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Elias W. B. Snider[1,2]

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Birth  19 Jun 1842    [3
Sex  Male 
Eby ID  00106-5853 
Person ID  I65 
Last Modified  01 May 2005 
 
Father  Elias Snider, b. 3 Sep 1815 
Mother  Hannah Bingeman, b. 1 Aug 1815 
Group Sheet  F11 
 
Family 1  Nancy Weber, b. 11 Nov 1842 
Married  19 Apr 1864    [4,5
Children 
 1. Clara W. Snider, b. 10 Mar 1865
 2. Aldred Snider, b. 28 Oct 1866
 3. Cranson Snider, b. 22 Apr 1868
 4. Fernando Snider, b. 30 Apr 1870
 5. William Snider, b. 25 Feb 1872
 6. Edwin Snider, b. 5 Apr 1874
 7. Elias Snider, b. 8 May 1876
 8. Ada Snider, b. 10 Sep 1878
 9. Franklin Snider, b. 5 May 1880
 10. Ella Lola Snider, b. 19 Apr 1881
 11. Amy Florence Snider, b. 18 Jan 1883
Group Sheet  F36 
 
Notes  Elias W. B. Snider, "was born June 19th, 1842. On April 19th, 1864, he was married to Nancy Weber. Mr. Snider is a miller by trade. In 1865 he took possession of the German Mills where he was engaged in doing a well paying business. In March, 1871, he purchased the St. Jacobs Mills where he has been doing an extensive and successful business ever since. Some years ago he also purchased the New Dundee Mills and has since been conducting both mills with the greatest of success. Besides being the proprietor of the two large mills, he has large interests in various other lines of business. In politics Mr. Snider favors the principles of the Liberal Party whose representative he has been in the Local House from June, 1881, (after Mr. Springer's resignation) until the dissolution of that body in 1894 when he declined to be again the standard bearer of the Liberal Party. He resides in St. Jacobs, Ontario. His family consists of the following children, viz:"
 
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), 268   [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, 587   [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, 271   [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, 587   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
5. [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, 271   [View page(s) from the 1895-96 edition]
 
Artifacts
Etching - Elias W. B. Snider's Home
An 1877 etching of the home of Elias W. B. Snider. The etching was printed in the 1881 Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo by H. Parsell & Co., page 18.
Etching - Snider Flour Mill
A photograph of an 1877 etching of the St. Jacobs Flour Mill owned and operated by Elias W.B. Snider. The etching was printed in the 1881 Illustrated Atlas of the County of Waterloo by H. Parsell.
Documents
Certificate of Matrimony
A photocopy of a handwritten “Certificat of Matrimony” for Elias Schneider and Hannah Bingeman dated November 10, 1835. A list of names and birthdates of their children was added at a later date.
Deed
Deed 4313 dated June 10, 1873 between Jacob Weber and Elias W.B. Snider for part of Lot 10 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 8231 dated September 22, 1891 between Jacob Menger and Elias W.B. Snider for part of Lot 8 German Company Tract, St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 4690 dated August 18, 1875 between William Snider and Elias W.B. Snider for Parts of Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 26 and 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 8497 dated January 10, 1893 between the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Woolwich and Elias W.B. Snider regarding road closures.
Deed
Deed 3507 dated December 31, 1870 between Benjamin D. Snyder and Elias Snyder the younger for parts of Lots 7, 8, 9, 10, 36 and 37 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Quit Claim Deed 5748 dated May 29, 1877 between Matthias Stricker and Elias W.B. Snider on part of Lot 9 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 10131 dated May 10, 1901 between John Lehman Wideman, executor for John Ortwein et. al., and Elias W.B. Snider for Lots 4 and 5, and part of Lot 36, German Company Tract, St. Jacobs, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 6755 dated June 13, 1884 between John S. Brubacher and Elias W.B. Snider for part of Lot 40 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 10125 dated May 28, 1901 between William W. Hoeflin and Elias W.B. Snider for Lots 1, 2 and part of Lot 36 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Deed
Deed 4221 dated February 26, 1873 between the Municipal Corporation of the Township of Woolwich and Elias W.B. Snider regarding road closures in the village of St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Executors Deed
Executors Deed 6910 dated April 2, 1885 for Peter Eby, deceased, for Subdivision Lots 165 and 166 of George W. Eby's survey, St. Jacobs, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Lease
Indenture of Lease 7249 dated September 13, 1886 between Elias Bauman and Elias W.B. Snider on a dam across the Conestogo River on part of Lots 10 and 40 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township.
Memo
A memo written by E.W.B. Snider explaining his name change from Elias Snider Jr. to Elias Weber Bingeman Snider.
Mortgage
Mortgage 3558 dated December 31, 1870 between Elias Snyder, the younger, and Joel Good on Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Ontario.
Mortgage
Mortgage 3559 dated December 31, 1870 between Elias Snider, the younger, and Elias Snider and Henry Snider, Executors for Jacob C. Snider, on parts of Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, Woolwich Township, Ontario.
Mortgage
Mortgage 3306 dated October 20, 1869 between Benjamin D. Snyder and Joel Good on Lots 7, 8, 9 and 10 German Company Tract, Woolwich Township, Waterloo County, Ontario.
Trade Mark Agreement
An agreement regarding a trade mark registered by Elias W.B. Snider for the St. Jacobs flour mill. The trade mark is Walzen Flour.
Photos
Snider's Flour Mill, St. Jacobs
A photograph of St. Jacobs Flour Mill owned and operated by Elias W.B. Snider.
Snider's Flour Mill, St. Jacobs
A photograph of Snider's Mill in St. Jacobs. In the foreground is a man driving a buggy.
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