John Snow was born in 1774 in County Essex, England. His father's given name is not known but it's said his mother's name was Judith (Unknown) Snow.[1]
John Snow married a woman named Mary Kelly, who was born in 1776. They married in 1796 in Elsenham, Essex, England, UK. The couple had at least one son: [2]
On the 1841 Census of England and Wales, John Snow, age 67, and Mary Snow, 65, were living on Silver Street, Stansted Mountfitchet, Bishops Stortford District, Essex, England. [3]
On the 1851 Census, he was recorded as living in Stansted, Bishops Stortford District, Hertfordshire, England as a widower.[4] He was 77 years old and his profession was listed as "bricklayer". John Snow died after that date and before the 1861 Census. [5]
Mary (Kelly) Snow died in 1846 in Stansted Mountfitchet, Bishops Stortford, Essex, England. [6]
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQ22-LMR : 13 December 2017), John Snow, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, England; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
↑ This was the same village where he lived in 1841; it changed counties.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGP7-X3S : 10 November 2017), John Snow, Stansted, Hertfordshire, England; citing Stansted, Hertfordshire, England, p. 26, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
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