Snodgrass

The family name Snodgrass is said to originate from lands in the parish of Irvine, Ayrshire, known as Snodgrasse, or Snodgers, which were rented out in plots. Both forms are recorded in Ayrshire and in Glasgow between the 13th and 16th centuries. In 1528 a charter from the King lists the lands of 'Snotgerss' as being one of the confirmed possessions of Hugh, third Earl of Eglinton; the next record seen of the name is in the late 17th century.

The first records of the family in the new world are in the early 18th century in Virginia. The Virginia town of Hedgesville (now West Virginia) was founded by William Snodgrass, who arrived in the American colonies in 1700. William Snodgrass is buried in the cemetery of Tuscarora Presbyterian Church in Berkeley County, West Virginia. Closer examination reveals a wave of immigrants from Scotland during the Highland Clearances, Highland Potato Famine (1846 - 1857), Lowland Clearances, and increasing family sizes probably prompted many Snodgrass to leave when the land could no longer support all of them.

From Pennsylvania and other ports-of-entry, they have spread across the North American continent and today there is in excess of 6000 Snodgrass families in the United States and Canada.

Snodgrass Clan

In April 1979, a Certificate of Incorporation was granted to the Snodgrass Clan Inc. by the state of Indiana. This was brought about by Scott F. Hosier Jr. and Laurence E. Snodgrass. Through Hosier's efforts a "grant of arms" was granted to the Clan on March 15, 1984 by the Chief Herald of Ireland; however, the petition to be granted a "grant of arms" by Scotland was never finalized.

In 1979, Hosier ordered and received the first order of the official Snodgrass tartan. The weave code for the Snodgrass tartan is K..R.Y.B.G.B.R.Y.... 6..2..2..22.26.10.2..2.. Source: Dgn. T.S. Davidson

People named Snodgrass

Snodgrass as a surname, may refer to

• Adrian Snodgrass, Australian architect and authority on Buddhist art
• Anthony Snodgrass, (1934–), archaeologist
• Brent Snodgrass (1968-) Co-author of Finland At War. Military arms researcher
• Carrie Snodgress, (1946–2004), American actress, Academy Award nominee
• Dale "Snort" Snodgrass, (1949–) US Navy (Ret) Decorated Naval aviator and air show circuit pilot.
• Donald Ray Snodgrass (1935–), author
• Fred Snodgrass (1887–1974) was an American baseball player
• Harry Snodgrass (1963–) is a Sound Designer for Film and Television
• James Snodgrass, artist and contestant on the Twenty One game show, see Quiz show scandals
• James Snodgrass, (1978–) photographer and web developer
• Jennifer Sterling Snodgrass, (1975–) music theorist, music professor
• John Michael Owen Snodgrass, (1928–), Ambassador
• Jon Snodgrass, (1941–), Panamanian author
• Klyne Snodgrass, professor, theologian, author, alumni of North Park Theological Seminary
• Louise Virginia Snodgrass, (1942–), American legislator
• Lynn Snodgrass, Oregon Speaker of the House
• Mark A. Snodgrass, (1964–), American legislator
• Mary Ellen Snodgrass, (1944–), American author
• Melinda M. Snodgrass, screenwriter of The High Ground (TNG episode)
• Milton Moore Snodgrass, (1931–), American author
• Richard Mark Snodgrass, (1962-), American Cosmologist
• Richard T. Snodgrass, (1955–), American computer scientist
• Robert Snodgrass, (1987–), Scottish footballer
• Robert Evans Snodgrass, entomologist
• William Snodgrass, several people

Places named Snodgrass

• Snodgrass Hill, site of the Battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863
• Snodgrass Lagoon on Waterloo Creek in Australia, site of the Waterloo Creek massacre in 1838
• Snodgrass Village, on Garnock River, near Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland. (Name means "Smooth Grassy Place" in Scots Gaelic.^{[citation needed]}) Seen on British Artillery Map of 1775 as published by Ardrossan Historical Society, Ardrossan, Scotland. Originally part of the lowland Brythonic Celt kingdom of Strathclyde.
• Snodgrass Mountain at Crested Butte, Colorado
• Snodgrass Cemetery outside Vienna, Missouri

In fiction

• Augustus Snodgrass, a major character in The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
• Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass, pen name used by Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) for a sequence of travel letters now known as "The Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass Letters"
• "Are You a Snodgrass?", a poem by Ogden Nash
• "The Deadly Mission of P. Snodgrass", short story by Frederik Pohl, included in the collection Day Million
• Vera Snodgrass, grade one teacher in the Canadian comic strip The Mice Squad
• Artimus Snodgrass, character in the film The Sasquatch Dumpling Gang

External links

• Clan website

References

Sources

• Metcalfe, William M. (1905). A History of the County of Renfrew from the Earliest Times. Paisley : Alexander Gardner.