Roger Donne’s Miscellany: Descendants of Benjamin Snell

KING

Parents

Walter KING = Mary BRAUND

Married 5 Feb 1865, Register Office, Plymouth

Walter

Born Plymouth, Devon
Christened 1 Apr 1838, Saint Andrew, Plymouth
Died 27 Oct 1881, Budshead Mill, St Budeaux, Plymouth, Devon
Buried 1 Nov 1881, St. Budeaux Churchyard

The 1881 census records his household as follows. Note that this census occurs after the death of his wife Mary Braund. He appears to be living with a second wife Mary although no record of the marriage appears to exist.
Household:

Walter KING Head M Male 44 Plymouth, Devon, England Millers (Partner Corn)
Mary KING Wife M Female 30 Plymouth, Devon, England Millers Wife
Mary KING Daur Female 2 Buttshead, Devon, England
Emily B. JACKSON Step Daur Female 13 Sheerness Isle Of Sheppy Scholar

Source Information:
Dwelling Buttshead Mill
Census Place St Budeaux, Devon, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2188 / 113
Page Number 1


Mary

Alias Mary KING
Born 2 Feb 1842, Tinnell, Landulph
Christened 13 Feb 1842, Landulph, Cornwall
Died 26 Mar 1879, St Andrew, Plymouth
Buried 1 Apr 1879, St. Budeaux Churchyard

Mary King nee Braund
Mary King nee Braund

Children

Mary = Albert Victor SNELL > Family

Married 6 Oct 1897, Landulph

Mary

Alias Mary SNELL (6 Oct 1897)
Born 17 Jan 1879, Budshead, Plymouth
Died 23 Jul 1955, Rosehill, Cargreen, Landulph
Buried 27 Jul 1955, Landulph Parish Church
Mary was orphaned at the age of 2 years and was brought up by her mother's family (Braund) in Cargreen, Landulph, Cornwall, who were bakers, also running the village shop.
Said to have been a pupil at 'Gunnerside School' possibly Gunnerside School, Plymouth, Miss Stranger, Miss Hilda M Stranger Int. B.A. Lond, Miss Bertha Stranger (from Index to
to 'A Book of the Southwest, Work of reference for those who may be called upon
to recommend a locality in Devonshire or Cornwall"
Printed for the Seventy-Fifth Annual Meeting
of theBritish Medical Association, Exeter, 1907 (Pub: William Pollard, Exeter, 1907)
Gunnerside School for Girls was a private boarding school situated at 31/32 Torrington Place, North Road East, Plymouth.
It was in existence in 1890, when Miss Elizabeth Stranger was in charge. It offered a course of instruction that approximated to that required in secondary schools by the Board of Education.
The School seems to have been transformed after the Second World War in to the Gunnerside Home for Old People. It is not yet known where the name "Gunnerside" came from. (see http://www.plymouthdata.info/Schools-Gunnerside%20Private.htm







Mary King
Mary King

Cargreen, The Village Shop, 2003
Cargreen, The Village Shop, 2003

Albert Victor

Born 2 Apr 1874, Park, Landulph, Cornwall
Christened Landulph Parish Church, Cornwall
Died 19 Dec 1963
Buried Landulph Parish Church, Cornwall
Entry in 1914 Kelly's Directory describes him as 'farmer, assistant overseer and rate collector'.

Albert Victor Snell, standing centre, pictured with his two brothers
Albert Victor Snell, standing centre, pictured with his two brothers

Family

Walter King's first wife, Mary Braund, died soon after the birth of my grandmother Mary King, in 1879. An entry in the 1881 census lists a wife Mary and step-daughter Emily Jackson, as well as his natural daughter Mary King. Walter himself died shortly after this (October 1881), but in letters of administration he is described as a widower.

The 1881 census entry (transcribed by LDS) reads as follows:

Walter KING, Head, M, Male, 44, Plymouth, Devon, England, Millers (Partner Corn)
Mary KING, Wife, M, Female, 30, Plymouth, Devon, England, Millers Wife
Mary KING, Daur,, Female, 2, Buttshead, Devon, England
Emily B. JACKSON, Step Daur, ,Female, 13, Sheerness Isle Of Sheppy, Scholar

Dwelling : Buttshead Mill
Census Place: St Budeaux, Devon, England
Public Records Office Reference: RG11
Piece / Folio: 2188 / 113
Page Number:1






Budshead Mill Dam in 2003
Budshead Mill Dam in 2003

The Mill Pond, Budshead Mill circa 1980
The Mill Pond, Budshead Mill circa 1980

Headstone, Higher St Budeaux Churchyard
Headstone, Higher St Budeaux Churchyard