Roger Donne’s Miscellany: Descendants of Benjamin Snell |
William Benjamin SNELL = Mary Elizabeth BRABIN
Married 1868
William Benjamin
Christened 29 Dec 1842, Landulph, Cornwall, England
Died 17 Jan 1932, Landulph, Cornwall, England
William Benjamin Snell inherited Wayton House following the death of his uncle Benjamin, who died leaving no surviving children.
Cornwall County Council alderman, (due to retire March 1919), William Benjamin Snell J.P. of Wayton, Landulph, Hatt as listed in Kelly's Directory for 1914
Mary Elizabeth
Christened 16 Dec 1869, Landulph, Cornwall, England
Died 5 Apr 1884
Buried 9 Apr 1884, Landulph, Cornwall
Family history told to me by my mother recounts that the only son of William Snell (Stanley) died of typhoid fever at the age of 14, while away at school. Hence there were no successors in William's immediate family to the Wayton House property, which then passed to William Snell, Stanley's cousin.
1881 Cenus records the following inhabitants of boy's school in Plymouth, of which Stanley is a pupil at the time.
Elizabeth LANE, Head, W, Female, 71, Exeter, Devon, England
Mary LANE, Daughter, U, Female, 37, Plymouth, Devon, England, Schoolmistress
Edith LANE, Daughter, U, Female, 30, Plymouth, Devon, England, Schoolmistress
Annie CLEMON, Visitor, M, Female, 28, Tavistock, Devon, England
William GWINTH, Boarder, Male, 13, Bombay, India, Scholar
Stanley B. SNELL, Boarder, Male, 11, Hatt, Cornwall, England, Scholar
Edward STEAR, Boarder, Male, 9, Stonehouse, Devon, England, Scholar
Alice K. HUTCHINSON, Boarder. Male, 9, Ceifton, Scholar
Fredrick BROWN, Boarder, Male, 9, Newton Abbot, Devon, England, Scholar
William VOSPER, Boarder, Male, 9, Saltram, Devon, England, Scholar
Percy VOSPER, Boarder, Male, 7, Saltram, Devon, England, Scholar
Mary J. DEARING, Servt, U, Female, 36, Jacobstowe, Devon, England, Cook
Elizabeth HAMBLY, Servt, U, Female, 20, Bodmin, Cornwall, England, Housemaid
Source Information:
Dwelling 3 Crescent Place
Census Place Plymouth St Andrew, Devon, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 2199 / 133
Page Number 35
1871 Census Entry
Landulph; District 3; Schedule 095
BOND, Wm; Indentured Farm Servant, Unmarried, Age 16, Born 1855 at St Dominick
BRABIN, Mary; Houseowner and Mother-in-Law, Widowed, Age 55, Born 1816 at Liskeard
POAD, Bessie; General Servant, Unmarried, Age 16, Born 1855 at St Dominick
SNELL, Wm. B; Farmer 200 Acres and Head, Married, Age 28, Born 1843 at Landulph
SNELL, Mary E; Wife, Married, Age 24, Born 1847 at Liskeard
SNELL, Stanley B; Son, Age 1, Born 1870 at Landulph
SOADY, Ann; General Servant, Unmarried, Age 24, Born 1847 at St Stephens
The 1901 census records the household at Wayton House as follows:
William B Snell - Head (Farmer)
Mary E Snell - Wife
Kate Barrett - Servant