A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for George Lewis Snyder
From the Snyder/Soules family tree, 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.
Battle Creek Enquirer, 31 Jan 1935 (obtained from Find A Grave, listing for George Lewis Snyder):
BAKERY OWNER DIES AT COLDWATER TODAY
George L. Snyder, 42, Succumbs After Returning Home From Hospital.
(Enquirer and News Coldwater Bureau)
George L. Snyder, 42, bakery owner, died at 1 o'clock this morning at his home, 70 Hall, in Coldwater. Mr. Snyder had been ill for the last nine months and had been a patient at Leila hospital, Battle Creek, for a short time preceding his death.
He was born in Bethel township in April, 1892, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Snyder, and had lived in Coldwater for the last 31 years. In May, 1910, he married Rose Olmstead. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal and the Masonic lodge, both parlor and temple chapters.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, James and Richard; three daughters, Kathryn, Harriet and Mary Ellen; his father, Henry Snyder; two brothers, J. J. and C. H. Snyder, residing near Coldwater, and one sister, Miss Leona Snyder, a school teacher.
Services will be held at the Shattuck funeral home at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, with the Masonic lodge officiating. Burial will be in East Gilead cemetery.
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