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Jacob Orlan "Orlan" Snyder

Male 1900 - 1986  (86 years)


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  • Name Jacob Orlan "Orlan" Snyder 
    Born 2 Aug 1900  , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Name Orlan Snyder 
    Residence 1911  Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number Waterloo-69749 
    Died 21 Oct 1986  Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Buried Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Person ID I69749  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father Jacob S. Snyder,   b. 5 Dec 1868, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1953  (Age 85 years) 
    Mother Esther "Hettie" Steckle,   b. 10 Dec 1870, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1942, Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 10 Jan 1893  [5] 
    Family ID F874  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Veronica Brubacher,   b. 13 Apr 1902, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1977, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 10 Dec 1922  , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Aden B. Snyder,   b. 8 Sep 1923
     2. Hettie Snyder,   b. 11 Oct 1924
     3. Melinda Snyder,   b. 25 Jun 1927,   d. 19 Dec 1991, , Alberta, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     4. Mervin B. Snyder,   b. 14 Dec 1928,   d. 7 Jul 2012, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     5. Ervin Snyder,   b. 14 Dec 1928, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Dec 1928, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     6. Vera Alice Snyder,   b. 5 Dec 1932,   d. 14 Mar 2011, Humboldt, , Saskatchewan, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
     7. Cleason Orlan Snyder,   b. 22 Apr 1934,   d. 12 Oct 1999  (Age 65 years)
     8. Laverne Snyder
     9. Verna Snyder,   b. 1940, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1978, Victoria, British Columbia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F41916  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Erma Cressman,   b. 31 Mar 1922,   d. 27 Jan 2011, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 9 Jul 1977 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F41917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • SNYDER, Orlan J. -- On Tuesday, Oct. 21, 1986, at Cambridge Memorial Hospital, aged 86 years, of Fairview Mennonite Home, Cambridge, formerly of Elmira. Beloved husband of Erma Cressman; dear father of Aden of Kitchener, Mervin of Elmira, Cleason of Hanover, Laverne of Thunder Bay, Hettie (Mrs. Carl Sleeper) of Elkhart, Ind. , Melinda (Mrs. Mike Utz) of Edmonton, Alta. and Vera (Mrs. Stan Cressman) of Guernsey, Sask. Forty two grandchildren and 42 great-grandchildren also survive. Predeceased by his first wife, Veronica Brubacher; one son, Irvin in infancy; one daughter, Verna; three brothers and one step sister. Friends may call at the Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira after 11: 30 a. m. on Sunday until Monday at noon, when removal will be made to Elmira Mennonite Church for funeral service at 2: 30 p. m. . Interment Elmira Mennonite cemetery.


      The Kitchener- Waterloo Record 21 Oct 1986

  • Sources 
    1. [S132] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1901, Waterloo C-2 Page 7.

    2. [S214] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo North - 1911, Division 2 (Bloomingdale) Page 7.

    3. [S74] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Kitchener-Waterloo Record (1948-1994), Obituary of Orlan J. Snyder - 21 Oct 1986.

    4. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., Municipality, W., & Cemetery, E. (1900). Orlan Jacob Snyder (1900-1986) - Find A Grave... Retrieved 13 April 2020, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64793799/orlan-jacob-snyder.

    5. [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..., 343.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 2 Aug 1900 - , Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Bloomingdale, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 10 Dec 1922 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 21 Oct 1986 - Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Elmira Mennonite Cemetery, Elmira, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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