Brickmaker.
Born in Dundas County, Ontario on 25 October 1876, brother of Charles Adam Septimus Snyder and John Alexander “Alex” Snyder, he was educated at Mossburg, Ontario. He came to Portage la Prairie and played a role in building many of the buildings along Saskatchewan Avenue. He and his brothers founded the Snyder Brothers Brickyard.
In 1908, he married Mabel Caroline Robertson (1878-1936) at Regina, Saskatchewan and they had two sons: James Gordon Snyder (1909-1962) and Alva Robertson Snyder (1915-1985). He was an alderman (1932-1942) and Chair of the Board of Works, and was responsible for planting 15,000 trees around the city. He was a member of the Odd Fellows and the Bricklayers Union.
He died at his Portage la Prairie home on 15 March 1951 and was buried in the St. Mary's Anglican Cemetery.
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Snyder House (508 Saskatchewan Avenue East, Portage la Prairie)
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Snyder Brothers Brickyard (Portage la Prairie)
Birth registrations [James Gordon Snyder, Alva Robertson Snyder], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Death registrations [Mabel Caroline Snyder, Josiah Wesley Snyder], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Josiah Snyder, pioneer here, dies at home,” Portage la Prairie Leader, 15 March 1951, page 4.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 9 November 2024
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