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Joan Unknown¹

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1. [S1016] According to Otto Hirzell
2. [S1024] Brereton History

Martha Bielby

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

Samuel Snelson^1,2

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Biography	Let's call him "Samuel the Cabinet Maker". In 1840, the family were living in Belgrave Place. In 1844 at the time of his son's ( Thomas ) christening at St. Mary's, they were living at Belgrave Place. Later at the time of their son Samuel's wedding in 1872, he was described as a candle-maker ! My own view is that this must be a transcription error - I mean, is it really likely that a cabinetmaker would have a mid life crisis and start pushing candles for a living at the time when gas and electricity was becoming all the rage ....... rather than pursuing his trade as a cabinet maker ? This is undoubtedly the same Samuel Snelson who was admitted as a freeman of the City of Chester on 2 July 1839, when he was described as a cabinet maker of Handbridge. The pre 1837 marriage registers are not as detailed as the later ones, and the entry does not tell us who the fathers were. Neither of the witnesses was a Snelson either ( they were Catherine Roberts and George Billington ).3
User Reference Number	Samuel Snelson; 6
Occupation	He was a Cabinet Maker.
Birth	He was born about April 1814 in Chester, England.
Christening	Samuel was christened on 1 May 1814 in Chester.4
	His father William Snelson died on 20 June 1833 in Handbridge, Chester, England.
Marriage	Samuel Snelson and Margaret Coventry 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.5,6
	His son William Snelson was born on 1 November 1837 in Chester.
Freeman	Samuel Snelson was made a Freeman of the City in Handbridge, Chester, on 2 July 1839 by right of birth as a cabinet maker.1
	His daughter Margaret Snelson was born in June 1840 in Chester.
	His son John Snelson was born on 16 January 1843 in Chester.
	His son Thomas Snelson was born in December 1844 in Chester.
	His mother Elizabeth Fairbrother died on 29 January 1846 in Eaton Road, Chester, England.
	His son Edward Snelson was born about December 1846 in Gt Boughton, Chester.
	His son Edward Snelson died about December 1848 in Chester.
Occupation	Samuel Snelson was an At the time of his son (Samuel)’s birth in 1849, he is recorded on the birth certificate as a “Cabinet Maker”., Cabinet Maker in Great Broughton, Castle Division, Chester, Cheshire, in 1849.7
	His son Samuel Snelson was born on 4 June 1849 in Belgrave Place, Chester, England.
Occupation	Samuel Snelson was a cabinetmaker journeyman in Chester in 1851.
	His daughter Hannah Snelson was born about April 1852 in Chester.
	His son Alfred Snelson was born about 1857 in Chester, Cheshire, England.
Occupation	Samuel Snelson was a journeyman railway wagon maker in Chester, Cheshire, in October 1860.8
Death	He died on 27 October 1860, at age ~46, in Chester, England, Address: 53 (50?) Handbridge, Chester.9,8
Burial	Samuel's remains were buried on 31 October 1860 in Chester General Cemetery, Overleigh.10
	His wife Margaret Coventry died on 12 September 1885 in Handbridge, Chester, England.
Reference	In 2000 Old reference number was SNELS$14.

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Label and Year	Manual
Census 1841	Samuel Snelson Id #17,822 (Principal) was at home on Census night 6 June 1841 at Handbridge; Address: Handbridge At the time of the Census, to the nearest 5 years, Samuel a. 25 and and wife Margaret a.25, together with children William a. 3 and young Margaret a. 1 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 [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of Household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here2
Census 1851	Samuel Snelson Id #17,822 (Principal) was at home on Census night 30 March 1851 at Chester; Address: Handbridge [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of Household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here11

Citations

1. [S98] Index to the Freeman of the City of Chester
2. [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.
3. [S1466] Adrian John Snelson's Private Papers
4. [S11] Chester St. Mary Baptisms 1813-14 in P20/2/1 on Mf 98/2
5. [S353] IGI 1988 Cheshire
6. [S8] Chester St. Mary Marriages 1836
7. [S1463] GRO Certificate Copy - Births, Great Broughton, Castle Division, Chester City County, Cheshire. 1215 am 12 June 1849. SNELSON Samuel. BX 744147. No 369. App Pas/3873/7 : Issued at Somerset House 14 January 1970
8. [S1432] Death certificate of SNELSON, Samuel, 27 October 1860
9. [S48] Overleigh Grave 1214 (found by Richard Snelson)
10. [S440] Overleigh Cemetery 1850-1897
11. [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