Henry Calvin Snyder ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Henry was Henry Calvin Schneider.

  General Notes:

An interesting quirk is that Henry Calvin Snyder is related to Johan Nicholaus Schneider on both his mother and father's side of his tree. His great grandfather's daughter was his mother's grandmother!

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1860, Upper Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁷ He is listed as Henry (age 2) living with his father and mother , William and Harriet Snyder.

• Census, 1870, Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁸ He is listed as Henry C. (age 13) living in the household that includes William S. Snyder (age 35) living with Harriet (33); Lewis (14); Kate S. (12); William (10); Frank (8); Mary (4); and Charlie E. (3 months). The census was recorded on February 4, 1870.

• Census, 1880, Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁵ He is listed as Henry C. Snyder (age 22) as the head of a household that includes his wife, Lizzy A. Snyder (23), and son, Arthur B. Snyder (1).

• Occupation: cigar maker, 1880. ⁹

• Census, 1900, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁰ He is listed as Henry Snyder (age 42) as the head of the household that included his wife, Lizzie (age 43); daughter Maud (19); sons Elias (17) and William (14); his twin sister Bertha (14); and Blanch (10). The census indicates Lizzie had 9 children, 5 of whom were living with her at the time. The census records Henry and Lizzie were married for 21 years. Maud, Elias, William, and Bertha are all employed as workers at a silk mill.

• Occupation: engineer, 1900. ¹⁰

• Residence: 930 Allen Street, 1900, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁰ He was renting this home.

• Census, 1910, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹¹ He is listed as Henry C. Snyder (age 52) the widowed head of a household that included his daughter, Maude M. Hartenstine (age 29) and her husband, Edward Jr. (30). Also living there is a brother, Elia G. Snyder (26), Elia's sister, Blanch R. (20) and a brother Kenneth E. (5). Pennsylvania is listed as the birthplace of everyone and everyone's parents.

• Occupation: engineer, 1910. ¹¹

• Census, 1920, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹² He is listed as Henry C. Snyder (age 62) as a widower serving as the head of a household that included his son, Kenneth (15). Also living in another household in the home are Edward Vanderstein (39), his wife Maude (38), and their daughter Katherine (9). Everyone's birthplace is listed as Pennsylvania and it lists that everyone's parents were born in Pennsylvania.

• Occupation: engineer, 1920.

• Residence: 746 Sixth Street, 1920, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ⁶

• Census, 1930, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹³ He is listed as Henry C. Snyder (age 72) as a widower living in the household of his son-in-law Edward N. Hardenstine (50) at 1123 N. 21st Street. Living with them is his daughter, Maud M. (48); and her daughter Kathryn (7).

• Alt. Birth, 8 Jun 1940, Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA. This is the date of death recorded in Bertha Snyder's bible.

Henry married Elizabeth Ann Smith, daughter of Elias Smith and Priscilla Riegel, on 21 Dec 1878 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA.^{1 2} (Elizabeth Ann Smith was born on 6 Oct 1856 in New Ringgold, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA,⁵ died on 18 Feb 1908 in Allentown, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA ³ and was buried in Allentown: Highland Park Cemetery, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, USA ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Minister: William Pasterfield. ²