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| 👶 Birth | 14 Oct 1841 | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘBirth Certificate 📎 View Father: David Snlelgrove, Shoe Maker Mother: Eliza Snlegrove formerly Nash |
| 🏠 Lived | 1851 (10) | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration · Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace |
| 💼 Occupation | 1851 (10) | Scholar ⓘ1851 Census |
| ⛪ Baptism | 10 Oct 1852 | St James' Church, Church Road, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4SY 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1861 (20) | Scotts Farm, 8 Bury Lane, Bratton, Wiltshire, BA13 4RD 📍 ⓘ1861 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 💒 Marriage | 14 Oct 1869 (28) | Rebecca AKERMAN St George's Parish Church, Hanover Square, Mayfair, London, Middlesex 📍 ⓘMarriage Certificate 📎 View David Snelgrove of full age, Bachelor, Farmer of King Street and Rebecca Akerman of full age, Spinster of King Street. Fathers were David Snelgrove, Farmer and Jonathan Akerman, Farmer. Witnesses were [E]. Akerman and Matilda Catherine Akerman. |
| 🏠 Lived | 1869 (28) | King Street, London, Middlesex 📍 with Rebecca AKERMAN ⓘMarriage Certificate |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (30) | Bratton, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1871 Census 📎 View The 1871 Census also shows a Frederick Snelgrove living with the family who was his nephew aged 14 and born in Bratton, Wiltshire and Ann Hampshire, Domestic Servant, 12, born Chirton. 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 💼 Occupation | 1871 (30) | Farmer of 50 Acres employing one man ⓘ1871 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 1875 (34) | Inn Keeper The Bell Inn, Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘBirth Certificate |
| 💼 Occupation | 1877 (36) | Publican Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire 📍 |
| 📌 Event | 1880 (39) | Newspaper articles re assault & legal action against a magistrate 📎 View 📎 View 🏛️ Education Act — school attendance compulsory |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (40) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with Rebecca AKERMAN ⓘ1881 Census 📎 View The 1881 Census also shows a Frederick Snelgrove living with the family who was his nephew aged 22 and born about 1859 in Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire working as a farmers assistant |
| 💼 Occupation | 1881 (40) | Farmer of 360 Acres |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (50) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with Rebecca AKERMAN ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 💼 Occupation | 1891 (50) | Farmer (Employer) ⓘ1891 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 1894 (53) | Elected as District & Parish Councillor 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (60) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with Rebecca AKERMAN ⓘ1901 Census 📎 View The 1901 Census records the next household family as: Frederick Snelgrove (Head) 43 Farmer (own account) born Steeple Ashton, Wiltshire and his wife Christiania aged 43 born Chalford, Glost. It is assumed he is the nephew who was living with the family in 1881. 🏛️ Second Boer War · Death of Queen Victoria — Edward VII accedes |
| 💼 Occupation | 1901 (60) | Farmer (Employer) Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1891 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 1904 (63) | Farmer |
| 🏠 Lived | 1911 (70) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with Rebecca AKERMAN ⓘ1911 Census 📎 View 🏛️ National Insurance Act |
| 🏠 Lived | 1921 (80) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1921 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Free State established |
| 📝 Will | 04 Aug 1926 (85) | 📎 View 🏛️ General Strike |
| ✝️ Death | 06 Sep 1926 (85) | Chirton, Wiltshire 📍 (1) Paralysis agitans [Parkinson's disease] (2) Bright's [Kidney] disease and Cystitis ⓘFamilyhistoryonline 📎 View Age 84 husb of Rebecca Ref Num 136227 Place Chirton, WIL |
| 🪦 Burial | 10 Sep 1926 (85) | St John The Baptist, The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3RP 📍 Aged 84 ⓘGrave Headstone 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View In Loving Memory of DAVID SNELGROVE DIED SEPT. 6TH 1926, AGED 84 AT REST ALSO REBECCA HIS BELOVED WIFE DIED DEC. 4TH 1936, AGED 94 YEARS PEACE PERFECT PEACE. [Side] AND OF THEIR DAUGHTER FRANCES MARGARET SNELGROVE, DIED JAN, 6th 1957, IN HER 80th YEAR [Restored in 2018 by James Tattersall] |
| ⚖️ Probate | 07 Oct 1926 (85) | London, Middlesex 📍 Effects £6353 10s. 9d. 📎 View SNELGROVE David of Chirton near Devizes Wiltshire died 6 September 1926 Probate London 7 October to George Alexander overseer and Charles John Snelgrove farmer. Effects £6353 10s. 9d. (Equivalent to £260,869 in 2017) |
Children with Rebecca AKERMAN
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b. 1870, Bratton, Wiltshire · d. 1941, Maldon, Essex · m. Ernst SCHWIER
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b. 1871, Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire · d. 1943, Pear Tree Cottage, 33 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS · m. Mary Rose HAYWARD
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b. 1873, Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire · d. 1949, Gosforth, New South Wales, Australia · m. Ethel COLLETT
b. 1875, The Bell Inn, Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire · d. 1966, Fern House, 8 Queen's Park Road, Hanbridge, Chester, Cheshire, CH4 7AD · m. George William CORNISH
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b. 1877, Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire · d. 1957, Friern Hospital, Friern Barnet Road, London, Middlesex, N11 3BP
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b. 1879, Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire · d. 1930, Edmonton, London, Middlesex · m. Albert Sidney POWELL
Notes
Left £250 by his sister Annabella BENNETT
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