John Henry Snow (1880 - 1961)

Born 14 May 1880 in Buffalo, Erie Co., NY, USA

Husband of Lenore Lillian (Solly) Snow — married 23 Jan 1912 in West Hindmarsh, South Australia, Australia

Died 2 Nov 1961 at age 81 in Barmera, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

The following two posts are in the SNOW forum at Genforum @ Genealogy.com: John Snow from Buffalo
Posted by: tim house (ID *****5824) Date: May 11, 2005 at 19:20:13

"I am trying to find details about my great grandfathers family. His name was John Snow and he was from Buffalo. When he was four he was sent to South Australia to ensure ownership of family assests, the people who were paid to look after him were very cruel to him and he regularly ran away. He eventually ran away to a town called Kingston on Murray where he owned a fruit block."

"He did not know anything about his family in Buffalo, except that he had two siblings when he left, and he was not willing to find out through his previous carers. I know this is very little information but if anyone does know about a John Snow that was sent to Australia I would greately appreciate it."

John Henry Snow b 1880 Buffalo
Posted by: tim house (ID *****5824) Date: May 15, 2005 at 21:35:57

"I have more information since my last post. John Henry Snow was born on May 14th 1880. He remembered having two siblings. His parents would have died in 1883 or 1884 and he was brought to Australia by an Uncle, whose name was likely also Snow. They came to inspect wattle plantations that the family owned in Mount Barker, South Australia. The Uncle left John to live with a family and paid for him to do a boilermaker apprenticeship as a teenager. If anyone could help, my family would greatly appreciate it."

Marriage: ^[1]

Husband: John Henry Snow

Wife: Lenore Lillian Solly

Marriage Place: Home of Mrs. Jane Anne Solly (West Hindmarsh, SA), the mother of the bride.

Date: 23 February 1912

Sources

1. ↑ Tonkes_Morris_Ryles_Ellis.ged Data

• http://genforum.genealogy.com/snow/messages/4769.html
• http://genforum.genealogy.com/snow/messages/4774.html

• South Australian people on RootsWeb - John Henry Snow. Cites local primary sources for death, marriage and children. Excellent source resource. Does not know birth information as born outside South Australia - see other sources.

Acknowledgements

• WikiTree profile Snow-682 was created on 16 March 2011 through the import of Tonkes_Morris_Ryles_Ellis.ged.