Chester SNYDER
Notes: LDS Church membership records Parley's Park Ward, GS 027,292. LDS Church membership records West Jordan Ward, GS 6575, pt.1. LDS Church membership records Burlington Ward, GS 034,521 Parley's Park Cem. records, Summit, Utah. Family records kept by Ella Rebecca Snyder. Family records kept by Viola Jane Snyder Johnson, in possesion of Conrad Johnson, Riverton, WY. Temple Index Bureau Rec; Endowment House records; death ctf. of child #8. 1840 Census Rec. Hancock Co, IL; 1880 Census Rec Summit Co, Utah. Documented and submitted by Mary Kay Riley Merrill, 12 May 1993. Records of Vonda Rice Kennelly state that this family came to Utah in the Willard Richards wagon train company.
Family records show Lavina as being born in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa. LDS records show place of birth as Hancock Co., Illinois. Born note:Records also show place of birth as Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Iowa, aalso Hancock Co., IL. Died note:1992 LDS records show date of death as 21 Jul 1887. Born source:LDS records show date of birth as 26 Dec 1841/1842. Marriage note:Lavina Electa Murdock may have been wife #3 and Harriet Knight may have been wife #4. Unable to locate info relating to Harriet Knight.
Records kept by Ella Rebecca Snyder indicated that her mother's name was Lavina Electa Murdock. LDS Church Membership Records show only Electa Murdock. Endowment House shows Lavina Murdock. Born note: Snyderville is now called Park City, Utah. Baptized note:LDS records show Bap date as 21 Jul 1895. Original document in the possesion of Marjorie Riley Harkin, Cody, Wy. Records of Vonda Rice Kennelly show death date as 10 Jul 1970.
Notes:Records of Vonda Rice Kennelly show endowment date of Viola Jane Snyder as 25 Jul 1901. My records also show marriage date as 31 Dec 1883.
Notes:Vonda Rice Kennelly shows death date as 1956. Also show marriage date as 28 Feb 1889.
Notes:I show Endowment date as Sep 1907.
Ida Victoria, shown in family records as born 20 Nov 1875. LDS Membership records show date of birth as 20 Nov 1874. Records of Vonda Rice Kennelly also show birth date as 20 Nov 1875.
He married Lavina Electa Murdock 4 Dec 1860 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Lavina Electa Murdock was born at Warren, Huntington, Indiana 26 Dec 1842 daughter of Levi Murdock and Elizabeth Campbell .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Ella Rebecca Snyder
born 18 Jul 1878.
Electa Lavina Snyder
born 16 Jan 1862.
Viola Jane Snyder
born 14 Oct 1863.
Anne Josephine Snyder
born 26 Nov 1865.
Levi Snyder
born 22 Nov 1867.
Daniel Murdock Snyder
born 4 Mar 1870.
Chester Royal Snyder
born 15 Jul 1872.
Ida Victoria Snyder
born 20 Nov 1874.
David Snyder
born 5 Feb 1882.
Ralph Snyder
born 22 Jul 1884.
Robert Harvey Snyder
born 20 Jul 1887.
Chester Snyder died 22 Mar 1888 at Snyderville, Summit, Utah .
Lavina Electa Murdock died 23 Jul 1887 at Snyderville, Summit, Utah .