William Emery Snyder, the third to last child of Civil War veteran, Timothy Matthias Snyder, and Catharine (Boyer) Snyder, was born in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 3 August 1885 and named in honor of Major-General William Hemsley Emory, the Union Army officer under whom his father’s former Civil War regiment served during the Union’s 1864 Red River, Louisiana and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia campaigns.
An application made by William E. Snyder's nephew, John Sylvester Snyder, to the Sons of the American Revolution during the 1940s, attests to the family's relationships to both Timothy Snyder and Revolutionary War veteran, Johann (John) Nicholas Schneider.
FORMATIVE YEARS
While William was just a toddler, his father suffered a heart attack ad passed away in 1889. In the wake of his father's sudden death, the Snyder family then endured three additional traumatic events, back-to-back. In 1890, William's youngest sister, Salome, died in infancy. And just weeks before Christmas in 1895, both his mother and his oldest sister, Flora, fell ill. His mother eventually recovered from her bout with pneumonia, but Flora died from diphtheria just after the New Year of 1896.
That same year, his oldest brother, John Hartranft Snyder (1873-1944), married and began a family life of his own in the neighboring community of Lavelle. Two years later, William's older brother, Timothy Grant Snyder, also left home. Enlisting with the U.S. Marine Corps, he saw action during the Spanish-American War while serving overseas on the U.S.S. Buffalo, U.S.S. Olympia (Admiral George Dewey's flagship), and U.S.S. Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, struggling to make ends meet with her large family on a Civil War Widow's Pension while ailing herself, William's mother, Kate Snyder, had little choice but to enroll him in the Soldiers’ Orphan School in Scotland, Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1898.
He apparently did well at the school, completing his industrial training (or terming out at the age of 16) sometime around 1903. After resuming life with his mother and surviving sister, Lillie May, at their home in Reading, Berks County, he helped to support the family as a machinist. In 1909, Reading newspapers reported that his toe was crushed in a workplace accident while employed by the Reading Railroad.
After marrying Charlotte May Weidenhammer (1888-1862) in Berks County, Pennsylvania sometime around 1909, they relocated to Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, where William initially found work as a house painter before advancing from a position as a machinist to become chairman of the shop committee at Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., a company actively involved in producing Jeeps for the U.S. Army during World War II.
In 1911, he and his wife welcomed daughter, Gaynelle May Snyder (1911-2005), to the world.
A resident of Toledo for 34 years, he battled cancer during his latter years, and died at Flower Hospital in Toledo, Ohio on 6 July 1944. The Boyer-Feilbach Mortuary, Collingwood Memorial handled his arrangements.
Sources:
1. Baptismal, marriage, military, death, and burial records of the Snyder family. Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, etc.: Snyder Family Archives, 1650-present and Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records (baptismal, marriage, death, and burial records of various churches across Pennsylvania). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1905-1956; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1776-1956.
2. Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. Mrs. Timothy Snyder (pneumonia recovery), in Schuylkill County. Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 4 February 1896.
4. Snyder, Catharine, John, Timothy, Lillie, and Salome, in A Directory of the Eleventh Census of the Population of Schuylkill County, Giving the Names and Ages of Males and Females, Published by Cities, Boroughs, Wards, Townships, Precincts or Towns, in Connection with a Business Directory of the Same for Advertising Purposes. Lebanon, Pennsylvania: E. A. Schartel, Publisher, 1891.
5. Toe Crushed (William E. Snyder). Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 21 December 1909.
6. U.S. Census. Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Ohio: 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
7. William Snyder, in Obituaries. Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Blade, 7 July 1944.
8. William Emery Snyder, in Death Cartificates. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, 6 July 1944.
An application made by William E. Snyder's nephew, John Sylvester Snyder, to the Sons of the American Revolution during the 1940s, attests to the family's relationships to both Timothy Snyder and Revolutionary War veteran, Johann (John) Nicholas Schneider.
FORMATIVE YEARS
While William was just a toddler, his father suffered a heart attack ad passed away in 1889. In the wake of his father's sudden death, the Snyder family then endured three additional traumatic events, back-to-back. In 1890, William's youngest sister, Salome, died in infancy. And just weeks before Christmas in 1895, both his mother and his oldest sister, Flora, fell ill. His mother eventually recovered from her bout with pneumonia, but Flora died from diphtheria just after the New Year of 1896.
That same year, his oldest brother, John Hartranft Snyder (1873-1944), married and began a family life of his own in the neighboring community of Lavelle. Two years later, William's older brother, Timothy Grant Snyder, also left home. Enlisting with the U.S. Marine Corps, he saw action during the Spanish-American War while serving overseas on the U.S.S. Buffalo, U.S.S. Olympia (Admiral George Dewey's flagship), and U.S.S. Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, struggling to make ends meet with her large family on a Civil War Widow's Pension while ailing herself, William's mother, Kate Snyder, had little choice but to enroll him in the Soldiers’ Orphan School in Scotland, Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1898.
He apparently did well at the school, completing his industrial training (or terming out at the age of 16) sometime around 1903. After resuming life with his mother and surviving sister, Lillie May, at their home in Reading, Berks County, he helped to support the family as a machinist. In 1909, Reading newspapers reported that his toe was crushed in a workplace accident while employed by the Reading Railroad.
After marrying Charlotte May Weidenhammer (1888-1862) in Berks County, Pennsylvania sometime around 1909, they relocated to Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, where William initially found work as a house painter before advancing from a position as a machinist to become chairman of the shop committee at Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., a company actively involved in producing Jeeps for the U.S. Army during World War II.
In 1911, he and his wife welcomed daughter, Gaynelle May Snyder (1911-2005), to the world.
A resident of Toledo for 34 years, he battled cancer during his latter years, and died at Flower Hospital in Toledo, Ohio on 6 July 1944. The Boyer-Feilbach Mortuary, Collingwood Memorial handled his arrangements.
Sources:
1. Baptismal, marriage, military, death, and burial records of the Snyder family. Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, etc.: Snyder Family Archives, 1650-present and Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records (baptismal, marriage, death, and burial records of various churches across Pennsylvania). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1905-1956; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1776-1956.
2. Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. Mrs. Timothy Snyder (pneumonia recovery), in Schuylkill County. Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 4 February 1896.
4. Snyder, Catharine, John, Timothy, Lillie, and Salome, in A Directory of the Eleventh Census of the Population of Schuylkill County, Giving the Names and Ages of Males and Females, Published by Cities, Boroughs, Wards, Townships, Precincts or Towns, in Connection with a Business Directory of the Same for Advertising Purposes. Lebanon, Pennsylvania: E. A. Schartel, Publisher, 1891.
5. Toe Crushed (William E. Snyder). Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 21 December 1909.
6. U.S. Census. Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Ohio: 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
7. William Snyder, in Obituaries. Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Blade, 7 July 1944.
8. William Emery Snyder, in Death Cartificates. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, 6 July 1944.
William Emery Snyder, the third to last child of Civil War veteran, Timothy Matthias Snyder, and Catharine (Boyer) Snyder, was born in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania on 3 August 1885 and named in honor of Major-General William Hemsley Emory, the Union Army officer under whom his father’s former Civil War regiment served during the Union’s 1864 Red River, Louisiana and Shenandoah Valley, Virginia campaigns.
An application made by William E. Snyder's nephew, John Sylvester Snyder, to the Sons of the American Revolution during the 1940s, attests to the family's relationships to both Timothy Snyder and Revolutionary War veteran, Johann (John) Nicholas Schneider.
FORMATIVE YEARS
While William was just a toddler, his father suffered a heart attack ad passed away in 1889. In the wake of his father's sudden death, the Snyder family then endured three additional traumatic events, back-to-back. In 1890, William's youngest sister, Salome, died in infancy. And just weeks before Christmas in 1895, both his mother and his oldest sister, Flora, fell ill. His mother eventually recovered from her bout with pneumonia, but Flora died from diphtheria just after the New Year of 1896.
That same year, his oldest brother, John Hartranft Snyder (1873-1944), married and began a family life of his own in the neighboring community of Lavelle. Two years later, William's older brother, Timothy Grant Snyder, also left home. Enlisting with the U.S. Marine Corps, he saw action during the Spanish-American War while serving overseas on the U.S.S. Buffalo, U.S.S. Olympia (Admiral George Dewey's flagship), and U.S.S. Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, struggling to make ends meet with her large family on a Civil War Widow's Pension while ailing herself, William's mother, Kate Snyder, had little choice but to enroll him in the Soldiers’ Orphan School in Scotland, Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1898.
He apparently did well at the school, completing his industrial training (or terming out at the age of 16) sometime around 1903. After resuming life with his mother and surviving sister, Lillie May, at their home in Reading, Berks County, he helped to support the family as a machinist. In 1909, Reading newspapers reported that his toe was crushed in a workplace accident while employed by the Reading Railroad.
After marrying Charlotte May Weidenhammer (1888-1862) in Berks County, Pennsylvania sometime around 1909, they relocated to Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, where William initially found work as a house painter before advancing from a position as a machinist to become chairman of the shop committee at Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., a company actively involved in producing Jeeps for the U.S. Army during World War II.
In 1911, he and his wife welcomed daughter, Gaynelle May Snyder (1911-2005), to the world.
A resident of Toledo for 34 years, he battled cancer during his latter years, and died at Flower Hospital in Toledo, Ohio on 6 July 1944. The Boyer-Feilbach Mortuary, Collingwood Memorial handled his arrangements.
Sources:
1. Baptismal, marriage, military, death, and burial records of the Snyder family. Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, etc.: Snyder Family Archives, 1650-present and Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records (baptismal, marriage, death, and burial records of various churches across Pennsylvania). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1905-1956; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1776-1956.
2. Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. Mrs. Timothy Snyder (pneumonia recovery), in Schuylkill County. Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 4 February 1896.
4. Snyder, Catharine, John, Timothy, Lillie, and Salome, in A Directory of the Eleventh Census of the Population of Schuylkill County, Giving the Names and Ages of Males and Females, Published by Cities, Boroughs, Wards, Townships, Precincts or Towns, in Connection with a Business Directory of the Same for Advertising Purposes. Lebanon, Pennsylvania: E. A. Schartel, Publisher, 1891.
5. Toe Crushed (William E. Snyder). Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 21 December 1909.
6. U.S. Census. Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Ohio: 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
7. William Snyder, in Obituaries. Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Blade, 7 July 1944.
8. William Emery Snyder, in Death Cartificates. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, 6 July 1944.
An application made by William E. Snyder's nephew, John Sylvester Snyder, to the Sons of the American Revolution during the 1940s, attests to the family's relationships to both Timothy Snyder and Revolutionary War veteran, Johann (John) Nicholas Schneider.
FORMATIVE YEARS
While William was just a toddler, his father suffered a heart attack ad passed away in 1889. In the wake of his father's sudden death, the Snyder family then endured three additional traumatic events, back-to-back. In 1890, William's youngest sister, Salome, died in infancy. And just weeks before Christmas in 1895, both his mother and his oldest sister, Flora, fell ill. His mother eventually recovered from her bout with pneumonia, but Flora died from diphtheria just after the New Year of 1896.
That same year, his oldest brother, John Hartranft Snyder (1873-1944), married and began a family life of his own in the neighboring community of Lavelle. Two years later, William's older brother, Timothy Grant Snyder, also left home. Enlisting with the U.S. Marine Corps, he saw action during the Spanish-American War while serving overseas on the U.S.S. Buffalo, U.S.S. Olympia (Admiral George Dewey's flagship), and U.S.S. Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, struggling to make ends meet with her large family on a Civil War Widow's Pension while ailing herself, William's mother, Kate Snyder, had little choice but to enroll him in the Soldiers’ Orphan School in Scotland, Greene Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania in 1898.
He apparently did well at the school, completing his industrial training (or terming out at the age of 16) sometime around 1903. After resuming life with his mother and surviving sister, Lillie May, at their home in Reading, Berks County, he helped to support the family as a machinist. In 1909, Reading newspapers reported that his toe was crushed in a workplace accident while employed by the Reading Railroad.
After marrying Charlotte May Weidenhammer (1888-1862) in Berks County, Pennsylvania sometime around 1909, they relocated to Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, where William initially found work as a house painter before advancing from a position as a machinist to become chairman of the shop committee at Willys-Overland Motors, Inc., a company actively involved in producing Jeeps for the U.S. Army during World War II.
In 1911, he and his wife welcomed daughter, Gaynelle May Snyder (1911-2005), to the world.
A resident of Toledo for 34 years, he battled cancer during his latter years, and died at Flower Hospital in Toledo, Ohio on 6 July 1944. The Boyer-Feilbach Mortuary, Collingwood Memorial handled his arrangements.
Sources:
1. Baptismal, marriage, military, death, and burial records of the Snyder family. Pennsylvania, California, Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, Ohio, etc.: Snyder Family Archives, 1650-present and Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records (baptismal, marriage, death, and burial records of various churches across Pennsylvania). Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Department of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1905-1956; and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1776-1956.
2. Bates, Samuel P. History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania State Archives.
3. Mrs. Timothy Snyder (pneumonia recovery), in Schuylkill County. Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 4 February 1896.
4. Snyder, Catharine, John, Timothy, Lillie, and Salome, in A Directory of the Eleventh Census of the Population of Schuylkill County, Giving the Names and Ages of Males and Females, Published by Cities, Boroughs, Wards, Townships, Precincts or Towns, in Connection with a Business Directory of the Same for Advertising Purposes. Lebanon, Pennsylvania: E. A. Schartel, Publisher, 1891.
5. Toe Crushed (William E. Snyder). Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle, 21 December 1909.
6. U.S. Census. Washington, D.C., Pennsylvania and Ohio: 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
7. William Snyder, in Obituaries. Toledo, Ohio. Toledo Blade, 7 July 1944.
8. William Emery Snyder, in Death Cartificates. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health, 6 July 1944.
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