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Joseph SNELL = Mary Elizabeth Davy WILLIAMS
Married 1870, Tavistock RD
Joseph
Born 14 Apr 1842, Cotehele, Cornwall
Christened 27 Jan 1843, St Dominick, Cornwall
Died 22 Feb 1927
Joseph was a farm pupil of George Snell of Park (his uncle), but was unsuited to the life and apprenticed to a draper in Tavistock, later in a London wholesale drapery in Friday Street. The 1851 census records Joseph, aged 9, as living with his Uncle George at Wayton, Landuph; the household also includes Joseph's grandmother, Mary Snell.
Mary Elizabeth Davy
Alias Mary Elizabeth Davy SNELL
Born ABT 1845, Launceston, Cornwall
Born 4 Jun 1871, Dalston, Middlesex
Norris = Ethel May CANTON > Family
Married 9 Apr 1904, Marylebone RD
Norris
Born 28 Mar 1875, Hornsey, Middesex
Ethel May
Alias E. SNELL (9 Apr 1904)
Born ABT Jun 1878, Croydon RD
Herbert = Helen Aspinall HUNT > Family
Herbert
Born 19 Jun 1881, Balham, Surrey
Died 7 Apr 1917, France
Buried Brown's Road Military Cemetary, Festubert, France
The entry in the Commonwealth War Graves register is as follows:
SNELL, HERBERT
Initials: H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: London Regiment
Unit Text: 24th Bn.
Secondary Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd/6th Bn.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 07/04/1917
Additional information: Son of Joseph and Mary Snell, of Woking; husband of Helen A. Johnson (formerly Snell), of Nidd Vicarage, Ripley, Harrogate.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: III. B. 8.
Cemetery: BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT
Helen Aspinall
Alias Helen Aspinall SNELL
Born 30 Jul 1890
Died 26 Apr 1966
Arthur = Hilda COOPER > Family
Arthur
Born 11 Apr 1884
Died 21 Jun 1973
Hilda
Alias Hilda SNELL
The household is recorded in the 1881 census as follows:
Joseph SNELL Head M Male 38 Cote Hill Calstock, Cornwall, England Wholesale Drapery Warehouseman
Mary E. SNELL Wife M Female 36 Launceston, Cornwall, England
Amelia M. SNELL Daur Female 9 Dalston, Middlesex, England Scholar
Norris SNELL Son Male 6 Hornsey, Middlesex, England Scholar
Herbert SNELL Son Male 10 m Balham, Surrey, England
Francis S. TAYLOR Visitor U Male 22 Andover, Hampshire, England Wholesale Drapery Warehouseman
Susan C. WHEELER Serv U Female 15 Gen Serv Dom
Source Information:
Dwelling 7 Grove Terrace Chestnut Grove
Census Place Streatham, Surrey, England
Public Records Office Reference RG11
Piece / Folio 0664 / 85
Page Number 21
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