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Benjamin Schneider[1,2]

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Birth  4 Jul 1808    [3
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00106-6088 
Died  25 May 1892  Roseville, Waterloo Co., Ontario  [4
Person ID  I648 
Last Modified  09 Sep 2004 
 
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  Eliza Detweiler, b. 2 Oct 1811 
Married  22 Feb 1831    [5
Children 
 1. Susannah Snyder, b. 28 Nov 1831
 2. Lydia Snyder, b. 8 May 1833
 3. Sarah Snyder, b. 4 Dec 1834
 4. Nancy Snyder, b. 28 Nov 1836
 5. David D. Snyder, b. 30 Aug 1838
 6. Eliza Snyder, b. 19 Mar 1840
 7. Mary M. Snyder, b. 27 Jul 1844
 8. Leah M. Snyder, b. 12 Apr 1846
 9. Benjamin M. Snyder, b. 25 Apr 1848
 10. Abraham M. Snyder, b. 8 Oct 1872
 11. Catharine Schneider, b. 13 Aug 1852
Group Sheet  F261 
 
Family 2  Esther Miller, b. 23 Oct 1814 
Married  26 Sep 1843    [6
Group Sheet  F262 
 
Notes  Benjamin Schneider, "was born July 4th, 1808. On February 22nd, 1831, he was married to Eliza Detweiler (No 2288) who was born October 2nd, 1811, and died September 7th, 1840. On September 26th, 1843, he was again married to Esther, daughter of Abraham and Barbara (Shuh) Miller. She was born October 23rd, 1814, and died September 9th, 1855. He resided a little west of Roseville, Ontario, where he was the owner of one of the finest tracts of land in Ontario. Here he was engaged in farming for many years, but when well advanced in years he retired from farming and had his home with his children. He died at Roseville, May 25th, 1892. His family consisted of eleven children, of whom the eldest six were born unto his first wife."
 
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), 328   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
2. [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), 139   [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), 306   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
4. [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), 306   [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), 306   [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), 306   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
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