Brief Life History of Melvina
When Melvina Snawder was born on 11 December 1840, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Joseph Snawder, was 44 and her mother, Luvinah Collins, was 39. She married John F. Rarden on 28 December 1859, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Woods Magisterial District, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Meadow Lawn, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died on 5 December 1893, at the age of 52, and was buried in Wilson-Snawder Cemetery, Valley Station, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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- M Rasden in household of Jon Rarden, "United States Census, 1870"
- Malvina Snowden, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Not Known, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
Name Meaning
Perhaps an Americanized form of Dutch Sneider , German Schneider .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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