Walter Snelson (1889 - 1975)

Born 20 Mar 1889 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

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Died 1975 at about age 85 in Brundall, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Walter Snelson was born in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England.

Walter Snelson was born in 1889 in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom and christened there on 21st April 1889. He was the son of Thomas Snelson and Elizabeth Chapman. ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]}

In 1911, Walter Snelson (22 boarder, a contractor's labourer born in Abthorpe, Northamptonshire) was lodging in household of William James Stockford ( a contractor's foreman), in Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. His work was for a "RAILWAY CONTRACTORS ENGAGED IN BUILDING L N W R TUBE RAILWAY EUSTON TO WATFORD" ^[7]

Walter Snelson (regiment #1499) did military service in the Grenadier Guards during WW1 and returned from the war alive. ^[8][9][10]

Walter Snelson was married to Ruby Waite in the April quarter of 1922 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom. ^[11]

In 1939, Walter Snelson (born 20 Mar 1889, a Met Police Constable (Retired)) and his wife, Ruby Snelson (born on 06 Jul 1900, doing Unpaid Domestic Duties) were living in "west Bungalow",The Street Barn Terrace, Brundall, Blofield and Flegg R.D., Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, along with Ruth E Snelson (later surname Bennett, born 28 Mar 1931, Female, At School). ^[12]

Walter Snelson of West Bungalow, Brundall, Norfolk died on 23 September 1975 in Brundall, Broadland District, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. ^[13][14]

Wife, Ruby Snelson (1900-1966) was the other person on Walter's headstone in Brundall, Norfolk. ^[15][16][17]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration:SNELSON, WALTER ; Mother's Maiden Surname: CHAPMAN ; GRO Reference: 1889 J Quarter in TOWCESTER Volume 03B Page 13 citing General Register Office, Southport, England, United Kingdom.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XYX-Y2M : 1 October 2014), Walter Snelson, 1889; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
3. ↑ Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912 image at Ancestry.co.uk citing Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 2P/3
4. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV6L-4RC : 22 March 2020), Walter Snelson, 1889.
5. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891" database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:424D-BT2 : accessed 13 March 2016), Walter Snelson in household of Thomas Snelson, Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Northamptonshire county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901" database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9Y3-BDY : accessed 13 March 2016), Walter Snelson in household of Thomas Snelson, Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Abthorpe subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW4W-ZH2 : 5 July 2019), Walter Snelson in household of William James Stockford, Willesden, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. 1911 Census image, Findmypast
8. ↑ "United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVBL-JHJJ : 16 March 2018), Walter Snelson, 1918; citing , Grenadier Guards, regiment #1499, publication WO 364, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 7,283,372.
9. ↑ Northamptonshire Memorial Inscriptions; Abthorpe, Northamptonshire, England; Findmypast citing Monument reference ABTH039
10. ↑ ABTHORPE WAR MEMORIAL
11. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZL-WH4R : 8 October 2014), Ruby Waite and null, 1922; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1922, quarter 2, vol. 7A, p. 854, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
12. ↑ 1939 Register, Findmypast citing Archive reference RG101/6538A/008/43 Letter Code: TRBS
13. ↑ England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 Walter Snelson; Death Date: 23 Sep 1975; Death Place: Brundall Norfolk; Probate Date: 2 Jul 1976; Probate Registry: Ipswich.
14. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51433762/walter-snelson: accessed 21 August 2022), memorial page for Walter Snelson (1889–1975), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51433762, citing St. Laurence's Churchyard, Brundall, Broadland District, Norfolk, England; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980).
15. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51433762/walter-snelson
16. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2FC2-SSH : 1 October 2014), Ruby Waite, 1900; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
17. ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC2-FK8G : 4 September 2014), Ruby Snelson, 1966; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Norwich, Norfolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.