Notes:

Alva James Snyder served as a private with Company A, 128th Wisconsin Infantry during World War I. He was also a member of the Foreign Services that occupied Germany.

Married Edna May Jones Schwandt January 20, 1920 at Waukegan, Illinois; they were divorced October 11, 1922.

"SNYDER - Funeral services for Alva J. Snyder, Ladoga World war veteran, who died Thursday at Plainfield, was held at 2 p.m. Monday at Rienzi cemetery. The Rev. H. S. Wise officiated. Military rites were conducted by the American Legion post w ith John C. Evans in charge. The color guard consisted of Paul Lentz, Kenneth Thresher, Simon Meyer and John S. Thornton while the firing squad included Frank Faucher, Bill Crooks, Loyd Clark and Walter Moquin. Leo Promen was bugler."

1900 Federal Census, Cedar Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin
#124,#126

Small, Clarence, Head of Household, born May, 1874, age 26, single, occ. Farmer, born in WI, parents born in WI

1900 Federal Census, Cedar Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin
#125,#127

Snyder, Alva, Head of Household, born Oct., 1869, age 30, married; occ. Farmer/Stone Mason, born in WI, father born in PA, mother born in Wisconsin
Snyder, Nellie, born July, 1872, age 27, born in Wisconsin, parents born in Wisconsin
Gilbert, Ruth, step-daughter, born February, 1894, age 5
Snyder, Dewey, born Feb. 1898, age 2

1910 Federal Census, Prairie Farm, Barron County, Wisconsin, May 9, 1910
#113, #116

Snyder, Alva J., age 39, born in WI, father born in PA, mother in MI; occupation, stone mason
Snyder, Ellen, wife, age 37, born in WI; both parents born in WI
Snyder, Dewey, age 12, born in WI
Snyder, Verne, age 8, born in WI
Snyder, Evelyn, age 6, born in WI
Snyder, Leslie, age 5, born in WI
Snyder, Olive, age 2, born in WI

NOTE: The Hudson family was House#110 in Prairie Farm, May 9, 1910.

1920 Federal Census, Eldorado, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin, E.D. 28, enumerated 29th day of January, 1920, Image #225, T625_1987, page 9A

#192#193

Snyder, Alva, age 48, farmer, born in WI; parents born in USA
Snyder, Edna, wife, age 38, born in WI; parents born in WI
Snyder, R. Ruben, son, age 18
Snyder, Edwin, age 16, son
Snyder, Edna, age 9, dau.
Snyder, Alva, age 3/12 (?), son, born in WI; parents born in WI

NOTE: R. Ruben, Edwin and Edna Snyder are children of Edna by her first husband.

Alva married Eunice "Nellie" Ellen Small on 11 Apr 1897 in Rice Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin. Eunice (daughter of William Small and Sarah Caroline Harmison) was born on 17 Jul 1872 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; died on 20 Apr 1955 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Dewey William Snyder was born on 26 Feb 1898 in Cedar Lake, Wisconsin; died on 24 Jun 1972 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; was buried on 27 Jun 1972 in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
2. Vern Oliver Snyder was born on 11 Jul 1901 in Cedar Lake, Wisconsin; died on 25 May 1974 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
3. Evelyn Louise Snyder was born on 21 Aug 1903 in Cedar Lake, Wisconsin; died on 14 Aug 1982 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin; was buried on 17 Aug 1982 in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
4. Leslie James Snyder was born on 21 Mar 1905 in Barron County, Wisconsin; died on 7 Dec 1956 in Spokane, Washington.
5. Olive Geneva Snyder was born on 4 Oct 1906 in Mikana, Cedar Lake, Barron County, Wisconsin; died on 10 Oct 2000 in Luther Hospital, Eau Claire, Wisconsin; was buried on 14 Oct 2000 in Lake View Cemetery, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.