Christina Snapp

Brief Life History of Christina

When Christina Snapp was born in 1750, in Frederick, Virginia, British Colonial America, her father, Lawrence Snapp Sr, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Stephens, was 26. She married Capt Michael Spigle in 1767, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died in 1785, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Capt Michael Spigle
1741–1816
Christina Snapp
1750–1785
Marriage: 1767
John Spiegel
1768–1797
Lawrance Speagle
1772–
Margaret Spiegel
1773–1847
Peter Speigel
1775–1826

Sources (4)

  • Christina Snapp Spiggle, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Wilma in entry for Polly Speagle, "Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912"
  • Will of Lawrence Snapp (1723-1782)

World Events (5)

1758 · Mount Vernon

Mount Vernon Plantation was the home of George Washington. It started off as 2,000 acres and was later expanded to 8,000 acres. The house itself started off as a six room building then got extended to twenty-one rooms.

1775

"Patrick Henry made his ""Give me Liberty or Give me Death"" speech in Richmond Virginia."

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Schnapp or of the Dutch cognate Snap.

English: variant of Snape .

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

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Lawrence Snapp

8. LAWRENCE6 SNAPP (JOHANNES5 SCHNEPP, LORENTZ4, JOHANNES3, HANS2, HANS1) was born 1723 in Wurttenberg, Alsace, Germany, and died May 1782 in Shenandoah County, VA. He married MARGARET STEPHENS Abt. 1 …

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