From Pennsylvania to Waterloo - A Biographical History of Waterloo Township

Item Name	Bible with Family Register	Image1 Image2 Image3 Image4 Image5 Image6
Owner(s)	Clemens, Magdalena (Molly) Schneider, Lucena Schneider, Ezra Snyder, Isaac C. Snyder, Hannah C. Snyder, Magdalena Snyder, Noah C. Snyder, Barbara Snyder, Moses C. Snyder, Levi C. Snyder, Ephraim C. Snyder, Mary Ann
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1864 - Late: 1887
Description	Bible with a Family Register between the Old and New Testaments. A large, brown, leather-bound book with the word "Biblia" embossed in gold on the black leather of the spine. The exterior of the pages are blue and red marbled, as are the inside covers. On the side are two leather and metal closures (mostly missing). The title of the book is: "Biblia Das Ist Die Ganze Heilige Schrist Des Alten und Neuen Testaments". It was published by Henry B. Aschmead in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On the inside front cover is printed "$ 7=00 Bibel im Jahr 1866", and on the front page is written " Moses Snyder February 17th 1811 S.S. No. 6 Waterloo County/ Price of this book was $7.00". There is a pre-printed family register (Familien Register) between the Old Testament and the New Testament. The following entries appear here: "Moses E. Schneider verheirathet with Misz Magdalena Clemens April den 12 ten im Jahr 1836/ Ibiges geschrieben im Jahr Christi 1864, in Canada West, von Isaac Z. Hunsicker/ Moses E. Schneider Geboren, November den 21 ten1810/ Magdalena Clemens Geboren, Marz den 3 ten 1820/ Barbara Schneider Geboren, September den 11 ten 1838/ Esra Schneider Geboren, September den 17 ten 1841/ Magdalena Schneider Geboren, September den 26 ten 1844/ Levi Schneider Geboren, Juli den 11 ten 1847/ Isaac Schneider Geboren, Marz den 12 ten 1850/ Mary Ann Schneider Geboren, September den 12 ten 1852/ Ephraim Schneider Geboren, August den 19 ten 1855/ Noah Schneider Geboren, Februar den 24 ten 1858/ Moses Schneider Geboren November den 2 ten 1860/ Hanna Schneider Geboren, October den 2 ten 1862/ Lucina Schneider Geboren, Januar den 16 ten, 1865/ Ibiges geschrieben im Jahr Christi 1864, in West Canada, von I. Z. H./ Magdalena Clemens Vheweib(?) von Moses Schneider Gestorben den 29 Januar 1887. Im Alter von 66 yr. 10 mo. Und 26 tag". All of the entries, except for the birth of Lucina Schneider and the death of Magdalena Schneider, are by Isaac. Z. Hunsicker, and are in red and black ink. The entry for the death of Magdalena Clemens is quite ornate.
Maker\Attribution	Isaac. Z. Hunsicker
Provenance	Purchased by Moses E. Schneider in 1866 for $7.00, also bears his signature. It was purchased by Joseph Schneider Haus Museum from an antiques dealer who acquired it from the estate of direct descendants of Moses E. Schneider.
Collection	Joseph Schneider Haus Museum Contact : 466 Queen St. S. Kitchener 519-742-7752 www.region.waterloo.on.ca
Accession No.	1994.014.001
Curatorial Comments	Moses E. Schneider was one of a set of twins, who were the sixth and seventh children of Joseph E. Schneider who was born Nov. 24, 1810. Moses married Molly (Magdalena) Clemens and farmed two miles east of Berlin. The Fraktur artist Isaac Ziegler Hunsicker (1803-1870) was born in Montgomery County. His great, great grandfather arrived in Pennsylvania in 1717. Examples of his artwork have been found in Pennsylvania and in Ontario. According to Hunsicker history, Isaac and his brother Michael (1796-1871) stopped briefly in Ohio before moving on to Ontario in the 1830's. It is believed he came to Upper Canada during the period of 1832-1835. It is not sure if he was a school teacher in Pennsylvania, but he was involved in the educational activities of early Waterloo County (he's listed among the first school teachers at the Eby School in Berlin beginning in 1837). Characteristics of his Fraktur include a predilection for scripture text with decorative embellishments, common sense proverbs and didactic statement following religious script, and geographical references to cities, and provinces. Several pieces feature a stylized face in upper corners, and a precise execution of a decorative border composed usually of an 'S' motif. His career as a Fraktur artist extended from approximately 1830 to 1870.

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Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.