When Abraham Snyder Jr. was born on 6 February 1821, in Berkeley, West Virginia, United States, his father, Abraham Snider Sr., was 58 and his mother, Catherine Miller, was 22. He married Barbara Ann Myrice on 15 April 1855, in Henry, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Henry, Ohio, United States in 1860 and Damascus, Henry, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 3 January 1897, in Damascus Township, Henry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Hockman Cemetery, McClure, Henry, Ohio, United States.
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The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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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