A Historical Account of the Schneider/Snider/Snyder Family


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Schneider and Graybill families (with various spellings) began to emigrate from the Palatinate as early as 1709. They arrived at Philadelphia, Kingston, New York, and Boston. Descendants and relatives settled in New York and Pennsylvania, but eventually scattered throughout the United States and into Canada.




From Bavaria to Baltimore


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Johann Gottfied Schneider (1818-1896) was the son of Johann Lorentz Schneider and Margaretha Igler of Metzdorf, Germany. He was eighth in line of descent from Hans Schneider (b.ca.1580) of Altenreuth, Bavaria, Germany. He married (1) Anna Margaretha Wiegel (1815-1882) at Kulmbach in 1841. She was the illegitimate daughter of Margaretha Catharina Wiegel and the step-daughter of Johann Georg Poppe. Their son Johann Thomas (b.1842) was born and two years later, they emigrated to America, where the rest of their children were born. They settled at Baltimore and he was employed as a shoemaker. Their son Johann Thomas married Catharine Buschman and they were the parents of six children. Family members continue to live at Baltimore. Thirteen generations of descendants are given. The family name was changed to Snyder.










Schneider, Snyder, Snider Family


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Snider family with roots in South Carolina and Escambia County, Alabama.




Genealogies Cataloged by the Library of Congress Since 1986


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