Johann Nicholas Schneider Sr.
(1749-1821)
Anna Maria Bordner
(1756-1827)
Abraham Schneider Sr.
(1788-1873)
Susanna Schweitzer
(1790-1870)
Simon Snyder
(1829-1877)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lena Geist

Simon Snyder 2 3

  • Born: 19 Jun 1829, Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland, PA 3 4
  • Christened: 12 Jul 1829, Rebuck: Himmel's Church, Northumberland, PA 4
  • Marriage (1): Lena Geist on 26 May 1850 in Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland, PA 1
  • Died: 24 Jul 1877, Greenbrier, Northumberland, PA at age 48 3
  • Buried: Leck Kill: St. John's Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 3

   Another name for Simon was Simon Schneider.5

   FamilySearch ID: KLY1-L45.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland, PA. 2 He appears as Simon Snyder (age 21) living with his wife, Hellina (17).

2. Occupation: carpenter in 1860 in Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland, PA. 6

3. Census in 1870 in Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland, PA. 7 The 1870 census recorded Simon Snyder, carpenter, 41, living with wife Lenah, 37; Jefferson, apprentice carpenter, 20; Jesse, 18; Peter, 15; Richard, 14; Polly, 11; Wilson, 8; Frank, 6; Ida, 4; and William, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Paxinos.


Simon married Lena Geist, daughter of Peter Geist and Maria M. Kratzer, on 26 May 1850 in Upper Mahanoy Twp., Northumberland, PA.1 (Lena Geist was born on 14 Nov 1832 in Greenbrier, Northumberland, PA,1 8 died on 24 Nov 1904 in Greenbrier, Northumberland, PA 1 and was buried in Leck Kill: St. John's Cemetery, Northumberland, PA 1.)


Sources


1 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32934590.

2 1850 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Upper Mahanoy Township, Visit 39.

3 Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32934594.

4 Himmel's Church Baptismal Records (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/northumberland/church/himmbapt.txt).

5 Floyd, J.L., Genealogical & Biographical Annals of Northumberland County (1911 online at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northumberp/floyd.html), Page 776.

6 1860 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Upper Mahanoy Township, Visit 337.

7 1870 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MZGB-NY7 Jesse Snyder in household of Simon Snyder, Pennsylvania, United States; citing p. 14, family 95, NARA microfilm publication M593, FHL microfilm 552884.

8 1870 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Northumberland County, Upper Mahanoy Township Visit 95.



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