Sarah Esther Schnittke Shnitka
Birth: July 15, 1866 in Russia
Death: June 10, 1943 in Victoria, B.C.
Plot: Row G – Plot 30
Biography:
Sarah Esther Schnittke was born on July 15, 1866, in Russia. Both of her parents were born in Russia. Her father, Joshua Hosias Schnittke, was 69 at the time of Sarah’s birth.
Sarah who sometimes used her middle name Esther, her husband and their seven children immigrated to Canada in 1911. According to the 1916 Canada Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, her husband, Aaron, and three of their children, Max, Minnie and Leah were living in Calgary. Although Sarah could speak Russian, her mother tongue was recorded as Jewish. She could also speak English but not French. Aaron was a grocer.
According to the 1921 Census of Canada, both Aaron and Sarah became Naturalized citizens in 1914. At that time, Sarah and Aaron and their children Benjamin, Fannie and Leah were still living in Calgary. Aaron owned his six room wooden home as well as his grocery business.
Inscription:
פ׳׳נ
שרה אסתר
בת יהושע
In Loving Memory of
SARAH E. SHNITKA
Born July 15 1866
Died June 10 1943
Parents:
Feige Schnittke
Joshua Hosias Schnittke
Spouse:
Aaron Shnitka (1860–1952)
Children:
Sidney Joshua Shnitka (1887–1971)
David Benjamin Shnitka (1888–1965)
Max Shnitka (1892–1957)
Abraham Shnitka (1894–1972)
Fanny Shnitka Golden (1895–1972)
Minnie-Ellen Shnitka Berman (1900–1982)
Leah Shnitka Black (1901–1980)
Additional Images:
The Jewish Cemetery of Victoria, British Columbia 