Brief Life History of Leslie Woodruff
When Leslie Woodruff Snow was born on 6 February 1862, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Lorenzo Snow, was 47 and his mother, Phebe Amelia Woodruff, was 19. He married Ida Maud Daynes on 11 June 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 28 November 1935, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Lexlis W. Snow in household of Pheob A. Snow, "United States Census, 1880"
- Leslie Woodruff Snow (1862-1935) Family birth records
- Leslie W. Snow, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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.
Possible Related NamesStory Highlight
Orion Woodurff Snow Sr. Journal excerpt
ORION WOODRUFF SNOW SR Excerpts from personal journal 1880-1883 NOTE: Submitted by Elizabeth Snow. Orion Woodruff Snow Sr. was my husband's grandfather. I acquired this record from a member of the …
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