Brief Life History of Zerubbabel Levi
When Zerubbabel Levi Snow was born on 29 March 1809, in St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, his father, Levi Snow, was 26 and his mother, Lucina Streeter, was 23. He married Susan Salter Lang on 2 October 1833, in East Charleston, Charleston, Orleans, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 27 September 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- T Snow, "United States Census, 1860"
- Zerubbabel Snow, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Zerrubbabel Snord, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
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.
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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Zerubbabel Snow (brilliant attorney)
The following excerpt is taken from the history of Lucina Streeter Snow (see attached document) page 5, paragraph 6. The history was compiled by Vera Snow Hilton, January 1963. "Zerubbabel was bor …
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