Laura Hammah Snyder^{[1, 2]}

1872 - 1899  (26 years)

• Name	Laura Hammah Snyder
  Born	14 Jul 1872	, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Hammah Snyder
  Name	Hammy Snyder
  Name	Laura Hammah Oberholtzer
  Residence	1881	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	C. Methodist
  Residence	1891	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	00106-5912.2
  Died	6 Feb 1899	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4, 5, 6]
  	Cause: pulmonary tuberculosis
  Buried	Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I15378	Generations
  Last Modified	6 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Aaron Snyder,   b. 2 Jul 1851, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Sep 1912, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)
  Mother	Sarah Catherine Eaton,   b. 5 Dec 1851, East Flamborough Twp., Wentworth Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 Feb 1887, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 35 years)
  Married	18 Jan 1872	Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 9]
  Family ID	F4142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josiah Erb Oberholtzer,   b. 30 Dec 1872, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 27 Jul 1937  (Age 64 years)
  Married	12 Dec 1894	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Murty Vera Oberholtzer,   b. 16 Jun 1895, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1986  (Age 90 years)   2. Laura May Oberholtzer,   b. 5 Oct 1896, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Oct 1991, Guelph City, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 95 years)   3. Silva Oberholtzer,   b. 16 Feb 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1898, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 0 years)
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5878	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Oberholtzer - On the 6th of February, in Waterloo Twp., Ontario, of pulmonary tuberculosis, Laura Hamah, beloved wife of Josiah Oberholtzer, aged 26 years, 6 months and 23 days. Deceased had been ailing for some time and was still growing weaker till at last she agreed to consult a physician who told her that her case was hopeless and her time at the longest no more than three weeks, which also proved true. When she saw death staring in her face and no hope for the future, it caused her a very deep conviction, and she became seriously concerned about her soul's salvation, and soon sent for a minister to help her on the right way to get salvation, and requested ministers and Christians to come and encourage her in her great distress. She repented and prayed and asked others to pray with her and for her. She was not ashamed to pray in the presence of strangers, but called unto God for pardon and salvation. She often said in presence of the writer, "I believe all you say, I believe in all the promises of the Bible, and in all the encouragements you give me, yet I am not saved." I sometimes asked her, "Is there anything keeping or holding you?" The answer was every time, "Nothing but my sins." In this state she bad been for seven days. Then she confessed a great evil which she had committed. By this time she was very weak in body and at times somewhat weak in her mind, still had her mind continually fixed on her Savior, and every time I came to see her she seemed to be so glad and talked, and even if voice had failed she whispered and told all about her welfare. On the 8th day of her distress I visited her again, then she looked cheerful and bright and said, "Now I have peace, now I am saved, I feel easy and my burden has left me. Thank the Lord." Upon asking her what had happened she said that she bad confessed her sin to God and her husband and received forgiveness as soon as she asked it. She said "I could rest and sleep all night, and now I am willing to do all that God requires of me. I want to be baptized and unite with the church which has been my choice for some time. Bish. Jonas Snider was called the next day, and administered water baptism and received her as a member in our church. Then we held communion, but on account of her being very weak we did not mention feet-washing, but when we were about to close the meeting, she whispered to me, "I would also like to observe feet washing." We said, "That shall be granted you, only we thought you were too weak and tired?" "O no! I am strong enough to do that yet." Then she said, "Now I am ready to die, still I am willing to live and suffer as long as the Lord sees fit to leave me here." On the 3d of February she was received in the church militant, and on the 6th, God saw fit to take her into the church triumphant. She leaves a sorrowing husband and two little daughters, parents, and many other friends to mourn their lose, yet she left a bright evidence that she was going where Jesus is, there to live in glory forever. Only a few days in peace with God. O! how sad if she had not received salvation until it had been forever too late. This should be a solemn warning to all who are still outside of the ark of safety. Our departed sister said that she often was convinced of her sad condition, and often felt the necessity of being a Christian, and forsaking the fashions and follies of this world and living in the simplicity enjoined in the Sacred Word. She was fully consecrated to the Lord's will and had done away with all of self, and was entirely willing to live a life separate from the world. O! sinner, yield to God's calling while you are yet strong in body and mind, and serve the Lord with a full purpose of heart, and do not put it off until your dying hour; you might be cut off instantly, and not have the privilege this young sister bad to become converted on your bed of affliction, but might be lost forever. Sister Oberholtzer was buried on the 8th of February at Hagey's M. H. near Preston, where a large concourse of friends and neighbors were gathered. Services by J. B. Gingrich from Hebrews 4: 16 The Herald of Truth , Vol. XXXVI, No. 7, April 1, 1899 - pages 108-110

  
  

• Sources

  [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..., 281. [S3002] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, 012369-94. Josiah Oberholtzer, 21, occ. Farmer, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp, son of Abraham and Sarah married Laura H. Snyder, 22, b. Canada, res. Waterloo Twp, daughter of Aaron and Sarah, Witn: Menno Snider and Angelina Oberholtzer of Waterloo Twp, 12 December 1894 in Berlin [S276] Census - ON, Waterloo - 1881, Waterloo South, Waterloo South, Ontario Family History Library Film 1375900 District 161 Sub-district C Division 2 Page Number 37 Household Number 175. [S146] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Hagey Mennonite CC#5431 Cemetery Internet Link . In memory of / Laura Hammah Snider / wife of / Josiah Oberholtzer / died Feb. 6' 1899 / aged 26 yrs. 6 mos. / & 23 dy's. / Oberholtzer [S33] Bible - Oberholtzer, Jacob. [S32] News - Herald of Truth, April 1, 1899 - Obituary of Laura Hamah Oberholtzer. [S178] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo South - 1881, Waterloo S. Twp. 1881 Div 2 Page 37. [S2575] Census - ON, Waterloo Township - 1891, Sect. 3 Page 18. [S2488] aaa Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate. Name:Sarah Catharine Eaton Age:20 Birth Year:abt 1852 Birth Place:East Flamboro, Ontario Marriage Date:18 Jan 1872 Marriage Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father:Anson Eaton Mother:Lomhamah Eaton Spouse:Aaron Snyder

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 14 Jul 1872 - , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Methodist - 1881 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1891 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 12 Dec 1894 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - Cause: pulmonary tuberculosis - 6 Feb 1899 - Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Hagey Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth