Roger Donne’s Miscellany: Descendants of Benjamin Snell

BROWNING

Parents

Robert Alexander BROWNING = Beatrice Elizabeth SNELL

Married 1 Mar 1881, Landulph, Cornwall

Robert Alexander

Born 1853, Hammersmith. Middlesex, London, England

Beatrice Elizabeth

Alias Beatrice Elizabeth BROWNING
Born 16 Sep 1857, Park, Landulph
Christened 4 Nov 1857, Landulph, Cornwall

Children

Robert Alexander Snell = Harriet (Hetty) Esther STEAD > Family

Married ABT Dec 1908, West Bromwich RD

Robert Alexander Snell

Born ABT Mar 1882, Neath, Glamorgan

Harriet (Hetty) Esther

Alias Hetty BROWNING

Percy George Snell

Born ABT Jun 1885, Neath RD
Died ABT Dec 1892, Neath RD

Reginald Gordon Snell

Born ABT Dec 1886, Neath, Glamorgan
Died 2 Oct 1915, Loos, France
Killed in the 1914 War. The CWG website has the following information:
BROWNING, REGINALD GORDON SNELL Captain
02/10/1915
Age Unknown
6th Bn Welsh Regiment United Kingdom
Panel 77 and 78. LOOS MEMORIAL

Beatrice Mary Snell = Archibald (Archie) Tom HORE > Family

Married ABT Sep 1926, Bristol RD

Beatrice Mary Snell

Alias Beatrice HORE
Born ABT Dec 1890, Neath, Glamorgan

Archibald (Archie) Tom

Born ABT Mar 1895, Barton Regis RD (Bristol) , Gloucestershire
Archie Hore got a commision in the Great War and served in India.

Family

Robert (Bobby) Browning managed the gasworks at Neath 1881 census places him at Lewis Bd No 5, Neath, Glamorgan, Wales, as follows:
Robert BROWNING Head M Male 28 Hammersmith, Middlesex, England Civil Engineer
Beatrice BROWNING Wife M Female 23 Truro, Cornwall, England Civil Engineer Wife
Maria BROWNING Sister U Female 18 Plymouth, Devon, England Civil Engineer Daur
Sarah HOPKINS Servant U Female 25 Neath, Glamorgan, Wales Domestic General Servant

Source Information:
Dwelling Lewis Bd No 5
Census Place Neath, Glamorgan, Wales
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 5339 / 70
Page Number 10






The household in the 1891 Census as follows
Piece: RG12/4461 Place: Neath -Glamorgan Enumeration District: 12
Civil Parish: Neath Ecclesiastical Parish: Neath
Folio: 63 Page: 10 Schedule: 48
Address: East Ludworth

BROWNING Robt Alexr Head M M 38 Civil Engineer(Em'er) London - Islington Language: English
BROWNING Beatrice Elizth. Wife M F 31 Cornwall - Landewednack(should be Landulph) (Originally: Cornwall - Landnokk) Language: English
BROWNING Robert Alexr Son - M 9 Glamorgan - Neath Language: English
BROWNING Pery George Son - M 6 Glamorgan - Neath Language: English
BROWNING Reginald Gordon Son - M 4 Glamorgan - Neath Language: English
BROWNING Beatrice Mary Daur - F 5m Glamorgan - Neath
BANKS Clarenda Mary Nurse S F 35 Certificated Nurse(Em'ee) Cheshire - Hollingworth Language: English
LLOYD Mary Ann Servnt S F 17 Domestic Servant(Em'ee) Glamorgan - Neath Language: Both