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A Surname Index to Mary Ann Snider's Reminiscences

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Below is a surname index to Mary Ann Snider's Reminiscences, which are found in the Documents section of this website. Hopefully it is complete. I did not list every page on which Mary Ann or her immediate family is mentioned. The number following the name is the photocopied page on which the name appears. I hope you enjoy it.

For an introduction to the manuscript see the article Mary Ann Snider, Reminiscences.

Surname Index

Bess, Billy (fictional or real?), 2
Biddle, Mrs (teacher in York PA), 2
Brady, Hugh James, 4
Eckstein, Elizabeth, 1
Fore, Dan, of Shirleysburg, 17
Harrison, President William Henry, 7
Horton, Maggie, 7
Huffman, Clementine, 13
Kauffman, Mr and Mrs, of Shirleysburg, 17
Kern, Joseph, 2
Kern, Mary M. 13
Kern, Samuel Mclane, 8
Kern, Sarah, 2, 5
Kiel, Anne, 1
Kiel, Hendrik, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 11
Kiel, John Hendrik, 1
Kiel, Katocha, 1
Kiel, Mary Ann, throughout
McMillan, Katherine "Kitty" (Kern), 6
McMillan, Uncle [Robert], 6
Mechling, Rev. and Mrs. of Greensburg, 3
Mock, John, of Shirleysburg, 17
Rotz, Jacob, 9
Rugan, Rev. of Greensburg, 11
Simpson, Mr., 13
Snider family, 12 to 22
Snider family in Germany, 8, 9, 10
Snider, "Uncle" George, 17, 20
Snider, Jacob, 8 to 22
Snider, "Uncle" Philip, 8, 9, 10
Sprout's Hotel, 19 miles from McConnellsburg, 13
Statler's Hotel, near Laughlinsville, 13
Steinbach, Margaret, 2, 8
Stern, Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Kern), 6
Stern, John, 6, 7
Stout, Rachel Anne, 3
Williams, W. W., 13
Wise, Will, 4

Henry and Sarah (Kern) Kiel, Family Bible

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A transcription of the family Bible of Henry G and Sarah (Kern) Kiel, from a photocopy of the original in the possession of a descendant. A photocopy of the original is in the Documents/Kiel section of this website under bible1.pdf, bible2.pdf, and bible3.pdf.

Family Bible Record of Henry G. and Sarah (Kern) Kiel of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, page 1

The earlier births are recorded in the second column. A copy of the original is in the Documents section of this site.

page 1, first column

Henry G Kiel was married to Sarah Kern on the 24th of June 1824 by the Rev Mr Painter

John Henry Kiel was born on the 7 day of January in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and thirty eight.

Sarah Elean Kiel, was born on the 22d February, in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and forty

Celia Anthus L Kiel was born on the 26 April ad 1843 Baptised by Rev W. [or M.] Long

Elizabeth E. Kiel was Born on the 2th day of March ad 1845

Emma Henry Kiel was Born on the 4th day of Augst 1848

page 1, second column

Margret Elizabeth Kiel was born on the 3th day of May in the year eight hundred and twenty five

Mari Een Kiel was born on the 29[?] of July 1828

Jacob Steinbaugh Kern Kiel was born November 8th 1829

Daniel Morris Kiel was born on the 19th of December in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and th [page torn] one

Joseph White Kiel, [page torn]
September 13, in th [page torn]
of our Lord, one [page torn]
eight hundred [page torn]
four

page 2, first column

Joseph White Kiel, died on the 24th December, in the of our Lord [sic], eighteen hundred and thirty nine

John Henry Kiel, died on the 31st of December in the year of our Lord, eighteen hundred and thirty nine

Celea Anthus L. Kiel was born 26 April A D 1843 Baptised by Rev. W. Long

page 2, second column

Henry G. Kiel Died on the 14th February In the year of our Lord Eighteen Hundred and forty eight

page 3

Married on the 30th October By the Rev Henry R Kern
Mr. Thomas Young to Miss Margaret E Kiel Daughter of H G Kiel and S Kiel all of The Borrow of Greensburgh

Henry and Sarah Kiel, 1847 Letter

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A transcription of a letter from Henry Kiel to his wife Sarah "Sally" (Kern) Kiel, from a photocopy of the original in the possession of a descendant. A photocopy of the original is in the Documents/Kiel section of this website under Letter1.pdf and Letter2.pdf. In the same folder is another transcription made by another descendant of Henry and Sarah.

[Phila scratched out] New York July 12th 1847

Dear Sally

after spending one Sabbath in New York
i will give you the particulars of what has happened. in the first
place the sabbath is not observd here. the first thing that
saluted my ears after I got up was a parcel[?] of boys in the street
crying out Newspaper for Sale. after while the different church
bells began to chime and play verry buatafull. after that i
wint up stairs to my room waiting for Mr. Souer to come. he did arrive
til eleven o clock. i wondered why he did not come soner. i begin to
think that he had over done himself on Saturday night owing to us
walking about so much for whe wint and paid Dr Vogeley a visit.
he lives about 3 myles from where whe board. whe spent a verry
pleasent evening. the doctor and his lady was very glad to se us. they
are well and doing verry well. whe left that about 10 o clock. it
was after 11 o clock before i got home to my boarding house. wel Mr
Souer had to walk about two myles after that and that was the reason
why I thought he had over done himself. but to return to sunday,
after Mr Souer had arrived he came up to my room and escqused
himself for not coming soner. he said he had overslept himself. he tooked
some tyme and then proposed to take a walk. whe to the Bowery
and from there to Castle Garden. then whe went on board a Dutch
vessel and asked for the Captain. he came forward and was introduced
and whe where invited down in the Captain's cabin. he than brought
out some Dutch beer. after that he brought out his long smoke pipes
and whe began. i wisch you had been here, you would have laught
to kild yourself, and the Dutch had to go it with a perfect rusch after.
staying a while, the Captain took us and showed us every
apartment in his vessel. i was much pleased with my visit. it brought

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back the days of my childhood and i thought i was really in Amsterdam.
but to proceed, whe returned to his boarding house after dinner.
Mr Souer took me down to his boording house that was about
two myles and remained there til almosst six o clock. he has
a splendid room fitted up for himself in graat style.
after that whe went to a family by the name off Camp, a
low dutch family, a Merchant that is worth about eight
thousand dollars. whe staid their a little while and than
Mr. Souer and Mr Camp and Jacob and myself started down
Broadway. Mr Souer observed to me he thought that my
supper would be over and proposed to go to a saloon
and take supper. so whe did and called for four suppers
elegantly served up. after that he would have me to go
to the great Castle garden one off the most splendid
places i ever saw. there was at leest about ten thousand
persons there. they played sacred music til ten o clock. after
that i wint home and wint to bed after spending a very
laborious sabbath. Newyork certainly is one off gratest places
in the unitedstates. Jacob is wel and is verry wel
contented. i think that this week or next week he
will git a sattuation. give my best lofe to my children
and a kiss to my little [Eck?]. Newyork is a place to spend money
if a man has it. Nothing more at present, but remain,

Yours, H G Kiel
Mr Souer sends his respects to you all.

Mary Ann Snider, Reminiscences

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Mary Ann Snider

In March 1907, Jacob S. Royer of Dayton, Ohio, put together a twenty-two page typescript entitled Reminiscences of My Grandmother's Life. It is Mary Ann (Kiel) Snider's account of her life in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, as a young girl, and also of the early years of her married life with Jacob Snider in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania. It covers a time period from before 1833 to after 1865.

In his introduction Mr. Royer says: "I expect few eyes to read these pages save those of her children or grandchildren, and therefore will write in a familiar way of the things that most interest our family relations." I believe he underestimated the value of the manuscript. It should be appealing to anyone with a desire to know what life was like in Western and Central Pennsylvania in the early to mid-1800's.

Mary Ann remembered when the stage coach was the main form of transportation, when Methodist outdoor camp meetings were being held, and when wood was the main fuel in what would soon be coal country. She witnessed President William Harrison's funeral cortege on its way west from Washington, DC. And she had Confederate soldiers knocking on her door during the Civil War.

Mr. Royer's concluding sentence is: "I hope that these stories which I have set down just as she told them without any additions, will prove as interesting to such others as may read them, as they have to me."

I hope so also, and I hope that readers will enjoy having them posted here on this site. The Documents section of this website has the images of Mr Royer's typescript under SniderTranscript.

See also the article A Surname Index to Mary Ann Snider's Reminiscences.