Brief Life History of Max Devear
When Max Devear Sneddon was born on 12 August 1930, in Thistle, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Richard Reed Hudson Sneddon, was 36 and his mother, Genevieve Eleanor Miner, was 26. He died on 14 December 1930, in Helper, Carbon, Utah, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Max Devear Sneddon, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- Max Devere Sneddon, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1894–1937 Male
1903–1971 Female
Siblings (8)
1920–1998 Male
1922–1922 Male
1924–2001 Male
1926–1998 Male
1928–2010 Male
+3 More Children
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the lands of Sneddon in Paisley (Renfrewshire), from Snawdon in Garvald and Barra (East Lothian), or perhaps from Snawdon near Thirlestane in Lauderdale (Berwickshire). Whichever placename is involved in the surname is ultimately from Old English snāw ‘snow’ + dūn ‘hill’, like the famous Snowdon in Wales. Those in Scotland may be independent coinings and literal descriptions of hills on which snow tended to lie long, but Snowdoun or Snawdoun also belong to a group of Arthurian names, popular in Scotland in the later Middle Ages, and may have been applied as such in the names mentioned and also in the case of the lost Snadown by St. Andrews (Fife). Stirling was regarded as standing on the boundary of the ancient Scottish and British kingdoms, with strong associations with King Arthur, making it possible for King David II to claim to the chronicler Jean Froissart in 1365 that Stirling Castle was the Snowdon of King Arthur. It may be that the placename(s) supplying the surname allude to this potent mythology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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