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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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
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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.
Possible Related NamesCYRUS 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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