Question dealing with Centre Co. PA Stifflers - late 1800s
My g-g grandmother was Barbara Ann Elizabeth Stiffler, b. 2 Feb 1849, d. 8 May 1890 in Tusseyville PA.One of her daughters, Effa Kansas Snyder, married my great-grandfather, Henry Burnell.My problem is finding Effie's father.
According to her obituary, Effa's father was a James Snyder.Sure enough her name is Snyder.She was born in 1874.
I can find no evidence of any James Snyder in all of Central Pennsylvania.I'm thinking maybe someone who knows the Stiffler family has records on Effa's father.
Barbara Ann (re)married Richard Hayes Solt on 8-4-1878 in Potters Mills, Centre County,so James was gone by that time.
Help greatly appreciated, even if it's a directory of travelling salesmen in 1870s Central Pennsylvania.