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Christian Schneider[1,2]

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Birth  28 May 1804  Franklin Co., Pennsylvania  [3,4
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00106-6058 
Person ID  I580 
Last Modified  08 May 2005 
 
Father  Christian Schneider, b. 28 Aug 1758, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Mother  Elizabeth Erb, b. 23 Jan 1770, Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania 
Group Sheet  F4 
 
Family 1  Anna Cressman, b. 18 Jun 1803 
Married  5 Dec 1825    [5,6
Children 
 1. Moses K. Snyder, b. 28 Feb 1827
 2. Susannah Schneider, b. 17 Apr 1829
 3. Anna Snyder, b. 19 Feb 1832
 4. Elizabeth Schneider, b. 19 Sep 1834
 5. John K. Schneider, b. 6 Nov 1836
 6. Noah K. Snyder, b. 12 Apr 1840
 7. Absalom Schneider, b. 2 Sep 1841
 8. Magdalena Snyder, b. 8 Dec 1845
Group Sheet  F227 
 
Notes  Christian Schneider, "was born in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, May 28th, 1804. When two years of age his parents moved to Canada and settled in Doon, Ontario, where he was raised. On December 5th, 1825, he was married to Anna (No. 2104), daughter of John and Anna (Schowalter) Cressman. She was born June 18th, 1803, and died July 12th 1887. Shortly after their marriage they moved about a mile south of Breslau where he was the proprietor of the large farm now in possession of his youngest son, Absalom. he is the only one of his father's large family that is still living, and is yet quite strong considering his great age. His mental powers are good yet and he seems to enjoy the best of health but is anxiously waiting for the time to be called home to the mansions beyond. Since the decease of his wife he resides in his own house on the old place, having a housekeeper. His family consisted of eight 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), 83   [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, 265   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
3. [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), 484   [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, 301   [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), 484   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
6. [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, 301   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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