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Amy Woodforde-Finden
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Snow

Snow Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with snow‐white hair or an exceptionally pale complexion from Middle English snou snow ‘snow’ (Old English snaw). American shortened and altered (translated into English) form of any of the Jewish artificial names composed with German Schnee Schnei Schneu ‘snow’ as the first element e.g. Schneeberg . Americanized form of French Canadian Chenard reflecting the characteristic Canadian and American French rounding of the -ard ending.
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Low, Knox, Noy, New, Shew, Show, Snook, Scow, Noe, Bow
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 123

Richard Snow 1753

Plot No. `126

Richard Snow 1840
Mary Snow 1831

Plot No. 961

John Snow 1962
Annie Eliza Snow 1968

Richard Snow Plot 123

Richard Snow Plot 126

John Snow Plot 961

Inscription

Here Lies The Body Of
Richard Snow (The Son
Of William And Mary
Snow) Late Of Thornth
waite. He Departed This
Life 18th Day Of March
1753
In The 65th Year Of
His Age.

Sacred To The Memory Of
Richard Snow
Of Birstwith
Who Departed This Life
August 11th 1840
Aged 71 Years
Also Of Mary His Wife
Who Departed This Life
December 24th 1831
Aged 56 Years

Treasured Memories
Of
A Dear Husband And Father
John Snow
Who Departed This Life 26th October 1962
Aged 84 Years
Also
Annie Eliza,
A Beloved Wife & Mother
Departed This Life 26th May 1968
Aged 90 Years
“Re-United”

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Plot No. 3149

Thomas Snow 1856

Thomas Snow Plot 3149

Inscription

In Memory Of
The Late,
Thomas Snow
Of Birstwirth
Who Died March 17th 1856
Aged 56 Years
‘A Faithful Friend, A Husband Dear,
A Tender Father Lieth Here’

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Church Records

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Additional Information

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Plot No.	Name	Burial Date	Age
961	Annie Eliza SNOW	26 May 1968	90
#	Elizabeth SNOW	18 Jul 1863	75
#	George SNOW	12 Jun 1857	0
#	George SNOW	5 Aug 1861	0
#	Hannah SNOW	21 Jul 1872	53
961	John SNOW	26 Oct 1962	84
126	Mary SNOW	29 Dec 1831	55
#	Mary Ann SNOW	16 Jun 1900	77
#	Miriam SNOW	20 Jun 1923	75
#	Peggy SNOW	11 Dec 1814	0
123	Richard SNOW	18 Mar 1753	65
126	Richard SNOW	15 Aug 1840	71
#	Richard SNOW	9 Dec 1846	3
#	Rick SNOW	30 Aug 1851	2
#	Robert SNOW	11 Jan 1916	72
#	Robert Robinson SNOW	20 Sep 1898	22
#	Susannah SNOW	3 Apr 1845	43
3149	Thomas SNOW	17 Mar 1856	56
#	William SNOW	27 May 1810
#	William SNOW	2 Jun 1877	61

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