| 👶 Birth | 02 Jun 1842 | Patney, Wiltshire 📍 At 8am ⓘFamily Bible 📎 View 📎 View 🏛️ Mines Act — women and children banned from mines |
| ⛪ Baptism | 31 Jul 1842 | St Swithin Church, Woodland Road, Patney, Wiltshire, SN10 3QZ 📍 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1851 (9) | St John Street, Devizes, Wiltshire 📍 Visitor ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration · Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace |
| 🏠 Lived | 1861 (19) | 39 Albany Street, St Pancras, London, Middlesex 📍 Visitor at Coffee House 📎 View 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 💒 Marriage | 14 Oct 1869 (27) | David SNELGROVE 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 (27) | King Street, London, Middlesex 📍 with David SNELGROVE ⓘMarriage Certificate |
| 🏠 Lived | 1871 (29) | 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 (29) | Farmers Wife |
| 🏠 Lived | 1881 (39) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with David SNELGROVE ⓘ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 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1891 (49) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with David SNELGROVE ⓘ1891 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Free elementary education |
| 🏠 Lived | 1901 (59) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with David SNELGROVE ⓘ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 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1911 (69) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with David SNELGROVE ⓘ1911 Census 📎 View 🏛️ National Insurance Act |
| 🏠 Lived | 1921 (79) | Chirton Manor Farm, 17 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1921 Census 📎 View 🏛️ Irish Free State established |
| 🏠 Lived | 1936 (94) | 47 Stonard Road, Southgate, London, Greater London 📍 Lived with daughter Frances Margaret at least 1931-1936 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 🏛️ Abdication of Edward VIII — George VI accedes |
| ✝️ Death | 04 Dec 1936 (94) | 47 Stonard Road, Southgate, London, Greater London 📍 Inquest 05/12/1936 Fractured femur due to falling down ⓘDeath Civil Registration Index 📎 View 📎 View Name Rebecca SNELGROVE Date of death 4 Dec 1936 Age 94 Notes wife of David Ref Num 136227 Place Chirton, WIL North Wilts Herald 24th December 1936 CHIRTON THE LATE MRS DAVID SNELGROVE. The death of Mrs. David Snelgrove occurred at Palmer's Green, London, where she went to reside about two years ago. She was in her 95th year. Mrs Snelgrove made frequent lists back to her old home at the Manor Farm, now occupied by her son. The body was brought by motor hearse to Chirton for interment, with her husband, in the parish churchyard. The service was taken by the Vicar (the Rev. C. R. Cottell). The service wa… Show more |
| 🪦 Burial | 09 Dec 1936 (94) | St John The Baptist, The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3RP 📍 ⓘWiltshire Archives 📎 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] Rebecca Snelgrove was buried on 9th December 1936, age 94. She lived at 47 Stonard Road, Winchmore Hill, London. |
Children with David SNELGROVE
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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
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