Maude May Snyder ^{2 3 4 5 6}

   FamilySearch ID: LQRT-C3M.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1900 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁴ The 1900 census recorded renting a home at 930 Allen Street: Henry C. Snyder, stationary engineer, 43, born Nov 1857, living with wife Lizzie, 44, Oct 1856; children Maud, 19, Apr 1881; Elias, 17, Jun 1883; and William, 15, Jun 1885; his twin sister Bertha, 15, Jun 1885, and Blanch, 10, May 1890. Maud, Elias, William, and Bertha were all employed as workers at a silk mill.
Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. The census states Henry and Lizzie were married for 21 years and she had birthed 9 children, 5 alive in 1900.

2. Census in 1910 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁸ The census recorded renting a home at 746 6th Street: Henry C. Snyder, widowed, stationary engineer, 52, living with daughter Maude M. Hartenstine, 29, and her husband, Edward Hartenstine Jr., machinist steel work, 30. Also with them is Henry's son, Elias G. Snyder, shipping clerk, single, 26; daughtger Blanch R. Snyder, single, 20, and son Kenneth E. Snyder, 5. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Maude and Edward were married for 3 years and had no children by 1900.

3. Newspaper: Republican and Herald: Mrs. B. F. Beacher and daughter, Ruth, returne dhome after spending a week with the former's sister, Mrs. E. N. Hardenstine at Highland Cottage, Waldheim Park, Pa., 22 Aug 1912, Pottsville, Schuylkill, PA. ⁹

4. Census in 1920 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹⁰ The 1920 census recorded renting a home at 746 Sixth Street: Henry C. Snyder, widow, eingineer in Globe store, 62, living with son Kenneth, 15; son-in-law Edward Hardenstine, machinist in machine shop, 39; daughter Maude Hardenstine, 38; and their daughter Katherine Hardenstine, 9. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

5. Census in 1930 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded owning an $8600 home at 1123 21st Street: Edward N. Hardenstine, foreman motor truck company, 50, living with wife Maud R., 48; daughter Kathryn, typist at telephone company, single, 19; father-in-law Henry C. Snyder, widowed, 72; and a lodger, Dorothy E. Roth, typist at telephone company, 20. Everyone and their parents were born in Pennsylvania.

6. Census in 1940 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ¹² The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 130 S. 7th Street: Edward Hardenstine, foreman truck manufacturing, 60, living with wife Maude, 58; and father-in-law Henry Snyder, widowed, 82. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania and lived in the same place in 1935.

7. Residence: 130 S. 7th St., Allentown, Pa. was address Maude gave as informant on her father William's death certificate. William was living with her. on 5 Jun 1940 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ^{13 14}

8. Cause of Death: Maude died at home from congestive heart failure, 28 Feb 1952, Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁵

9. Residence: 1116 Turner Street, Allentown, Pa. on 28 Feb 1952 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA. ⁵

Maude married Edward Nathan Hardenstine, son of Harry S. Hardenstine and Clara C. Santee, on 4 Jun 1907 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA.^{1 2} (Edward Nathan Hardenstine was born on 8 Jan 1880 in Allentown, Lehigh, PA,^{1 15 16} died in Oct 1971 in Orefield, Lehigh, PA ^{15 16} and was buried in Allentown: Highland Park Cemetery, Lehigh, PA ¹⁵.)