Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Montgomery was born on 1 June 1819, in Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada, her father, Stephen Montgomery, was 22 and her mother, Mary Snyder, was 19. She married Chester Snyder on 12 June 1838, in Camden East Township, Lennox and Addington, Canada West, British North America. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. She died on 28 December 1883, in Springville, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Springville City Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Catherine Snider, "United States Census, 1850"
- Catherine Montgomery Dallin, "Find A Grave Index"
- Catherine Snyder in entry for Mary Snyder, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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World Events (8)
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.
1820 · Making Land more affordable
The United States law requiring full payment at the time of purchase and registration of any land. to help encourage sales and make land more affordable, Congress reduced the minimum price of dollar per acre and the minimum size that could be purchased. Most of this land for sale was located on the frontier which was then "The West". This Act was good for many Americans, but it was also over used by wealthy investors.
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, Scottish, and northern Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Sainte-Foy-de-Montgomery and Saint-Germain-de-Montgomery (Calvados). In Ireland this surname was present in the medieval period, died out, and was then reintroduced from Scotland in the 17th century. It has been Gaelicized in Ireland as Mac Iomaire and in Scotland as Mac Gumaraid.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Excerpt from history of Eliza Snyder Johnson
"When her (Eliza) mother (Catherine Montgomery) left and went back east and was gone so long, her father (Chester Snyder) was advised by the authorities of the Church to get married again. This he did …
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