James Snow

Male28 April 1842–5 February 1850

Brief Life History of James

When James Snow was born on 28 April 1842, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Erastus Snow, was 23 and his mother, Artemisia Beman, was 23. He died on 5 February 1850, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 7, and was buried in Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erastus Snow
1818–1888
Artemisia Beman
1819–1882
Sarah Lucina Snow
1841–1928
James Snow
1842–1850
Charles Henry Snow
1844–1846
Mahonri Moriancumer Snow
1847–1913
Artimesia Snow
1849–1925
Erastus Beman Snow
1853–1900
Franklin Richards Snow
1854–1942
Mary Lucina Snow
1856–1856
Moroni Snow
1858–1935
Orson Pratt Snow
1860–1929
George Albert Snow
1863–1939

Sources (24)

  • James Snow, "United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850"
  • Births Recorded in Erastus Beman Snow's Journal (1841-1863)
  • James Snow, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (11)

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World Events (3)

1846

Age 4

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

1847

Age 5

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

1850

Age 8

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

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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