Georg Snyder

Brief Life History of Georg

When Georg Snyder was born on 24 June 1801, in Rehrersburg, Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Georg Daniel Schneider Jr, was 28 and his mother, Maria Barbara Bechtel, was 26. He married Elisabeth Graff on 3 November 1821, in Stouchsburg, Marion Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bethel Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850. He died on 19 September 1859, at the age of 58, and was buried in Altalaha Lutheran Cemetery, Rehrersburg, Tulpehocken Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Georg Snyder
1801–1859
Elisabeth Ritzman
1805–1867
Marriage: 14 November 1829
Elisabeth Schneider
1833–1903
Mary C. Schneider
1839–1927
Isaac Schneider
1843–

Sources (13)

  • George Snyder, "United States Census, 1850"
  • John George Schneider, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • George Schneider, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Marriage Records, 1512-1989"

World Events (6)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schneider ‘tailor’ and of its Slavic(ized) variants, such as Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian Šnajder, Czech Šnajdr (see also Snider 1).

Dutch: variant, archaic or Americanized, of Snijder, an occupational name for a tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch sniden ‘to cut’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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