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Snyder is a Mennonite family of Swiss origin. As a Mennonite family name in [[Germany|Germany]] in 1959, Snyder was solely found in Baden-Württemberg in the form Schneider. In Baden-Württemberg in 1959 Daniel Schneider was elder in the [[Reutlingen (Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Reutlingen]] congregation, Fritz Schneider was elder in the Heilbronn congregation, and Heinrich Schneider was preacher in the Karlsruhe-[[Durlach (Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)|Durlach]] congregation. Heinrich was also a well-known Mennonite printer and publisher with a shop in Karlsruhe. In [[North America|North America]] the name was anglicized to Snyder or Snider, and is found almost exclusively in the [[Mennonite Church (MC)|Mennonite Church (MC)]] and largely in Ontario, where several notable members have served in the ministry. Among them were the bishops [[Snider, Jonas (1858-1944)|Jonas B. Snider]] (1858-1944) at Waterloo and Oliver D. Snider (b. 1878) at [[Elmira Mennonite Church (Elmira, Ontario, Canada)|Elmira]], and preachers Elias Schneider (1815-90) at Waterloo, Absalom B. Snyder (1861-1936) at Wanners, and his grandson [[Snyder, John Wilfred (1925-2012)|John W. Snyder]] (1925-2012) at Bloomingdale. [[Snyder, Elvin Valores (1900-1985)|Elvin Snyder]] (b. 1900), also from [[Ontario (Canada)|Ontario]], served as a missionary in [[Argentina|Argentina]] and [[Puerto Rico|Puerto Rico]]. His son Mario (b. 1931) served in [[Chicago (Illinois, USA)|Chicago]]. [[Snider, Howard Mervin (1923-2015) and Marie Gingerich Snider (1927-2016)|Howard W. Snider]] (1923-2015), formerly of [[Saskatchewan (Canada)|Saskatchewan]], served in Edmonton, Alberta.

In [[Lancaster County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Lancaster County]], Heinrich Schneider (1722-62) was the ancestor of numerous Mennonite descendants. In 1758 John Schneider, a [[Virginia (USA)|Virginia]] Mennonite, made a trip to Holland to secure aid for needy Mennonites in Virginia. Several members were prominent among the Snyders from [[Juniata County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Juniata County]], Pennsylvania; Christian Snyder (1819-1872) moved to Freeport, Illinois, where he was ordained minister in 1864, while Jacob Snyder (1793-1865), who was ordained preacher in 1816, moved to Huntingdon County and became a leader in the Morrisons Cove district ([[Blair County (Pennsylvania, USA)|Blair County]]). Four of his five sons were ordained to the ministry: Christian, Abram, Herman, and Jacob Snyder, the latter two also serving as bishops. Jacob Snyder led his small congregation at Roaring Spring into the [[General Conference Mennonite Church (GCM)|General Conference Mennonite Church]] around 1908. Abram Snyder was an itinerant pastor at five congregations. His grandson, [[Snyder, William T. (1917-1993)|William T. Snyder]], was executive secretary of the [[Mennonite Central Committee (International)|Mennonite Central Committee]] starting in 1957. A branch of the Snyder family (MC) is also represented in the midwest [[United States of America|United States]], mainly in [[Minnesota (USA)|Minnesota]], [[Texas (USA)|Texas]] and [[Iowa (USA)|Iowa]].
= Bibliography =
Snyder, Joseph M. and Miriam Helen Snyder. <em>Hannes Schneider and His Wife Catherine Haus Schneider: Their Descendants and Times, 1534-1939</em>. Kitchener, ON, 1943?
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