of Clinton County, Iowa · documented from the public record
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John Snyder d. 1893
John Snyder⚭ Margaret Port (died 1848, second wife married 1848 (name not given)
childrenJoseph Snyder · Lena Snyder · Kate Snyder · Paulina Snyder
Their story
What the record says
First wife Margaret (Port) died 1848.
Remarried 1848 with three children (Lena, wife of M.M. Yegge of DeWitt.
Kate, wife of John Gilles near Grand Mound, Olive township.
Paulina, wife of Philip Frank of Noel, Scott county).
Brought family to America in 1852, sailing from Hull, England, a 47-day voyage to New York.
Located in Cincinnati, Ohio until 1854, then Clinton county, farming SW of Grand Mound about 35 years.
Died Nov. 23, 1893, buried Berlin township cemetery.
Widow died June 2, 1901, buried at DeWitt.
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