Brief Life History of Mary Magdalena
When Mary Magdalena Snyder was born on 10 March 1786, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John George Snyder, was 29 and her mother, Catharine König, was 32. She had at least 4 sons and 3 daughters with Abraham Shoffner. She died on 8 September 1850, at the age of 64, and was buried in Chester Springs, West Pikeland Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Magdalena Schneider, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Mary Magdalene Snyder Shoffner, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Magdalene Shoffner in entry for Abraham Shoffner, "Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950"
Spouse and Children
1783–1856 Male
1786–1850 Female
Children (7)
1806–1887 Male
1808–1866 Female
1810–1884 Female
1812–1882 Male
1818–1880 Female
+2 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1756–1821 Male
1754–1844 Female
Siblings (6)
1780–1849 Female
1783–1835 Male
1786–1850 Female
1788–1849 Female
1792–1852 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.
Age 1
1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution
Age 1
1803
Age 17
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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