Evangeline Marie Hoagland Snyderwine
What a life!!!!!!!!!!!
Childhood on a farm, not just a subsistence farm but an agribusiness. Her grandfather Jesse did it all, from dealing in cattle to honey bees.
Early years were spent living in the same house as her paternal grandparents. They were rich. But knew how to squeeze a buck. Being the 1st child she was the leader. She was an avid learner. From catching and dressing chickens to gardening. She was close to her grandmother Sarah , who taught her needlework and flowers When Halley’s comet came by in 1912, her parents woke up all the kids to see the show. Mother said you could read a newspaper by the light. Surprisingly, she saw the comet again in 1987 on a cold night on top of a hill south of Erie.
Jesse major, her dad went into the millwork business. Making moldings, sashes and such. She wanted to be a teacher. But jesse major needed someone he could trust to run the office. So he sent her to Sharon Commericial College. She was attending on November 11, 1918 when the wwl armistice was announced.
This mill was a public place for farmers, home builders and others to trade, so she was the first contact a person would meet. There was also a public scale and a railroad siding. So she learned early on about gross, tare and net weights.
Meeting and greeting people came naturally to her and was a great advantage for her for all of her life.
One of her friends talked her into a blind date with handsome athletic looking Leo Snyderwine. At the end of the date she told me that she probably wouldn’t hear from him again. But the romance started.
Well, when her father found out she was seeing a CATHOLIC DUTCHMAN he was deeply upset. The Hoaglands were in the area since the early 1800’s and looked down on immigrants that couldn’t speak English and had strange Papist ways.
So you see he had two immense problems. He was about to lose his ace and to a foreigner.
A side bar, Jesse Major’s buddies would come in to the mill and sit around the stove and visit. On man was CB Allen a neighbor. When he learned about the impending wedding he approached and said “vangie, if you give up this guy I’ll buy you a new Hudson automobile”. She got huffy and said no way!!!!!
What a life!!!!!!!!!!!
Childhood on a farm, not just a subsistence farm but an agribusiness. Her grandfather Jesse did it all, from dealing in cattle to honey bees.
Early years were spent living in the same house as her paternal grandparents. They were rich. But knew how to squeeze a buck. Being the 1st child she was the leader. She was an avid learner. From catching and dressing chickens to gardening. She was close to her grandmother Sarah , who taught her needlework and flowers When Halley’s comet came by in 1912, her parents woke up all the kids to see the show. Mother said you could read a newspaper by the light. Surprisingly, she saw the comet again in 1987 on a cold night on top of a hill south of Erie.
Jesse major, her dad went into the millwork business. Making moldings, sashes and such. She wanted to be a teacher. But jesse major needed someone he could trust to run the office. So he sent her to Sharon Commericial College. She was attending on November 11, 1918 when the wwl armistice was announced.
This mill was a public place for farmers, home builders and others to trade, so she was the first contact a person would meet. There was also a public scale and a railroad siding. So she learned early on about gross, tare and net weights.
Meeting and greeting people came naturally to her and was a great advantage for her for all of her life.
One of her friends talked her into a blind date with handsome athletic looking Leo Snyderwine. At the end of the date she told me that she probably wouldn’t hear from him again. But the romance started.
Well, when her father found out she was seeing a CATHOLIC DUTCHMAN he was deeply upset. The Hoaglands were in the area since the early 1800’s and looked down on immigrants that couldn’t speak English and had strange Papist ways.
So you see he had two immense problems. He was about to lose his ace and to a foreigner.
A side bar, Jesse Major’s buddies would come in to the mill and sit around the stove and visit. On man was CB Allen a neighbor. When he learned about the impending wedding he approached and said “vangie, if you give up this guy I’ll buy you a new Hudson automobile”. She got huffy and said no way!!!!!
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