Snyder Family History

Sources

What the story rests on.

Every source used on this site, grouped by the kind of evidence it is.

Record

  1. Pennsylvania Archives, 5th Series, Vol. 8, p. 516 (Capt. Adam Diehl co., 4th Class, Matthias Snyder; 6th Bn Northampton militia, Geiger/Sagler, 1782). View
  2. Ralph B. Strassburger & William J. Hinke, Pennsylvania German Pioneers (1934), Vol. 1 — Two Brothers lists 131 (14 Sep 1749), 177 (15 Sep 1752), 208 (28 Sep 1753).

Record (abstract)

  1. Westmoreland County Will Book 1, p. 61 — letters of administration about 8 Jun 1813 (abstract in Old Westmoreland Vol. IV). Full file ordered.

Published history

  1. Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890), pp. 701–702 (Rev. Jacob F. Snyder sketch). View
  2. George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), p. 612.
  3. Ancestry “Snyder Family Tree,” tree id 183656028 (compiled; pulled 30 Oct 2026). View
  4. “James Edward Snyder Jr.” obituary, Valley News Dispatch / Legacy.com, published 28 May 2011. View
  5. Herbert R. King Jr. Funeral Home, “James Edward Snyder Jr.” online obituary. View
  6. Herbert R. King Jr. Funeral Home, “Helen M. Snyder” online obituary (d. 10 Aug 2009). View
  7. Pennsylvania State Archives, Death Indexes 1916, S, p. 217 — Jonathan Snyder, Westmoreland, 29 Jul 1916, cert. 73481.
  8. Pennsylvania State Archives, Death Indexes 1952, S, p. 150 — Jacob M. Snyder, Wilkinsburg, 17 Mar 1952, cert. 20315.
  9. Pennsylvania State Archives, Death Indexes 1958, S, p. 168 — James E. Snyder, Trafford, age 69, 23 Aug 1958, cert. 78897.
  10. NSDAR Ancestor A133455, Mathias Snyder.
  11. WikiTree, Johannes Heinrich Schneider (Schneider-3167). View
  12. NSDAR Ancestor A106922, John Snyder. View
  13. Find a Grave memorial 88859198, John Heinrich Snider. View
  14. I. Daniel Rupp, A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants in Pennsylvania, 1727–1776 (1876).
  15. John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Vol. III (1906), p. 623.
  16. Fenwick Y. Hedley, Old and New Westmoreland, Vol. III (1918), p. 418.

History

  1. Stadt Butzbach, “Stadtteile” (Münster) View
  2. Geschichtsverein Butzbach, “Münster, der kirchliche Mittelpunkt des Philippsecks” View
  3. National Park Service, Fort Necessity National Battlefield View
  4. Mount Vernon Digital Encyclopedia, “Forbes Expedition” View
  5. Fort Pitt Museum, Heinz History Center View
  6. Bushy Run Battlefield (PHMC) View
  7. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission View

Still to come

  • Münster 1745 baptism, church-book image
  • Westmoreland County estate file for Mathias Snyder, 1813, and Orphans’ Court records 1813–1820
  • Pennsylvania death certificates for Jonathan (1916), Jacob M. (1952), and James E. Sr. (1958), ordered
  • Records of the wives that set our Schneiders apart on the Two Brothers lists

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