Brief Life History of Henry
When Henry Snider was born on 31 October 1779, in Rowan, North Carolina, United States, his father, Mathias Snider, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth Echols, was 22. He married Susanna Britz on 24 March 1800, in Botetourt, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He died in May 1843, in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, at the age of 63.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Henry Snider - Published information: Family genealogies: birth: 31 October 1779; Rowan, North Carolina, United States
- Henry Snider, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Henry Snider, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1789 · Becomes 12th State
On November 21, 1789, North Carolina became the 12th state in the Union.
1799 · Gold Nuggets Found
In 1799, in Little Meadow Creak located in Cabarrus County, North Carolina a large yellow ""rock"" was found by Conrad Reed. A few years later it was determined that the ""rock"" was a gold nugget.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schneider ‘tailor’ and of its Slavicized (Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, and Croatian) form Šnajder (Czech mostly Šnajdr). The Slovenian and Croatian surname is in most cases derived from the dialect loanword šnajder ‘tailor’. Compare Sneider 1 and Snyder 1.
Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized, of Snieder or Snijder ‘tailor’ (see Snyder 2).
In some cases probably also an Americanized form of Slovenian Žnider: variant of Žnidar, from žnidar ‘tailor’, an archaic word of German origin (see Schneider , compare 1 above and Znidarsic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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