Charles John SNELGROVE

1871 – 1943 · Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire

Father: David SNELGROVE · Mother: Rebecca AKERMAN

👶Birth 27/12/1871 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced	Broughton Gifford, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 1939 NHS Register
🏠Lived (10) 1881	Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1881 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (10) 1881	Scholar ⓘ1881 Census
🏠Lived (20) 1891 🏛️ Free elementary education	Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1891 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (20) 1891	Farmers Son Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1891 Census
🏠Lived (30) 1901 🏛️ Second Boer War	Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1901 Census 📎 Census
💼Occupation (30) 1901 🏛️ Death of Queen Victoria	Farmers Son Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘ1901 Census
💒Marriage (35) 31/10/1906 🏛️ Labour Party wins first seats	Mary Rose HAYWARD St Marks Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire 📍 ⓘMarriage Certificate 📎 Marriage
💼Occupation (66) 1937	Farmer Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘNewspaper Clipping 📎 Newspaper
🏠Lived (68) 1939 🏛️ Second World War	Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 with Mary Rose HAYWARD ⓘ1939 NHS Register 📎 1939 Register
📝Will (72) 02/09/1943	ⓘWill 📎 Will
🏖️Retirement (72) 27/09/1943	Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 Sale of property ⓘNewspaper Clipping 📎 Newspaper 📎 Newspaper 📎 Newspaper 📎 Newspaper 📎 Newspaper 📎 Newspaper
✝️Death (72) 18/11/1943	The Cottage, 56 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS 📍 ⓘWill Burial Records Charles John SNELGROVE Date of death 18 Nov 1943 Age 71 Notes Churchwarden otp 16yrs husb of Mary Rose RefNum 136228 Place Chirton, WIL
🪦Burial 23/11/1943	St John The Baptist, The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3RP 📍 South Churchyard ⓘChurch Records Ref: Email of 4/7/2018 Wiltshire Archives Charles John Snelgrove was buried on 23rd November 1943, age 71.
⚖️Probate 06/01/1944 🏛️ D-Day	Llandudno, Clwyd 📍 Effects: £9020 13s 4d ⓘProbate Index 📎 Probate SNELGROVE Charles John of The Cottage Chirton near Devizes Wiltshire died 18 November 1943 Probate Llandudno 6 January to Frances Margaret Snelgrove spinster and Clement Cornish farmer. Effect £9020 13s 4d.

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📎 WillWill, 02/09/1943

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Godparent at his Baptism: Edwin Frederick GOODMAN

Executor of his Will: Clement CORNISH, Frances Margaret SNELGROVE

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Charles John SNELGROVE

Chirton Farm, 42 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS

The Cottage, 56 The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS

St John The Baptist, The Street, Chirton, Wiltshire, SN10 3RP

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