A Tour
of Waterloo the Joseph B. Snyder Way
We started our tour at the Timeless Café and Bakery at 305
Northfield Dr. East, Waterloo Ontario.
This is the site of Joseph B. & Veronica (Weber) Snyder’s home farm.
The Bakery is in what was Veronica’s chicken coop. The owners of Timeless Café has capitalized
on this. The cutlery comes wrapped in a
paper napkin held together with a chicken sticker and the on the restroom door
is a sign designating Hens and Roosters.
Paul and I had a wonderful meal. I had the daily quiche special, peach, mango
salsa and sautéed onion it tastes much better that the description. Paul had a sautéed onion, mushroom grilled
cheese and again very tasty.
The barn has been converted into The Timeless Material Company where historical building materials, furniture and other decorative artifacts
and recycled are repurposed.
Paul drew my attention to the ramp that was built up to the
barn and the passageway underneath where the Snyder’s would enter the lower
level.
The house appears to be empty. As we walked around the property I imagined
Veronica sitting on the front porch snapping beans or podding peas. Once lunch or supper was ready ringing the
bell on the roof of the house to call her twelve children, husband and hired
men to the house.
Joseph B. Snyder January 20, 1854 – March
25, 1938
Veronica Weber, January 19, 1857 – May 20,
1934
Married December 5, 1876
Children:
Simeon Snyder January 13, 1878 – March 5, 1947
Susannah Snyder August 21, 1879 – March 7,
1882
Leah Snyder February 19, 1882 – August 14, 1957
Lucinda Snyder May 15, 1884 (the historical record that I was working from does
not a date of death)
Lovina Snyder April 28, 1886 – April 19,
1944
Edwin Snyder October 31, 1887 – April 27,
1947
Joseph Snyder August 26, 1889 – March 18,
1935
Anna Snyder July 14, 1891 (the historical
record that I was working from does not a date of death)
Ephriam Snyder July 7, 1894 (the
historical record that I was working from does not a date of death)
Fanny Snyder July 22, 1898 (the
historical record that I was working from does not a date of death)
Moses Snyder May 8, 1900 and died May 8,
1900
Noah Snyder December 29, 1904 – February 9,
1910
Leaving Joseph B. Snyder’s home farm we
turned left onto Northfield Dr. East and then turned right onto Bridge St. At approximately 827 -857 Bridge St. West
there is a bush to your left stop the car and get out. The piece of property on your left is the
Schneider homestead, all that remains is the spring house which you can see in
the bush.
Your next stop is at the St. Jacob
Farmers Market, where Quilted Heirlooms is housed at the onsite log cabin. The cabin was originally built by Joseph E.
Schneider on the spring house property.
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| Paul is drawing your attention to the size of the logs used. |
It appears that Joseph B. changed the
family name from Schneider to Snyder at a time that coincided with WWII.
This brings to an end our day tour of
historical Snyder family sites.
Grandma Snyder
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