Building contractor, businessman.
Born at Port Huron, Michigan on 18 August 1868, son of Edward and Augusta Snider, he was educated at the public schools of Capac, Michigan during the winter while working on the family farm during the summer. He quit school at the age of 16 and, two years later, moved to New York state where he did carpentry at a shipyard.
He moved to Shoal Lake in 1888 where he continued working as a carpenter, building the Shoal Lake Presbyterian Church and pastor’s residence, and several other building there, including the Shoal Lake School and several residences. He later opened a lumber yard.
On 17 October 1899, he married Ida Cuntz (1880-1969, daughter of Charles Cuntz) at Shoal Lake. They had six children: Edith May Snider (1901-?, wife of Edwin Arnold Wilkins), Charles Edward Snider (1903-?), Francis Walter “Frank” Snider (1905-?), Myrtle Augusta Snider (1909-1990, wife of Ernest Robert Siemer), Bertha Veronica Snider (1912-?, wife of Alfred Leslie Shiner), and Evelyn Alice Ida Snider (1920-2000, wife of Percy Dearing Hamilton).
He died at Brentwood, British Columbia on 23 March 1954.
Birth registrations, Manitoba Vital Statistics.
The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.
Death registrations [Myrtle Augusta Siemer, Evelyn Alice Ida Hamilton], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
We thank Robin Clarke for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 13 August 2024
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