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Lydia Lyda Francis <I>Gamble</I> Snyder

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Lydia "Lyda" Francis Gamble Snyder

Birth
Huntington County, Indiana, USA
Death
27 Jan 1940 (aged 68)
Wyoming, Kent County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Lydia Francis Gamble Snyder, second wife of Jacob Van Buren Snyder . Daughter of Jonathan Gamble and Pricilla Helvey . This made her a cousin to his first wife, Sarah. Sarah's mother and Lydia's father were siblings. Lydia raised Jacob's three children, Elmay , Nancy & James her daughter Gertrude, & added three sons Carl, John & Guy and a daughter Dora, to the family during their lives together. Dora was named for Lydia's sister, Dora Gamble Bradley.

Jacob's oldest daughter Elmay thought enough of Lydia to name her youngest child for her, Francis Elyda Ketchum Lydia and Jacob also raised grandson, James "Jimmy" until his death at age 15.
Lydia Francis Gamble Snyder, second wife of Jacob Van Buren Snyder . Daughter of Jonathan Gamble and Pricilla Helvey . This made her a cousin to his first wife, Sarah. Sarah's mother and Lydia's father were siblings. Lydia raised Jacob's three children, Elmay , Nancy & James her daughter Gertrude, & added three sons Carl, John & Guy and a daughter Dora, to the family during their lives together. Dora was named for Lydia's sister, Dora Gamble Bradley.

Jacob's oldest daughter Elmay thought enough of Lydia to name her youngest child for her, Francis Elyda Ketchum Lydia and Jacob also raised grandson, James "Jimmy" until his death at age 15.


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