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1847–1868

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Birth Date
10 June 1815
Death Date
22 March 1888
Gender
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Chester Snyder

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  • Church ordinance records suggest he arrived in Utah in 1851. Additional research is needed to determine the name of the pioneer company with which the family traveled.

    Chester later participated as one of the rescuers that were sent out in the winter of 1856 to assist the members of the Church stranded in Wyoming.

    In the 1850 census the surname is spelled Snider.

    Many sources give death date as 21 March, but death notices in the Park Record, indicate he died Thursday night, which would have been the 22nd.

Company Unknown (1851)

  • Age at Departure: 35
  • Head of Household

Traveled with

  • Catherine Snyder (Age: 31)
  • Eliza Jane Snyder (Age: 11)
  • Mary Snyder (Age: 7)

Rescue Companies (1856)

  • Age at Departure: 41

Sources

  • 1850 Iowa Census, Pottawattamie County.
  • "Names of Persons Who Volunteer to Go as Teamsters" in Offerings for the assistance of the P. E. F. immigrants, 1856 October in Perpetual Emigrating Fund Company general files, 1850-1887.
  • "Park Float," Park Record,  24 March 1888, 3.
  • Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.