Researching William Snyder
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4 people with the Snyder surname? In that year Snyder was ranked number 3575 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Snyder and the Snyder Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 121 people with the Snyder surname in the UK? Snyder is now ranked number 3929 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 167104 people with the Snyder surname in the USA? Snyder is ranked number 102 for popularity in the USA. |
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William Snyder (politician)
William D. Snyder (born September 6, 1952) is the Martin County, Florida sheriff and former Republican politician who served as the District 82 representative in the House of Representatives of the State of Florida.
He earned his Associate of Arts degree in Criminal Justice in 1976 from Miami-Dade Community College. He graduated from the FBI Academy at the University of Virginia in 1999 and Florida Gulf Coast University in 2010.
Snyder worked as a police officer at the Miami-Dade Police Department (formerly Metro-Dade) for 20-years.
In 1994, he joined the Martin County Sheriff's Office as a captain and chief criminal investigator. Snyder was soon promoted to major and became the Director of Law Enforcement for the entire agency.
In 2006, Snyder was elected to the Florida House of Representatives, and re-elected both in 2008 and 2010. As a representative, he served on the Florida House Appropriations, Criminal & Civil Justice, and Finance & Tax Committees during his tenure. He was elected chairman of both the Judiciary Committee and the Criminal & Civil Justice Committee.
In 2012, Snyder was elected as the 8th sheriff of Martin County, Florida, and subsequently re-elected in 2016 and 2020.
Source: William Snyder (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam McKendree Snyder
William McKendree Snyder (December 20, 1848 – September 1930) was an American painter active in Indiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries best known for detailed Indiana landscapes. He was one of the first artists to paint in Brown County, Indiana making him a forerunner of the Brown County Art Colony.
He was born in Liberty, Indiana to a prominent Methodist minister, William W. Snyder. The family later moved to Madison, Indiana and it was there that Snyder is best known for his landscape paintings of southern Indiana Beech trees, though he was also known to paint portraits, still lifes, and other subjects. heavily influenced by the Hudson River School, Snyder studied with some America's most important artists of the day including Albert Bierstadt, Charles Warren Eaton, William Morris Hunt and George Inness.
Snyder's work is highly sought after today and is held in numerous public and private collections including the Indiana State Museum and Hanover College.
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