Sarah Comstock Snyder

Brief Life History of Sarah Comstock

When Sarah Comstock Snyder was born on 11 April 1813, in Ernestown Township, Addington, Upper Canada, British North America, her father, Isaac Snyder, was 25 and her mother, Lovisa Comstock, was 23. She married Benjamin Prince Jenne on 20 January 1830, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 4 October 1894, in Plain City, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Prince Jenne
1806–1896
Sarah Comstock Snyder
1813–1894
Marriage: 20 January 1830
Benjamin Hyrum Jenne
1830–1832
Lovisa Jenne
1832–1917
Isaac Jenne
1833–1834
Olive Sophronia Jenne
1835–1921
Chester Jenne
1837–1842
Sarah Jane Jenne
1839–1928
Roseanna Jenne
1841–1872
Maria Jenne
1844–1851
Brigham Jenne
1846–1847
William Henry Jenne
1849–1927
Robert Jenne
1850–1850

Sources (40)

  • Sarah Richards in household of William H Jenne, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah S Richards, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Sarah in entry for Robert Jenne, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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

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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Information on Sarah Comstock Snyder

Ten years older sister of Jane Snyder Sarah's first marriage: Benjamin Prince JENNE, married 20 Jan 1830 at Port of Ferry, St. Lawrence, New York, later divorced Marriage: 13 Oct 1849 to Franklin Dewe …

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