Brief Life History of Isaac
Isaac Snell was born about 1804, in Rhode Island, United States. He had at least 5 sons and 3 daughters with Cynthia Ann Manchester. He lived in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States in 1850.
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- Isaac Snell, "United States Census, 1850"
- Isaac Snell in entry for Alexander B Nafie and Melissa M Snell Lawrence, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
- Isaac Tuell in entry for Joseph Leavitt and Sarah A. Anderson, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
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1804
Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.
1811 · USS Revenge
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a quick, lively, or courageous person, from Middle English snel(l) ‘swift, vivacious, brisk, bold’ (Old English snel(l), Old Norse snjallr). See also Sneller , Snelling .
English: from the Middle English personal name Snel(l) (Old English Snell, Old Norse Snjallr, with the same origins as the nickname above).
Americanized form of German Schnell ‘quick’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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