was afforded her.

      A granddaughter, Marilyn Loers, WAVE, S.K.D. 3/c, is stationed in San Diego, California, and a grandson, Howard Loers, E.M. 1/c, is with the armed forces in the South Pacific. (Spirit Lake Beacon, Spirit Lake, IA, July 5, 1945)

  • Sources 
    1. [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..., 274.

    2. [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..., 867.

    3. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Elva Abeita Snyder Born: 29 Oct 1879 County: Waterloo Father: Amos Snyder Mother: Hannah Kraft

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63884234/elva-alberta-wiegand.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Oct 1879 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jul 1945 - Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Oak Hill Cemetery, Estherville, Estherville, Emmet, Iowa, United States Link to Google Earth
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