Snee History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
Ireland

The surname Snee is an Anglicization of the Gaelic sept name "Ó Sniadhaigh." 1

Early Origins of the Snee family

The surname Snee was first found in County Mayo (Irish: Maigh Eo) located on the West coast of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Connacht, where the Ó Sniadhaigh sept was established. 2

Early History of the Snee family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Snee research. The years 1209 and 1219 are included under the topic Early Snee History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Snee Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Snee, O'Snee and others.

Early Notables of the Snee family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was

Clement O'Snee, who was Bishop of Achonry between 1209 and 1219

Snee migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Snee Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Barney Snee, who immigrated to New Castle, Delaware in 1801
Barney Snee, who landed in New Castle, Del in 1801 3
Thomas Snee, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1807 3
John Snee, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1808 3
Thomas Snee and John Snee, who were naturalized in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania in 1807 and 1808
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Snee (post 1700) +

Christopher "Chris" Snee (b. 1982), former American NFL football guard from Edison, New Jersey who played his entire ten-year career for the New York Giants,known for his work on The NFL on CBS (1956), NFL Monday Night Football (1970) and NFL on FOX (1994).
John V. Snee, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Pennsylvania, 1952 4
Dennis Snee, American television and script writer
John Snee, American three-time Young Artist Award nominated actor, known for his role as Oliver "Ollie" Cleaver in the television show The New Leave It to Beaver (1983-1989)

Citations +

MacLysaght, Edward, The Surnames of Ireland. Ireland: Irish Academic Press, sixth edition, 1985. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-2366-3)
MacLysaght, Edward, More Irish Families. Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1982. Print. (ISBN 0-7165-0126-0)
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 25) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html