Simon Snyder ^{2 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.)