Classification scheme:
Hist.Mss.1.273
Title: Jonas Snider family fonds
Dates of creation: 1830-1985
Physical description: 15 cm of textual records
Biographical sketch: Jonas Snider (1858-1944), the son of Elias and Hannah Bingeman Snider, was ordained as a Mennonite minister for the Erb Street Mennonite Church on June 24, 1892; and as a bishop on Nov. 17, 1895. He married Lucy Ann Snider (1857-1886) in 1879. They had four children. In 1887 he married Susannah Horst (1862-1933); they had nine children. He retired in 1935. For more information see the obituary for Jonas Snider in Gospel Herald, 37 (Sept. 22, 1944), 503
Scope and content: The fonds consists of material removed from the 1876 Jonas Snider Bible (Cleveland, Ohio : Evangelishe Germeinschaft), and various other items donated by the family.
Custodial history: Files 1-4 were donated to the Mennonite Archives of Ontario by Merlyn Martin on April 29, 1999. Files 5-9 were donated to the Archives by Yvonne Nighswander in August, 2013. Fonds classification was changed in 2013 from Hist.Mss.2.55 to Hist.Mss.1.273.
Note: Original description created by Sam Steiner.
File list:
- Family register from Bible
- Genealogical listing showing Snider's ancestry back to Hannes Schneider, b. 1534.
- Wedding certificate for Jonas Snider and Susannah Horst (5 July 1887) signed by Elias Weber.
- Resolutions from semi-annual conference of the Mennonite Churches of Waterloo County, April 7-8, 1892, which includes resolution authorizing an ordination of a minister for the David Eby Church; A Statement of Christian Doctrine. - Scottdale, Pa.: Mennonite Publishing House, [19--].
- Account books, 1929-1985
Note: Probably kept by Gilbert Snider (son of Jonas Snider). Includes sale of farm, 20 Feb 1965 - Constitution of the Mennonite Aid Union, 1933
Note: Includes valuation for the property of Jonas Snider - Perfect Voice Institute assignments completed by Clara Snider (daughter of Jonas Snider)
- Wedding, anniversary and funeral cards
- Deeds
1830 - Frederick Musselman's purchase of part of Lot 12, Upper Block, Township of Waterloo.
1859 - Elias Snider's purchase from the estate of Frederick Musselman of parts of Lots 7 and 12, Upper Block, Township of Waterloo. Includes hand-drawn surveyor's map.