# Charles Snider > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Snider > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Charles_Snider.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Snider > Source revision: 1356967798 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian journalist (1879–1971)}} {{Infobox writer | name = C. H. J. Snider | image = | image_size = 250px | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1879|5|26}} | birth_place = [Sherwood, Ontario](/source/Sherwood%2C_Ontario) | death_date = {{death date and age|1971|12|12|1879|5|26}} | death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario) | occupation = Journalist | nationality = [Canadian](/source/Canadians) | period = 20th century | genre = History | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Adelaide Dawson|1908|1932|end=d.}} }} '''Charles Henry Jeremiah Snider''' (May 26, 1879{{spnd}}December 12, 1971) was a Canadian journalist, artist, and historian. He worked for the [Toronto Telegram](/source/Toronto_Telegram) and produced a frequent column called "Schooner Days" which related stories and tales of the [Great Lakes](/source/Great_Lakes). He also published several books on the history of the Great Lakes. ==Biography== Snider was born in the village of Sherwood, near [Maple, Ontario](/source/Maple%2C_Ontario). His parent were Mary Lavina Rankin and Jacob Henry Snider.{{cite web |title=Fourth Census of Canada, 1901, Toronto West, Ward 5 |publisher=Government of Canada |location=Toronto, Ontario |accessdate=April 10, 2026 |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/imageviewer/collections/8826/images/z000108178?pId=12110138}} He was the eldest of three boys and one girl in the family.{{cite web |title=Charles Henry Jeremiah Snider |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/118900808/person/300186278869/facts?_phsrc=WeD312&_phstart=successSource |publisher=Ancestry.ca |accessdate=April 10, 2026}} He attended Kleinburg Public School and later Jarvis Collegiate in Toronto. He studied for a year at The Auditorium of Art which later became the [OCAD University](/source/Ontario_College_of_Art). While at the art school he enjoyed sketching, painting and illustrating which helped in later in his journalism career.{{cite web |title=C.H.J. Snider, 26 May 1879 - 12 December 1971 |publisher=Naval Marine Archive |url=https://navalmarinearchive.com/research/docs/chj_snider_bio.html}} During his school years, he became enthralled with activities on Lake Ontario. He first sailed in the merchant marine at age eleven.{{cite web |last=Curtis |first=Donald P. |title=Snider, Charles Henry Jeremiah |publisher=The Maritimes Studies Program of Williams College & Mystic Seaport: Searchable Sea Literature |year=2000 |url=https://sites.williams.edu/searchablesealit/s/snider-charles-henry-jeremiah/}} During this time he sailed on several lake schooners, including the ''Vienna'', ''Loretta Rooney'', ''Oliver Mowat'', ''Antelope'' as well as the ''Albacore''. In 1893, replica vessels of the [Nina](/source/Ni%C3%B1a_(ship)), [Pinta](/source/Pinta_(ship)), and [Santa Maria](/source/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_(ship)) visited Toronto. Snider took the opportunity to make sketches of the three ships. He later sold a sketch to [John Ross Robertson](/source/John_Ross_Robertson), a noted Toronto art collector. Robertson was owner and publisher of the Toronto Evening Telegram. Due to his connection to Robertson, Snider gained employment at the paper as a junior reporter in 1897. During his time there, he worked closely with Robertson in the publication of ''Landmarks of Toronto'' where he contributed several illustrations. Snider continued to work at the Telegram for nearly 60 years. By the time he retired in 1956 he was working as managing editor. While at the paper he wrote over 1,300 columns, entitled "Schooner Days" which described shipping on the Great Lakes as well as the men and women who lived and worked in the industry. Due to his nautical experience, the Telegram sent Snider to cover the America's Cup in 1899. He continued to cover subsequent races for the next 38 years until 1937. Snider also travelled extensively as a correspondent for the paper reporting on many world events. Due to an injury suffered in school, he was unable to serve in [World War I](/source/World_War_I) but did contribute as a war correspondent. He also served as a war correspondent in [World War II](/source/World_War_II). In 1911, Snider found the wreck of the [HMS Nancy](/source/Nancy_(1789_ship)) which was lost during the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812) when it was burned to prevent its capture by the Americans. Snider helped to recover and restore the hulk. A replica vessel is now on display at the Nancy Island museum in [Wasaga Beach](/source/Wasaga_Beach).{{cite web |title=Nancy Island Historic Site |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/nancy-island-historic-site |publisher=The Canadian Encyclopedia |last=Gough |first=Barry M. |date=December 16, 2013}} In 1908 he married Mary Dawson.{{cite web |title=Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936 |publisher=Archives of Ontario, Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928 |location=Toronto, Ontario |accessdate=April 10, 2026 |url=https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/118900808/person/300186278869/facts?_phsrc=WeD312&_phstart=successSource}} They met at the Toronto Telegram where Mary was employed as a telegraph operator. Mary was also a writer and published a column in the Telegram and was one of the founders of the [Canadian Women's Press Club](/source/Canadian_Women's_Press_Club). Mary predeceased him in 1932. Snider died in 1971. He is buried at Westminster Memorial Gardens, in Toronto.{{cite web |title=Charles Henry “Charlie and Jeremy” Snider |url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149287225/charles-henry-snider |publisher=findagrave.com}} ==Works== In addition to his books, Snider wrote over 1,300 columns in the Toronto Telegram from 1931 to 1957.{{cite web |title="Schooner Days" by C.H.J. Snider in the Toronto Evening Telegram |url=https://navalmarinearchive.com/research/sd_index.html |publisher=Naval Marine Archive}} * ''In The Wake Of The Eighteen-Twelvers'', (1913) * ''The Glorious "Shannon's" old Blue Duster'', (1923) * ''The Story of the "Nancy" and other Eighteen-Twelvers'', (1926) * ''Under The Red Jack'', (1929) * ''Leaves From the War Log of the Nancy'', (1936) * ''Annals of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, 1938-1954'' (1937) * ''The Griffon'', (1956) * ''Tarry Breeks and Velvet Garters'', (1958) Source: {{cite web |title=C.H.J. Snider, part of the collection... |url=https://navalmarinearchive.com/bibliography/chj_snider.html |publisher=Naval Marine Archive}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Authority Control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Snider, Charles}} Category:1879 births Category:1971 deaths Category:20th-century Canadian historians Category:Canadian male writers Category:Historians from Ontario Category:People from Toronto --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Charles Snider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Snider) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Snider?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.