Roy Sylvester Snyder (1889 - 1974)

Born 9 Mar 1889 in Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 1974 at about age 84 in Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States

This profile is Genealogically Defined.

Biography

The son of Robert Snyder and Mary (Fegley) Snyder, Roy Snyder was born in either Mahanoy City, in Schuylkil County, or in Elk Township, in Tioga County, in 1889.^{[citation needed]} In 1900, his family lived in Elk Township, farming there.^[1] They left farming and moved to Galeton, Pennsylvania, in Potter County, where Roy, his father, and his brother, Edward, all worked for the steam railroad.^[2]

His mother died in 1925 and his father in 1927; in 1930, Roy headed a household in Galeton that included his brothers, Edward and Harry, and his sisters, Olive and Hazel. Roy worked for the steam railroad as a stationary engineer; Edward worked as an engine hostler; and Hazel worked as a glove maker at a glove factory.^[3] In 1940, Roy, still working as a stationary engineer, lived in a household headed by his nephew, Harry, the son of his widowed brother, Edward. Harry worked as a public school teacher. The household also included his brother, Edward, a railroad engineer, and his sister, Olive, who kept house.^[4]

Roy Snyder passed away around the age of 85 and is buried at West Hills Cemetery in Galeton, Pennsylvania.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M34F-6D2 : accessed 11 May 2021), Roy Snyder in household of Robert Snyder, Elk Township, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 135, sheet 3B, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,489.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXM1-625 : 3 February 2021), Roy Snyder in entry for Robert Snyder, 1920.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH4P-YVD : accessed 11 May 2021), Roy Snyder, Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 8B, line 80, family 206, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2143; FHL microfilm 2,341,877.
4. ↑ United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627, 4,643 rolls. Year: 1940; Census Place: Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania; Roll: m-t0627-03600; Page: 15A; Enumeration District: 53-10: Galeton Borough. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Ancestry Record 2442 #27659383 with attached Image
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL2-Q2LD : 15 December 2020), Roy Snyder, Burial, Galeton, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States of America, West Hill Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #98233819