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Joseph Schneider[1,2,3,4]

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Birth  24 May 1772  Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania  [5,6
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00106-6346 
Died  27 Oct 1843  Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario  [7,8
Person ID  I1138 
Last Modified  08 Sep 2004 
 
Father  Jacob Schneider, b. 1727/1730, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany 
Mother  Maria Herschi, b. Abt 1732 
Group Sheet  F2 
 
Family 1  Barbara Eby, b. 29 Apr 1774, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Married  21 Feb 1798    [9,10
Children 
 1. Catharine Schneider, b. 12 Feb 1799, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 2. Jacob E. Schneider, b. 2 Sep 1800, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 3. Elizabeth Schneider, b. 2 Jan 1802, , Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania
 4. Veronica Schneider, b. 25 Jul 1803
 5. Mary Schneider, b. 1 Apr 1808
 6. Joseph E. Schneider, b. 23 Nov 1810, Berlin, Waterloo Co., Ontario
 7. Moses E. Schneider, b. 24 Nov 1810
Group Sheet  F450 
 
Notes  Joseph Schneider, "was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, May 24th, 1772. On February 21st, 1798, he was married to Barbara, daughter of Christian and Catharine (Bricker) Eby. She was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, April 29th, 1774, and died in Berlin, Ontario, March 13th, 1843. On May 8th, 1807, Mr. Schneider with wife and family and a large company of others (See Vol. 1 pages 39, 40 and 41 for particulars) moved to Canada and settled where now is the town of Berlin, Ontario. Here he was engaged in farming. His first buildings were erected where now his grandson, Samuel B. Schneider, lives, a little west of the Walper Block, Berlin. Here he died October 27th, 1843, leaving a family of seven children.."
 
Sources  1. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 549   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [S2]   Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 28   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [S2]   Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 422   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [S2]   Vol II 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..., Ezra Eby, 139   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 341   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 549   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
7. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 341   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
8. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 549   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
9. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 341   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
10. [S1]   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..., Ezra E. Eby, (Berlin, Ontario, 1895), 549   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Artifacts
Joseph Schneider Haus
The second home built on Lot 17 German Company Tract, Waterloo County, by Joseph Schneider prior to 1816.
Papercut or Scherenschnitt
An unsigned papercut or Scherenschnitt from the Bible owned by Barbara and Joseph Schneider.
Tall Case Clock
A tall case clock made in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania by B. Eby and brought to Upper Canada, Waterloo County, by Joseph Schneider.
Documents
Advertisement - Adam Ruby
Copy of an advertisement placed in the newspaper, Canada Museum, September 18, 1840.
Agreement between Executors
Photocopy of a handwritten Agreement between Executors of the Late Joseph Schneider dated November 27, 1843.
Auction Sale Notice
Copy of an Auction Sale Notice printed in German in Canada Museum, February 25, 1836.
Bible with Family Register
A German-language family Bible containing family records and fraktur birth records.
Deed
Deed 779 dated March 24, 1834 between John Eby and David Eby for part of Lot 32 in Dutch Company's Land, Waterloo Township, Waterloo County, Canada.
Indenture of Bargain and Sale
Photocopy of an Indenture of Bargain and Sale between Joseph and Barbara Schneider, and Joseph Harlacher, John Hoffman, Jacob Hoffman and Henry Hiestand of the German Evangelical Association.
Plan - Part of Berlin, 1857-58
A plan of part of Berlin dated 1857-8 and signed by Joseph E. Schneider, Jacob E. Snyder and Jacob S. Shoemaker, as Executors of the late of Joseph Schneider.
Statement of Executors
Statement of the Executors of the Last Will of Joseph Schneider, dated December 21, 1843.
Will of Joseph Snider (Snyder)
A photocopy of the Last Will and Testament of Joseph Snider of Waterloo including an Appraisement of Goods and Chattels. It is dated July 5, 1838 and was registered December 21, 1843.
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©Region of Waterloo LogoRegion of Waterloo Fraktur design based on Family Register by Jacob Shoemacher in Joseph Schneider Bible, 1821.