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Mathieu Unknown^1,2

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1. [S1016] According to Otto Hirzell
2. [S1018] Genealogy of the Kings of France and their Wives

Fergus Isherwood

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John Thomas Gough

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1. [S1326] Census Yorkshire 1891 Mary Ann Gough a. 4

Edward Snelson¹

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Note	Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Biography Let's call him "Edward the Cordwainer". He was made a freeman of the City of Chester on 30 July 1839, when he was living at Eaton Road. This does seem somewhat unlikely, as he was only 17 years old. I have now assumed that there was only one Edward Snelson with a wife called Ann, having children christened at St. Mary's between 1854 and 1869. The problem is that he is described as both a cordwainer and a farmer and cowkeeper. That makes me nervous ! He was certainly a man of many talents and interests, being also a grocer, cowkeeper as well as the postmaster ( see Worrall's Directory - 1874 ). N.B. Richard has a date of death in 1876 in his Family Ties record. I think this may be 1 year out. Richard records that the cemetery information indicates that Edward was 55 at death, but Richard thinks he was only 53 years old. This is still to be resolved. It does seem that just before his death, he became a Grocer and Provision Dealer as well as becoming the Sub_Postmaster. His wife Anne carried on the business after his death, with the help of their son Henry. His will record is on mf 91/22 17 192 at the Cheshire Record Office as follows :- "Edward Snelson Cowkeeper Handbridge, Husband of Ann Executors Ann Snelson & Jonathan Joinson Handbridge, Will Drawn Up : 16 April 1872, Witnesses : Jonathan Joinson & William Lloyd Handbridge, Proved 19 February 1876, Edward died : 8 January 1876 at Handbridge, Left : under 450 pounds. No leased holdings. I originally thought that Robert the Haystack was the son of Edward the Cordwainer ( 1822-1875 ) and grandson of William ( 1776-1833 ) because of the detail entry in the Register of Freemen which states that Robert was "grandson of William Snelson, Eaton Road, Farmer ( made free 3rd June 1839, by birth ) who was son of William Snelson, Farmer, made free 30th March 1810. " However as Richard points out, the 1881 Census reveals that Robert was the 13 year old son of Ann and brother of Henry, William, Thomas, Martha, Agnes and Annie. Ann was the widow of Edward who was therefore the father of Robert. I therefore agree with Richard that there was only one Edward and Ann with a son named Robert. As Richard puts it so eloquently, it looks like the Registrar " has cocked it up ". Richard says that most men made free went through the process between the ages of 20 and thirty, but not Robert, he was 42 when he passed the test, and did the job at the same time as his son Edward ( when Ted was about 23 ). Richard says ( and I agree ), that as Robert was a daddy at age 19, he might have had his hands full, and just didn't get around to it until later. The confusion then in summary came about because Henry, Robert's elder brother was appreciably older than Robert; Henry was made free when 23 years old in 1877; Robert was not made free until 1910 when he was aged 42; there were 33 years of elapsed time between the two brothers being made free; and Robert went through the ceremony with his son, Edward - wasn't that a nice thing to do ! He was named as an executor in Jonathan Gill's will in 1850. At the time of his son's marriage to Alice Martha Abbott, he is described as a farmer.
User Reference Number	Edward Snelson; 9
Biography	See notes.
Birth	He was born on 1 January 1822 in Chester.
Christening	Edward was christened on 23 January 1822 in St. Mary's, Chester.2,3
	His father William Snelson died on 20 June 1833 in Handbridge, Chester, England.
Freeman	Edward Snelson was made a Freeman of the City in Eaton Road, Chester, on 30 July 1839 by right of birth and as a cordwainer.4
	His mother Elizabeth Fairbrother died on 29 January 1846 in Eaton Road, Chester, England.
Occupation	He was a shoemaker in Handbridge in 1850.
Probate	The estate of Edward Snelson was probated on 5 September 1850 [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: executor]].
Marriage	Edward Snelson and Ann Elizabeth Egerton were married on 20 February 1854 in St. Paul, Toxteth Park, Liverpool.5
	His son Henry ( Harry ) Snelson was born on 7 December 1854 in Chester.
	His daughter Elizabeth Snelson was born in January 1857.
	His daughter Elizabeth Snelson died on 12 October 1857.
Occupation	Edward Snelson was a cowkeeper in Chester in 1858.
	His son Walter Snelson was born on 1 October 1858 in 1 Greenway Street, Chester.
	His son Walter Snelson died on 23 October 1858.
	His daughter Martha Snelson was born about 15 January 1860.
	His son William Egerton Snelson was born in March 1862 in Great Boughton, Cheshire.
	His daughter Elizabeth Ann Snelson was born about November 1865 in Great Boughton, Cheshire.
	His daughter Elizabeth Ann Snelson died on 24 November 1866.
	His son Robert Snelson was born on 29 August 1867 in Chester.
	His daughter Agnes Ann Snelson was born in November 1869 in Chester.
Occupation	Edward Snelson was a Dairyman occupying 22.5 acres in 1871.
	His daughter Annie Snelson was born in March 1871 in Chester.
	His son Thomas Edward Snelson was born in August 1873.
Occupation	Edward Snelson was a cord wainer or a shoemaker in Handbridge in 1875.6
Death	He died on 8 January 1876, at age 54, in Eaton Road, Chester.6
Burial	Edward's remains were buried on 12 January 1876 in Grave 1214/102, Chester General Cemetery, Overleigh, Description: Cordwainer Age: 55 y Address: Handbridge Parish: St Mary on the Hill Date of Death: 08/01/1876 Date of Burial: 12/01/1876 Grave Number: R1214 Page Number: 102 Consecrated: True Cemetery Register: DCE/1/3 Running Number: 308 [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Buried]].7
Probate (custom)	He; 19 February 1876; Ann Elizabeth Egerton; Chester; Edward wrote his Will on 18th April 1872 and left his estate entirely to his wife Ann.8
	His wife Ann Elizabeth Egerton died on 23 August 1890.

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Label and Year	Manual
Census 1841	Edward Snelson Id #15,249 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1841 at Eaton Road, Handbridge; Hannah is listed and named as "Hannah Snelson" - so I assume that this is NOT the Hannah Snelson who married Edward Jones. That relationship must belong to her cousin Hannah Snelson [1544]. Mystery solved, I hope. Witness Role: Son Original Documents, Source and Citations here9
Census 1841	Edward Snelson Id #15,249 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1841 at Eaton Road, Handbridge; Hannah is listed and named as "Hannah Snelson" - so I assume that this is NOT the Hannah Snelson who married Edward Jones. That relationship must belong to her cousin Hannah Snelson [1544]. Mystery solved, I hope. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household [[Witness Role: son]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here9
Census 1861	Edward Snelson Id #15,249 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1861 at Greenway Street, Chester; Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here10
Census 1871	Edward Snelson Id #15,249 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1871 at 48 Handbridge, Chester; Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here11

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1. [S80] Worrall's Directory - 1874
2. [S17] Chester St. Mary Baptisms 1815-30, in P20/2/1,2 on Mf98/2
3. [S851] Chester St. Mary Baptisms 1820-1831, mf 98/2 & 3
4. [S98] Index to the Freeman of the City of Chester
5. [S1852] Marriage Edward Snelson & Ann Egerton
6. [S48] Overleigh Grave 1214 (found by Richard Snelson)
7. [S1517] Overleigh Cemetery 1850-1897
8. [S1851] Will Indexes 1875-76
9. [S14] Census 1841 Handbridge
10. [S1079] Census 1861 Edward Snelson a. 39
11. [S1080] Census Cheshire 1871 Edward Snelson a. 49

Ann Fairbrother

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1. [S423] Chester St. John Baptisms 1784-9, 1783-0 in P51/1/3 Mf54/1 12 Dec 1784 Ann daughter to Samuel Fairbrother Brewers servant and Mary his wife 28 Oct 4 Nov 1787 Jane daughter to Samuel Fairbrother Brewer and Mary his wife 2 Aug 1789 Thomas son to Samuel Fairbrother Brewers Servant and Mary his Wife 30 Jun