Pasvitinys, Lithuania (SNYDER, SHNAYDER)
Pasvitinys, Lithuania Surames: SNYDER, SHNAYDER Jewish Population: 1897: 435 (59% of 737 population) Family Members: Isaac (Mike) Snyder, Grandfather (father of S. Sidney Snyder) B 1895 Pasvetin ; M Lena Bass ~1920; Emigrated 1912; D 1955 Baltimore Occupation: Tailor Yeshua Snyder, G-GFather (father of Isaac Snyder) B 1897 Pasvetin; M Maime Snyder ; D 1899 Pasvetin Shmuel Shnayder , GG-GFather (father of Yashua Snyder) B ~1845 Pasvitinys; M Tauba Riva Snyder Occupation: Tailor Tauba Riva Shnayder, GG-GMother (mother of Yashua Snyder) B ~1845 Pasvitinys; M Shmuel Snyder Zelik David Shnayder, GGG-GFather B ~1825 Pasvitinys Occupation: Tailor History: Pasvitinys was a small town 12 km south of the Latvian border. The nearest railway station was at Joniskis. In 1902, the entire village was burned. Just before World War I, 120 Jewish families lived there, but before the Holocaust only 25 families remained as small merchants in the Wednesday weekly market and...