A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for George L. Snyder
From the Snyder/Soules web site, by George Snyder:
George ran away from home as a teen, and went to stay with his older brother Jay. His father (Henry) told Jay to "Work that boy to death". Jay had a bakery and there was an old German baker there who had a secret recipe to make a roll cake that could be rolled up without breaking it. He would never allow George to be involved in all the process, but George was very observant and wrote down the ingredients and the process bit by bit until he had the whole thing. It is a good thing too, because the old baker died without telling anyone the recipe, and it would have been lost.
Henry owned a building in Coldwater that was rented by a baker who went bankrupt and left the equipment to pay for the rent. Henry told George that if he came back to Coldwater, he could have the equipment and have his own bakery. So, George did and that was the begining of Snyder's Bakery in Coldwater, Michigan.
Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson
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