George Dixon Snell

Brief Life History of George Dixon

When George Dixon Snell was born on 18 March 1836, in Westmorland, New Brunswick, British North America, his father, Cyrus Phillips Snell, was 26 and his mother, Rhoda Barnes, was 20. He married Sina Lucinda Dennis on 1 January 1862, in Sackville, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 40 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 12 May 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Spanish Fork City Cemetery, Spanish Fork, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Dixon Snell
1836–1911
Alexanderina McLean
1846–1921
Marriage: 24 October 1868
Francis McLean Snell
1869–1929
George Dixon Snell Jr.
1872–1959
Nathan Emerson Snell
1875–1950
Alexanderina Snell
1877–1957
Cyrus Edson Snell
1880–1908
Irving Porter Snell
1882–1951
Smyrdus Phillips Snell
1888–1962

Sources (64)

  • Unknown, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: George DIXON Snell - birth:
  • George D Snell, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a quick, lively, or courageous person, from Middle English snel(l) ‘swift, vivacious, brisk, bold’ (Old English snel(l), Old Norse snjallr). See also Sneller , Snelling .

English: from the Middle English personal name Snel(l) (Old English Snell, Old Norse Snjallr, with the same origins as the nickname above).

Americanized form of German Schnell ‘quick’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Cyrus Snell

CYRUS SNELL -, Eaton, Carroll, New Hampshire. Just how he met Rhoda Barnes, a native of Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada has not been determined, but they were probably married when she was 17 years o …

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