Christopher Snyder

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Christopher Snyder is not in my direct ancestry. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Caroline Snyder Son of Harmon Snyder and Barbara Unknown

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1819	PA, possibly Lamar Twp, Clinton Co.
Marriage			To Sarah L. Alsbach
Death	1899
Burial

Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 5          Generation 6            
 
                                             
                      +-- Harmon Snyder 
                      |   (1791-1844) 
 Christopher Snyder---+                         
 (1819-1899)          |                           
                      +-- Barbara A. (Unknown)
                           (~1796-1851)

Sources:

Children

Children with Mary E. Knight

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Austin M. Snyder	M	1850-1932	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA	Anna Hallman (1853-1944)
Willard Snyder	M	1860/62	Salem Twp., Clarion Co. PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1820 United States Federal Census , Lamar Twp, Centre Co, PA, pg 3. Census not dated. Lists family of Harmon Snyder: 1 male 0-5, 1 male 16-18, 1 male 26-44, 1 female 16-26. This corresponds to Christopher Snyder (~1), an unknown male child (too old to be a son; possibly a younger brother of Harmon or Barbara?), Harmon Snyder (~29), and Barbara A. (Unknown) (~24). A John Snyder family is next door.
2	1830 United States Federal Census, Lamar Twp, Centre Co, PA, pg 9. Census is not dated. Family of Herman Snyder: 1 male 10-15, 1 male 30-40, 2 females 2-5, 2 females 5-10, 1 female 30-40. This corresponds to either Harmon S. Snyder (~10) or Christopher Snyder (~11) [the other seems to be missing], Harmon Snyder (~39), Sarah Snyder (~1), Rachel Snyder (~3), Barbara Snyder (~6), Matilda Snyder (~8), and Barbara A. (Unknown) (~34). The age match for Sarah is off by one year and one of the boys isn't listed. A Benjamin Snyder and wife, both 20-30 yrs are two residences away.
3	1840 United States Federal Census, Lamar Twp, Clinton Co, PA, pg 15. Census is not dated. Family headed by Harman Snyder: 1 male 15-20, 1 male 20-30, 1 male 40-50, 1 male 70-80, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 10-15, 1 female 15-20, 1 female 20-30, 1 female 40-50. These correspond to Harmon S. Snyder (~20), Christopher Snyder (~21), Harmon Snyder (~49), an unknown elderly man who could be the father of Harmon or Barbara, Caroline Snyder (~9), Sarah Snyder (~11), two girls who do not quite match our best age data for a chronologically contiguous pair of Rachel, Barbara , or Matilda , and Barbara A. (Unknown) (~44). There is one missing female child, so presumably one of the older girls has already been married and left home. The most likely candidate would be Matilda, who is 18, though she appears in her mother's home in 1850. Barbara, ~16, is perhaps too young to have married.
4	1850 United States Federal Census, Richland Twp., Clarion Co., PA, Page 3. ensus is dated July 30, 1850. Christopher Snyder, 32, farmer; Sarah, 25; baby, 1 month. All b. PA. Also on the page Barbara Snyder, age 55, $4000 real estate; Matilda Snyder, 27; Sarah Snyder, 20, idiot; Caroline Snyder,18, attended school. Everyone was born in PA. C
5	1860 United States Federal Census Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA page 15. Census dated 18 August 1870. Lines 19-21: Christtopher Snyder, 53, farmer, $2000 real, $700 personal property; Sarah, 46; Austin, 20, farm labor. All b. PA.
6	1870 United States Federal Census Salem Twp, Clarion Co, PA page 17. Census dated 29 June 1860. Lines 19-21: Christtopher Snyder, 47, farmer, $840 real, $300 personal property; Sarah, 33; Austin, 10, in school. All b. PA.
7	Salem Lutheran Cemetery Association Records transcribed by E. Williams & N. Walls, Feb. 1995. Harmon Snyder married Barbara A.____. Their children: 1)Harmon S. Snyder m. Mary E. Knight; 2) Christopher Snyder (1819 - 1899) m. Sarah L. Alsbach (1825 - 1902); 3) Caroline S. Snyder(exhumed) m. David Bowe; 4) Barbara Snyder m. Solomon Knight; 5) Rachael Snyder m.(1) Joseph Cromer, (2) George Troutner; 6) Matilda Snyder m. Samuel Knause.	Snyder Descendants
8	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams.	N/A

Source Notes

• The Salem Lutheran Cemetery Assoc. notes & records gives Christopher Snyder's dates as 1819-1899. The 1850 census for Clarion Co. taken on July 30 lists his age as 32 years. If both these pieces of information are accurate, he would have been born after July 30 (ie. Aug. - Dec.) in 1819.