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User Reference Number	Thomas Edwardson; 18335
Occupation	He was a Watchmaker.
Birth	He was born on 3 August 1810.1,2
Baptism	He was baptised on 9 September 1810 in New Road, Prescot, Address: St. Mary the Virgin.
Occupation	He was a Watch Maker in 1833.
Marriage	Thomas Edwardson and Ann Critchley were married on 24 May 1833 in Rainford in the parish of Prescot Address: All Saints.3
	His son John Edwardson was born on 16 May 1834 in Prescot.
	His daughter Ann Edwardson was born about 1835.
	His father William Edwardson died on 11 May 1835.
	His daughter Alice Edwardson was born about 1836.
	His daughter Ellen Edwardson was born on 6 June 1836 in Prescot, England.
	His son William T. Edwardson was born about January 1838 in Prescot.
	His son John Edwardson was born about 1839.
Residence	Thomas Edwardson resided in New Road, Prescot, in 1841 He was married to Ann (Critchley) and they had 4 children at the time.4
	His son Thomas Edwardson was born about August 1843 in Prescot.
	His daughter Mary Ann Edwardson was born about 1846 in Prescot, England.
	His daughter Margaret Edwardson was born in 1847.
	His daughter Eliza Edwardson was born about 1850.
Occupation	Thomas Edwardson was a watchmaker in Prescot in 1851.
	His son James Edwardson was born about 1853.
Occupation	Thomas Edwardson was a Watch Wheel Cutter in 1871.
Death	He died on 27 April 1882, at age 71, in Siddons Brow (Row), Eccleston, Prescot, He was 72 years old and described as a watch wheel cutter. M.A. Preston, his daughter was present at the death.1,2
Burial	Thomas's remains were buried on 2 May 1882 in Prescot Address: St Mary's Church.
	His wife Ann Critchley died on 18 January 1897 in Alms Houses, Warrington Road, Whiston, Lancashire, England, England.

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Label and Year	Manual
Census 1841	Thomas Edwardson Id #20,633 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1841 at New Road, Prescot; [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1851	Thomas Edwardson Id #20,633 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1851 at New Road, Prescot; Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here5
Census 1871	Thomas Edwardson Id #20,633 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1871 at Prescot; Address: 62 New Road [[Principal Role]] [[Witness Role: Head of household]] Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1881	Thomas Edwardson Id #20,633 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at Seddons Brow, Eccleston, Prescot, Lancashire; [[Witness Role: Father-in-Law]] The census record reads "Lodger" Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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1. [S1313] According to Alison Kelly
2. [S1459] GRO Online Digitised (DR) Deaths, Prescot, Lancashire, England. Apr-Jun 1882. EDWARDSON, Thomas. Vol 08B Page 471. https://www.gro.gov.uk/ : accessed 07 Mar 2025.
3. [S1315] Critchley of Prescot
4. [S1312] Census 1841 Lancashire Thomas Edwardson a. 30
5. [S1095] Census 1851 Lancashire Thomas Edwardson a.40

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Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A.¹

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Also Known As	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., was also known as Sir Edward Snelson.
Reference Number	He had reference number 1614.
Note	Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Biography The index to the New York Times for 1942 records that Snelson Edward A A was seeking a divorce from the actress, Greer Garson - or it could be the other way round. She was contemplating marrying a Mr. R. Ney, but evidently the wedding had to be postponed. An extract from Who's Who 1961 refers to "Snelson, Sir Edward Alec Abbott" as follows :- "KBE Cr 1954 ( OBE 1946 ) Secretary Ministries of Law and of Parliamentary Affairs, Karachi, born 31 Oct 1904 son of Thomas Edward and Alice Martha Snelson married 1956 Prof Jean Johnstone MacKay. Educated St Olave's Gonville and Caius College Cambridge. Called to the Bar Gray's Inn 1929. Entered ICS 1929. Served in Central Provinces District and Sessions Judge 1936; Registrar High Court 1941; Legal Secretary 1946; Joint Secretary Government of India 1947; retired 1947; Official Draughtsman Government of Pakistan 1948; Secretary Ministry of Law 1951; Secretary Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 1952-58. Member Executive Committee Arts Council of Pakistan 1953; Legal Adviser to Karachi Port Trust Museum. Judge on tribunals for the Partition of Germany post 1945". He wrote a play called 'Father Damien' - I have read it having found a copy at the State Library of New South Wales. The dedication page reads " For G." I have no doubt that this must mean 'for Greer'. In 1994, I "met" on the Bulletin Boards in the UK Genealogical Conference Area on the FidoNet Network, Jeremy Brown. Jeremy's mother law is living next door to Sir Edward's widow, Lady Snelson, and still played Scrabble with her regularly. An article in the New York Times on September 30 1942 reads :- "SUES GREER GARSON “Husband a Judge in India Seeks A Divorce in England” " Greer Garson 34 years old star of the motion picture "Mrs Miniver" is being sued for divorce on the grounds of desertion by Edward A A Snelson a subordinate Judge in India. The petition is down for hearing on the undefended list of the Divorce Court during the Michaelmas term which starts October 12. Miss Garson obtained a decree of divorce from Judge Snelson in Los Angeles in May 1940. It was reported made final a year later. Judge Snelson has been in India several years. He married Miss Garson in London in 1933." I was saddened to see ( by chance, when I returned from Summer Holidays on January 12th 1993 ), in the Australian edition of the International Weekly Telegraph the following short statement:- " Sir Edward Snelson. Aged 88. Called to Bar by Gray's Inn, 1929 and joined Indian Civil Service the same year. Secretary of Ministries of Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Pakistan until 1961. Latterly Justice of Supreme Restitution Court, Herford, German Federal Republic; and Judge Arbitral Tribunal for Agreement on German External Debts and Mixed Commission Koblenz. Author of Father Damien ( 1938 ). OBE 1946, KBE 1954. Snelson married first, 1933 ( dissolved 1942 ) Greer Garson, the actress; and secondly, 1956, Prof Jean MacKay.” In the Sydney City Library ( where hard copies of all of the World's recent editions of major newspapers can be read ), I went through the last six weeks of The Times, The Guardian and the Sunday Observer, until I found this announcement in the Thursday 10th December 1992 edition of The Times :- " SNELSON - Sir Edward Alec Abbott, K.B.E., M.A. On December 8th at The Quinta Nursing Home, Bentley, peacefully after a long illness borne with great fortitude, in his 89th year. Beloved husband of Jean, father of Christopher and Anthony and father-in-law of Karin. Requiem Mass at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Alton, Hants. Wednesday December 16th 11 am. Family flowers only please. Donations if desired to The Parkinson's Disease Society, c/o H.C. Patrick & Co. Funeral Directors, 86 East Street, Farnham, Surrey.” As a point of interest, Sir Edward's aunt Martha Snelson married John Harling JONES, a schoolmaster of Ampthill in January 1892 ... now isn't that a coincidence ! They married at Chester, St. Mary's ..... it all adds up doesn't it, when you look at Sir Edward's father (brother of this Martha Snelson), and their roots in Chester in the St. Mary Parish. Sir Edward Snelson Fund 1. The sums given by Ms Sheila McCullagh, in memory of her cousin Sir Edward Snelson, shall form a Fund to be known as the Sir Edward Snelson Fund. 2. The income of the Fund shall be applied to provide one or more bursaries, to be called Sir Edward Snelson Bursaries, for persons, who demonstrate financial need, to assist them in meeting the costs of an undergraduate course leading to a degree of the University in any subject within the School of Arts and Humanities or the School of the Humanities and Social Sciences. 3. The Fund shall be managed by the General Board. 4. Any unexpended income in a financial year shall either be added to the capital of the Fund or accumulated for use as income in any one or more subsequent years, as the General Board may determine.
Occupation	He was a Public Servant in British Museum, London.
Biography	See notes.
User Reference Number	He; 1614
Birth	He was born on 31 October 1904.
Christening	Edward Alec Abbott was christened on 4 December 1904 in Church of England, St. Andrew's, Ampthill.2
	His mother Alice Martha Abbott died on 16 March 1928.
Marriage	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., and Edith Evelyn Prichard were married about May 1928 in the Southwark District Registry Office, Westminster, Edith and Edward were indeed 1st Cousins !3,4,5
Residence	He resided in 7 Court Lane, London S.E. 21, in 1933.6
Occupation	He was a Judge - a civil servant for the Indian Civil Service in 1933.
Divorce	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., and Edith Evelyn Prichard were divorced before September 1933.
Marriage	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., and Greer Garson were married on 28 September 1933 in the Registry Office, St. George, Hanover Sq, London, In Greer Garson's biography "A Rose for Mrs. Miniver" Edward is described as a "rich and dashing young undergraduate".7,8
Occupation	He was a Judge - a civil servant for the Indian Civil Service in India in 1936.9
Divorce	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., and Greer Garson were divorced in 1942 They had separated shortly after marrying in1934.10,7
Occupation	He was a bureaucrat for the Government in the Indian sub continent in 1947.10
Residence	He resided in Pakistan about 1948.11
Award	Edward Alec Abbott received an Award on 1 January 1954. Named a Knight of the British Empire in the New Years Honours List.
Marriage	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., and Jean Johnstone Mackay were married in 1956.
Occupation	He was a diplomat and bureaucrat in various roles in Karachi, West Pakistan, in 1961.
Occupation	He was a judge in the Supreme Restituition Court, Herford, West Germany, after 1962.
	His father Thomas Edward Snelson died in 1963.
	His former wife Edith Evelyn Prichard died on 29 December 1978 in Bracknell, Berkshire, England.
Residence	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., resided in Binstead, Alton, about 1991.12
Death	He died on 8 December 1992, at age 88, in Bentley, Hants, England.
Obituary	Obituary on 10 December 1992.10
	His former wife Greer Garson died on 6 April 1996 in Dallas, USA.
	His wife Jean Johnstone Mackay died on 25 May 2007.

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Label and Year	Manual
Census 1911	Sir Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, K.B.E.M.A., Id #20,639 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1911 at 101 First Avenue, Manor Park, Essex Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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1. [S392] Letter from Richard Snelson dated 3 November 1991
2. [S676] Letter from Richard James Snelson dated 6 December 1993
3. [S681] Peter Kraushaar, Letter 20 March 1994
4. [S968] Marriage Cert Edward Snelson & Greer Garson
5. [S1177] Email from Christopher Snelson 8 Nov 2009
6. [S682] Edward Alec Abbott Snelson, Eileen Evelyn Greer Garson
7. [S475] New York Times, 30th Sept 1942, Page 29 Col 4
8. [S139] Letter from Richard James Snelson dated 19 April 1989
9. [S1179] A Rose for Mrs. Miniver
10. [S559] Death Notice - The Times 10 December 1992
11. [S607] British & Irish Biographies 1840-1940
12. [S407] Who's Who 1992

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