George Gilbert Snyder (June 15, 1897 – November 17, 1956) was an American

German Reformed The Evangelical and Reformed Church (E&R) was a Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. It was formed in 1934 by the merger of the Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) with the Evangelical Synod of North America (ESNA). ...

layman and prominent author and radio broadcaster in the

Pennsylvania German The Pennsylvania Dutch (), also referred to as Pennsylvania Germans, are an ethnic group in Pennsylvania in the United States, Ontario in Canada, and other regions of both nations. They largely originate from the Palatinate region of Germany ...

language. He was born in

Stouchsburg, Pennsylvania Stouchsburg is an unincorporated community, and a census-designated place, located in extreme western Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 600. It is just off U.S. Route 422 along Main St. in ...

. His dialect pseudonym was ''Die Wunnernaus vun Baricks Kaundi'' (the busybody from

Berks County Berks County (Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Barricks Kaundi'') is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 428,849. The county seat is Reading, the fourth-most populous city in the state. The ...

). Alternative spellings include Wunnernaas, Wundernaus, and Wunnernaws. Snyder was a high school principal and school supervisor in Berks County. Snyder died of a coronary embolism in

Robesonia, Pennsylvania Robesonia is a borough that is located in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,035 at the time of the 2020 census. The Robesonia area is served by the Conrad Weiser Area School District and Conrad Weiser High School ...

and is buried in the Tulpehocken Trinity Cemetery in

Lebanon County, Pennsylvania Lebanon County ( ; ) is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 143,257. Its county seat is the city of Lebanon. It lies 72 miles northwest of Philadelphia, which is the nearest m ...

References

*Obituary, ''

The Morning Call ''The Morning Call'' is a daily newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1883, it is the second-longest continuously published newspaper in the Lehigh Valley, after '' The Express-Times''. The newspaper is owned by Alden Global Capital ...

'', November 19, 1956, p. 6. *Obituary, ''

Lebanon Daily News ''Lebanon Daily News'' is a local daily newspaper based in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The main office is located on 718 Poplar Street.“Home - Lebanon Daily News,” http://www.ldnews.com/. It publishes as an afternoon paper Monday through Friday and ...

'', November 21, 1956, p. 2.

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at Tulpehocken Trinity United Church of Christ {{DEFAULTSORT:Snyder, G. Gilbert 1897 births 1956 deaths German-American history Pennsylvania Dutch people American writers in Pennsylvania Dutch Pennsylvania Dutch culture German language in the United States