Snoots History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland
Ireland

Etymology of Snoots

What does the name Snoots mean?

Scottish history reveals Snoots was first used as a surname by the Strathclyde-Briton people. It was a name for someone who lived at the town of Snodgrass in the county of Ayrshire. The name of this place is derived from the Northern Old English words snod, meaning smooth, and grass, meaning grass.

Early Origins of the Snoots family

The surname Snoots was first found in Ayrshire (Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir), formerly a county in the southwestern Strathclyde region of Scotland, that today makes up the Council Areas of South, East, and North Ayrshire, where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Snoots family

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Snoots Spelling Variations

It is only in the last few hundred years that rules have developed and the process of spelling according to sound has been abandoned. Scottish names from before that time tend to appear under many different spelling variations. Snoots has been spelled Snodgrass, Snodgers, Snedgrass, Snadgrass and others.

Early Notables of the Snoots family

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Migration of the Snoots family to Ireland

Some of the Snoots family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
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Migration of the Snoots family

Unwelcome in their beloved homeland, many Scots sailed for the colonies of North America. There, they found land and freedom, and even the opportunity to make a new nation in the American War of Independence. These Scottish settlers played essential roles in the founding of the United States, and the shaping of contemporary North America. Among them: Andrew and Mrs. Snodgrass arrived in Philadelphia in 1822; James, Robert, Samuel, and William Snodgrass all arrived in Philadelphia between 1840 and 1865..

Contemporary Notables of the name Snoots (post 1700) +

Wynne E. Snoots, American radiologist at the Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia
Timothy R. Snoots, American scientist as the SC Marine Resources Division, Charleston, South Carolina