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). A m ...

layman and prominent author and radio broadcaster in the

Pennsylvania German The Pennsylvania Dutch (Pennsylvania Dutch: ), also known as Pennsylvania Germans, are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-spea ...

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). 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 in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,061 at the 2010 census. Once famous for its iron furnaces (c. 1794-1927), the town was founded in 1855 by Henry P. Robeson, who had acquired existing iron ma ...

and is buried in the Tulpehocken Trinity Cemetery in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.

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''. In 2020, the newspaper permanently closed its Al ...

'', November 19, 1956, p. 6. *Obituary, '' Lebanon Daily News'', 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