Leeroy Hilliard Snyder (1879 - 1953)

Born 27 Jun 1879 in Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hazel Dell (McNutt) Hilliard — married 12 Sep 1908 in Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Jun 1953 at age 73 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Roy was born in 1879. He passed away in 1953.

Father of actress Harriet Hilliard (Mrs. Ozzie Nelson). Snyder was an actor and stage director for a number of years and was also a director of the Princess stock company in Des Moines. He was in Des Moines as a representative of a Hollywood dramatic school at the time of his death from a heart attack. He died enroute to his home in Hollywood.

Sources

• familysearch.org
• "United States Census, 1880," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M83Z-J5X : accessed 28 Nov 2014), Leeroy Snider in household of Jacob W Snider, Wooster, Wayne, Ohio, United States, 239; citing sheet 362B, film number 1077, NARA microfilm publication T9, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1255077.
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMXP-QJY : accessed 28 Nov 2014), Roy L Snyder in household of Jacob H Snyder, Wooster Township (excl. Wooster city), Wayne, Ohio, United States; citing sheet 10B, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T623, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 1241332.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZF-YF4 : accessed 5 December 2021), Roy E Hilliard, Topeka Ward 3, Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 4B, family 95, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 457; FHL microfilm 1,374,470.
• "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XJFS-4JM : accessed 28 Nov 2014), Roy Snyder and Hazel Mcnutt, 12 Sep 1908; citing Des Moines, Iowa, United States, county courthouses, Iowa.
• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KZ2H-Y7T : accessed 28 Nov 2014), Roy Hilliard Snyder, 1917-1918.
• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942", index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V1K2-NX7 : accessed 28 Nov 2014), Roy Hilliard Snyder, 1942.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #115998347

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.