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

Phoebe Elsie Snyder[1, 2]

Female 1889 - 1981  (91 years)


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  • Name Phoebe Elsie Snyder 
    Born 15 Aug 1889  Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Female 
    FindAGrave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74650146 
    Name Phoebe Elsie Hofstetter 
    Residence 1891  Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Mennonite 
    Residence 1911  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Mennonite 
    Eby ID Number 00106-5921.6 
    Buried 4 Aug 1981  Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Died 8 Aug 1981  Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I191303  Generations
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2024 

    Father John B. Snyder,   b. 1 Aug 1848, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Mar 1922, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years) 
    Mother Isabella S. Cassel,   b. 30 Jun 1855, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Feb 1898, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 27 Feb 1877  Chesterfield, Blandford Township, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8
    Family ID F2808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Walter Christian Hofstetter,   b. 18 Jan 1887, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Married 15 Dec 1909  Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Children 
     1. Layton Hofstetter,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Harold Snyder Hofstetter,   b. 9 May 1910, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1996, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     3. Floyd Hofstetter,   b. 25 Jan 1912, Baden, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1984  (Age 71 years)
     4. Ruby Marie Hofstetter,   b. 8 Nov 1913, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 2011, Milverton, Mornington Twp., Perth Co., Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     5. Harry Hofstetter,   b. 13 Oct 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 2013, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years)
     6. Earl Hofstetter,   b. 2 Sep 1917, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1917, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
     7. Marjorie Hofstetter,   b. 1918, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979  (Age 61 years)
     8. Helen Phoebe Hofstetter,   b. 16 Nov 1920, Wilmot Centre, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1939, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 18 years)
     9. John Adolph Hofstetter,   b. 23 Jan 1924, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 2013, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years)
     10. Reid Robert Hofstetter,   b. 1927,   d. 2020, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
     11. Jean Isabel Hofstetter,   b. 28 Jul 1930, , Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Oct 2013, Woodstock, Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     12. Glen Russell Hofstetter,   b. 1931, Plattsville, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Jul 1994, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years)
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F185828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • HOFSTETTER MRS. WALTER

      Mrs. Walter Hofstetter, 91, formerly of Plattsville, Ont., died Saturday at Freeport Hospital, Kitchener. The former Phoebe Snyder, she was the daughter of the late John Snyder and Isabel Cassel and was a member of Plattsville United Church.

      She was predeceased by her husband, Walter, in 1960.

      She is survived by seven sons, Harold, of RR 2 Petersburg, Floyd, of New Hamburg, Harry, John, Layton, and Glenn, all of Plattsville, and Reid, of RR 4 Bright; two daughters, Mrs. Floyd (Ruby) Ament, of Linwood, and Mrs. Gilbert (Jane) Ross, of Woodstock; 31 grandchildren and 54 great-grandchildren.

      Besides her husband, she was predeceased by one son, Earl; two daughters, Helen and Mrs. Allen (Marjory) Littlejohn; two brothers and two sisters.

      Friends were received at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, New Hamburg Chapel until noon, August 4 when removal was made to Plattsville United Church for a funeral service at 2 p.m. with Rev. Harold Pillen officiating. Burial was in the Wilmot Centre cemetery.

      New Hamburg Independent Aug 12 1981 pg 20

  • 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..., 282.

    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..., 383.

    3. [S133] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1901, Wilmot H-1 Page 8.

    4. [S366] Census - ON, Waterloo, Waterloo City - 1911, Div. 47 Pg. 1.

    5. [S939] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1891, Div. 1 Page 21.

    6. [S57] Vit - ON - Birth Registration.
      Name:Phoebe Elsie Snyder Date of Birth:15 Aug 1889 Gender:Female Birth Place:Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Father's name:John Snyder Mother's name:Isabella Cussel

    7. [S3231] Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/74650146.

    8. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8455 (1877), John Snyder-Isabella Cassel.

    9. [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration.
      Name:Walter G Hofstetter Age:22 Birth Date:abt 1887 Marriage Date:15 Dec 1909 Marriage County or District:Waterloo Father:Adolph Hofstetter Mother:Catherine Gildner Spouse:Phoebe C Snyder Spouse's Age:20 Spouse Birth Date:abt 1887 Spouse Father:John B Snyder Spouse Mother:Isabella Cassel Snyder

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 Aug 1889 - Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1891 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 15 Dec 1909 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Mennonite - 1911 - Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 4 Aug 1981 - Wilmot Centre (Geiger) Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Aug 1981 - Freeport (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
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