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Margaret Coventry¹

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Also Known As	Margaret Coventry was also known as Margaret Snelson.
User Reference Number	She; 11
Occupation	She was a Domestiv Nurse and Servant.
Birth	She was born about 1813 in Chester, England.2
Christening	Margaret was christened on 24 October 1813 in Holy Trinity, Chester.
	Her father John Coventry died before 13 November 1828 in Chester, England.
Marriage	Margaret Coventry and Samuel Snelson were married on 5 December 1836 in Chester Address: St. Mary-on-the-Hill, In the case of Margaret Coventry, she could not write her name. On the marriage entry, she just makes her mark.3,4
	Her son William Snelson was born on 1 November 1837 in Chester.
	Her daughter Margaret Snelson was born in June 1840 in Chester.
	Her son John Snelson was born on 16 January 1843 in Chester.
	Her son Thomas Snelson was born in December 1844 in Chester.
	Her son Edward Snelson was born about December 1846 in Gt Boughton, Chester.
	Her son Edward Snelson died about December 1848 in Chester.
	Her son Samuel Snelson was born on 4 June 1849 in Belgrave Place, Chester, England.
	Her daughter Hannah Snelson was born about April 1852 in Chester.
	Her son Alfred Snelson was born about 1857 in Chester, Cheshire, England.
	Her husband Samuel Snelson died on 27 October 1860 in Chester, England.
Occupation	Margaret Coventry was a shop keeper in Handbridge in 1861.
	Her son John Snelson died on 1 May 1867 in 53 Handbridge, Chester.
	Her son William Snelson died before 1881.
Occupation	She was a servant and domestic nurse in Handbridge in 1881.
	Her son Thomas Snelson died in 1881 in Salford Union.
Death	She died on 12 September 1885, at age ~72, in Handbridge, Chester, England.5,2
Burial	Margaret's remains were buried on 15 September 1885 in Chester General Cemetery, Overleigh, Address: Grave 9107/102, Description: Widow of Samuel Snelson Age: 72 y Address: Handbridge Parish: St Mary Date of Death: 12/09/1885 Date of Burial: 15/09/1885 Grave Number: R9107 Page Number: 152 Consecrated: True Cemetery Register: DCE/1/4 Running Number: 1002.6
Biography	Her brother was John COVENTRY b. 16 Feb 1812. In 1877 at the time of son Samuel's admittance as a free man, she was living at 57 Handbridge.
Reference	In 1996 COVEM$13.

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Label and Year	Manual
Census 1841	Margaret Coventry Id #5,880 (Principal) was at home on Census night 6 June 1841 at Handbridge; Address: Belgrave Place At the time of the Census, Samuel and wife Margaret, together with children William and young Margaret were living next door to Johnathan Gill and Samuel's Aunt Hannah Gill (Snelson) aged 60. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role [[Witness Role: wife]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here7
Census 1851	Margaret Coventry Id #5,880 (Principal) was at home on Census night 30 March 1851 at Chester; Address: Handbridge [[Witness Role: wife]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here8
Census 1861	Margaret Coventry Id #5,880 (Principal) was at home on Census night 7 April 1861 at 53 Handbridge, Chester; Principal Role Witness Role: Head of the Household … as husband Samuel died 6 months earlier in October 1860 Original Documents, Source and Citations here9
Census 1871	Margaret Coventry Id #5,880 (Principal) was at home on Census night 2 April 1871 at Chester; Address: 57 Handbridge, St. John, I think Ann(ie) is [1672], the grand daughter of Margaret Coventry [11] and is the daughter of Margaret Snelson [14] who was unmarried at the time. Here, we find Ann with her grandmother - and I note that her "condition" has not been filled in by the enumerator. He probably didn't know what to write in that column. We will never know who the father may be. The Margaret Snelson in the BTs at Annie's birth says her mother Margaret is a spinster - so that would be Margaret Coventry's daughter. Ann perhaps is being brought up by her grandmother. Margaret Snelson Head W 57 Chester Samuel Snelson Son 21 Joiner Alfred Snelson Son 14 Chester Ann Snelson Dau 7 Scholar Chester Original Documents, Source and Citations here10
Census 1881	Margaret Coventry Id #5,880 (Principal) was at home on Census night 3 April 1881 at Chester; Address: 69 Handbridge The records show Margaret Snelson, as being a widow aged 60 ... but I think this may be wrong, as she would have been 68 by my reckoning if she were born in 1813. I think this is an error in the recording of her age at the time. Witness Role: housekeeper The record shows that she was a housekeeper and also served as a domestic nurse. [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: housekeeper]] Interesting that she is in the household of a James Corson who works in Ordnance Survey ... as does her son Alfred. That can not be a coincidence? Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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1. [S1517] Overleigh Cemetery 1850-1897
2. [S1459] GRO Online Digitised (DR) Deaths, Chester, Cheshire, England. Jul-Sep 1885. SNELSON, Margaret. Vol 08A Page 224. http://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 18 Dec 2024.
3. [S353] IGI 1988 Cheshire
4. [S8] Chester St. Mary Marriages 1836
5. [S47] Overleigh Gravestone 9107
6. [S1453] Snelson Burials - Overleigh 1850-1897
7. [S724] Census Records, England, St Mary -on-the-Hill, Handbridge, Chester, Cheshire. 6 April 1841. SNELSON, Samuel (head). PN 129. Bk 22. FN 8. p. 11. www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 12 August 2014.
8. [S724] Census Records, England, St Mary On-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire. 30 March 1851. SNELSON, Samuel. (head). RD Great Boughton. Sub RD Tattenhall. ED 18e and 23. HS 69. PN 2171. FN 872. p. 18. www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 2010
9. [S724] Census Records, England, St Mary On-the-Hill, Chester, Cheshire. 7 April 1861. SNELSON, Margaret (head). RD Great Boughton. Sub RD Chester Castle. ED 16. HS 53. PN 2627. FN 102. p. 10. www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 2010
10. [S1470] Census Records, England, Chester Castle, Chester, Cheshire. 02 April 1871. SNELSON, Margaret (head). ED 16. HS 46. PN 3725. FN 51. p. 10. www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 23 August 2018.

Thomas Fairbrother

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Henry de Hastings¹

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2. [S1025] Bostock Family History

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