Brief Life History of Erastus White
When Erastus White Snow was born on 27 January 1849, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Erastus Snow, was 30 and his mother, Minerva White, was 26. He married Margaret Alice McBride on 3 August 1874, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and St. George, Washington, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 20 March 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Erastus Snow in household of Erastus Snow, "United States Census, 1870"
- Erastus W Snow, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Erastus Snow in entry for Edna Snow Smith, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Washington, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with snow‐white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion, from Middle English snou, snow ‘snow’ (Old English snaw).
American shortened and altered (translated into English) form of any of the Jewish artificial names composed with German Schnee, Schnei, Schneu ‘snow’ as the first element, e.g. Schneeberg .
Americanized form of French Canadian Chenard , reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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