It's a good theory, Wolfgang, but there is just one problem:
Before she married Theodore Carlton Schnebly, her maiden name was Sedona
Arabella Miller.
Also, please note that her first name was "Sedona," not "Sedonia." Her mother
who gave her the name was Amanda Miller.
Lowell G. McManus
Leesville, Louisiana, USA
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From: "Wolfgang Schaub" <Wolfgang.Schaub@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Sedonia - Schnebly
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> We had cast an eye on Mrs. Sedonia Schnebly, and I had claimed she came from
> Switzerland - just because all those -ly are Swiss family names. There is a
> town in the Swiss Canton of Wallis called Sitten - sion in French. The
> Romans founded it as "Sedunum". Sedonia therefore has not just "sounded so
> nice" in the ears of Sedonia Schnebly's mother, but she may have meant to
> leave a memory of Sitten with her daughter's name: Sedonia means "the one
> from Sitten."
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> Which means the Schneblys came from Sitten.
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> (All speculation, but a bit more than nothing...)
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> Wolfgang
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