Mary Magdalena Snyder

Female10 March 1786–8 September 1850

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

Abraham Shoffner
1783–1856
Mary Magdalena Snyder
1786–1850
James Shoffner
1806–1887
Rachael Shoffner
1808–1866
Elizabeth Shoffner
1810–1884
George Shoffner
1812–1882
Rebecca Shoffner
1818–1880
Henry Shoffner
1820–1906
Samuel M. Shoffner
1826–1883

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

Children (7)

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

Age 1

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1787 · Second State to Ratify U.S. Constitution

Age 1

On December 12, 1787, Pennsylvania ratified the U.S. Constitution.

1803

Age 17

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

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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