70y; Husband of Agnes/Anna
Parents: Christopher Snyder & Eliza Millis
Trainer of animals at Central Park Menagerie of New York City for 30 years and a former animal trainer for Barnum & Bailey Circus.
"William Snyder, formerly keeper of the Central Park menagerie, died of a heart attack at his home in White Plains yesterday. He was 70 years old. Surviving are his widow, Agnes Giering Snyder; a daughter, Mrs. George Fleming; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Annie Handhelt and Mrs. Hannah Van Dover of Falls Village, Conn., and a brother, Myron Snyder of Torrington, Conn. Bill Snyder was born on a farm in Dutchess county, N. Y., and when 19 got a job tending the animals of the Barnum & Bailey circus. In 1888 he came to the menagerie in Central Park, then a very small collection compared to what it was when he left in 1918 to retire on a pension." ["The New York Sun" (NY), Thursday, April 26, 1934]
Parents: Christopher Snyder & Eliza Millis
Trainer of animals at Central Park Menagerie of New York City for 30 years and a former animal trainer for Barnum & Bailey Circus.
"William Snyder, formerly keeper of the Central Park menagerie, died of a heart attack at his home in White Plains yesterday. He was 70 years old. Surviving are his widow, Agnes Giering Snyder; a daughter, Mrs. George Fleming; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Annie Handhelt and Mrs. Hannah Van Dover of Falls Village, Conn., and a brother, Myron Snyder of Torrington, Conn. Bill Snyder was born on a farm in Dutchess county, N. Y., and when 19 got a job tending the animals of the Barnum & Bailey circus. In 1888 he came to the menagerie in Central Park, then a very small collection compared to what it was when he left in 1918 to retire on a pension." ["The New York Sun" (NY), Thursday, April 26, 1934]
70y; Husband of Agnes/Anna
Parents: Christopher Snyder & Eliza Millis
Trainer of animals at Central Park Menagerie of New York City for 30 years and a former animal trainer for Barnum & Bailey Circus.
"William Snyder, formerly keeper of the Central Park menagerie, died of a heart attack at his home in White Plains yesterday. He was 70 years old. Surviving are his widow, Agnes Giering Snyder; a daughter, Mrs. George Fleming; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Annie Handhelt and Mrs. Hannah Van Dover of Falls Village, Conn., and a brother, Myron Snyder of Torrington, Conn. Bill Snyder was born on a farm in Dutchess county, N. Y., and when 19 got a job tending the animals of the Barnum & Bailey circus. In 1888 he came to the menagerie in Central Park, then a very small collection compared to what it was when he left in 1918 to retire on a pension." ["The New York Sun" (NY), Thursday, April 26, 1934]
Parents: Christopher Snyder & Eliza Millis
Trainer of animals at Central Park Menagerie of New York City for 30 years and a former animal trainer for Barnum & Bailey Circus.
"William Snyder, formerly keeper of the Central Park menagerie, died of a heart attack at his home in White Plains yesterday. He was 70 years old. Surviving are his widow, Agnes Giering Snyder; a daughter, Mrs. George Fleming; three sisters, Mrs. Frank Hall, Mrs. Annie Handhelt and Mrs. Hannah Van Dover of Falls Village, Conn., and a brother, Myron Snyder of Torrington, Conn. Bill Snyder was born on a farm in Dutchess county, N. Y., and when 19 got a job tending the animals of the Barnum & Bailey circus. In 1888 he came to the menagerie in Central Park, then a very small collection compared to what it was when he left in 1918 to retire on a pension." ["The New York Sun" (NY), Thursday, April 26, 1934]
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