Brief Life History of John
When John Snider Jr. was born on 2 May 1828, in York, York, Home District, Upper Canada, British Colonial America, his father, John Snider Sr., was 29 and his mother, Mary Heron, was 23. He married Martha Lydia Babbitt on 22 February 1853, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Crescent Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 24 January 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Snyder, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Synder and Mary Hooper, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- John Snider, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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John Snider, Jr. (2 May 1828 – 29 January 1913)
Son of John Snider and Mary Heron Married Martha Babbitt, 22 Feb 1853, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Children - Don Snider; Harriet Snider Married Susan Emerette Allen, 30 Sep 1863, Salt Lake …
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