Jacob C. Snider

Item Name	Deed	Image1 Image2
Other Owner(s)	Nil
Category	Documents
Year	Early: 1849 - Late: 1849
Description	Deed 1102 dated April 4, 1849 between Ephraim Cress, Woolwich Township, yeoman; Susanna Cress, his wife; and, Jacob C. Snider Jr., Waterloo Township, yeoman. Jacob purchased 4 acres, part of Lot 7 German Company Tract ,Woolwich Township. The deed talks about a proposed sawmill and overflow of water from a dam. The document was witnessed by Moses Springer and Jacob Cress. It was printed by Henry Eby, Printer, Berlin, C.W. (Canada West). The deed was recorded in the Register Office of the County of Waterloo, the seventh day of May, 1849 in Liber F Folio 113 No. of Memorial 1102.
Collection	Kitchener Public Library Contact : 85 Queen St. N. Kitchener 519-743-0271 x248 www.kpl.org
Accession No.	MC.7.2e
References	Marvin C. Smith in "St. Jacobs - It's Early History," Waterloo Historical Society, 56 (1968), 33-49, notes on page 33: On April 10, 1848 Jacob C. Snider bought a farm on the south side of the Conestogo River and in 1850 and 1851 built flour mill, sawmill, woolen mill, and dam. He sold out to his son Jacob on February 20, 1855. Other owners were H.F.J. Jackson 1856, George W. Eby 1857, and Jacob, Daniel, Peter and Martin Eby in 1860. Benjamin D. Snider became owner in 1863. He sold to E.W.B. Snider on December 31, 1870 and he operated it until 1917 when he sold to his son William Snider."

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