Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Snyder, Walter James  April 3, 1875 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

WALTER JAMES SNYDER, Roofing Contractor. After clerking in a grocery store in 
Spokane, Wash., for four years, Walter J. Snyder opened a general roofing 
contracting business in 1900 and remained there for the next twenty-three 
years. The W. J. Snyder Roofing Co. was successful from the start, but in 1923 
Mr. Snyder, determined to remove to Hawaii, disposed of his mainland business 
and came to Honolulu as manager of the Peerless Roofing Co. This company is 
one of the two roofing concerns in the Territory, and has been established for 
more than thirty years.
  Aside from his business activities, Mr. Snyder was known throughout the 
Pacific Northwest for his activities in sports. He was a great hunter and 
fisherman, and the owner of a mountain hunting lodge.
  Born in Tazvell, Va., on April 3, 1875, Mr. Snyder is the son of B. P. and 
Evaline (Carbaugh) Snyder. He attended the public schools of Virginia. In 1906 
he married Emma Finnegan of Minneapolis, Minn. Mr. Snyder is a Mason, Odd 
Fellow, Knight of Pythias and a Moose.

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