Rochfort Snow (1851 - 1929)

Born 10 Aug 1851 in Winterbourne Stickland, Dorset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Matilda (Norman) Snow — married about 1881 in New Zealand

Husband of Lucianne Robina (D'oyly) Snow — married after 1912 in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

Husband of May Jessie (Hallowell-Carew) Snow — married 1924 in Reading, Berkshire, England

Descendants

Died 16 Mar 1929 at age 77 in Christchurch, New Zealand

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Biography

ROCHFORT SNOW (Snow-4400)

PARENTS. Charles Hastings Snow & Helen Clara (Piers) Snow

BIRTH. 10 Aug 1851, Dorset, England

CHRISTENING.

Name Rochfort Snow

Gender Male

Christening Date 30 Sep 1851

Christening Place Winterborne-Stickland, Dorset, England

Father's Name Charles Hastings Snow

Mother's Name Helen Clara

IMMIGRATION. 1860. To New Zealand. On the LORD BURLEIGH.

Shipping Intelligence. PORT OF AUCKLAND. ENTERED INWARDS. March 22.— Lord Burleigh, Capt. Smith, from London. Passengers, Chief Cabin : Edward Maltby, Jos. Jackson, Jane Alice Stepney, James Pitcher, Eliza Recce ; Charles H., Helen C., Rockfort, J. Maud, Ernett, and Gertrude Snow . . .

SHIPPING. The ship Lord Burleigh came into harbor shortly after the Lord Ashley, bringing up off the Queen's Wharf, in the heart of one of the severest squalls, accompanied with thunder and lightening, and a deluge of rain that has been experienced for the last four or five years. She has had a tedious passage of a hundred and twenty-five days from the Downs, whence she took her departure on the 18th November. On 7th March she encountered a severe gale commencing at from east to east-south-east, and subsiding at east-north-east, from 2 till 4 p.m., it blew with great violence. Made the Three Kings at daylight on the 21st. Spoke no ships connected with the colonies. There was one birth, but no deaths or sickness during the passage.— Wellington Independent. -- MARRIAGE (1). Abt. 1881, New Zealand

MARRIAGE (1). Abt. 1881, Elizabeth Matilda Norman, daughter of William Norman & Martha Matilda (possibly Gunning) Norman

MARRIAGE (1). NZ BDM Marriage Reg: #1881/2001: Elizabeth Matilda Norman; Rochfort Snow

Children:

(1) William Norman Rochfort Snow, b. abt. 1882, d. May 1932, m. 1907, Flora Alice Payne, daughter of George Payne & ??

(2) Ela Rochfort Snow, b. abt. 1886, d. 1963, m. 24 Sep 1911, Harold Yorke Salkeld, son of Colonel Charles Edward Salkeld & Ela Maud (Farquharson) Salkeld

(3) Lillian Rochfort Snow, b. Apr 1891, d. 1976, m. 10 Apr 1918, Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner, son of Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner & Jane Venetia (Walker) Ropner

(4) Maud Rochfort Snow, b. abt. 1893, d. aft. 1918, m. 24 Dec 1918, Francis Ronald Belfrage, son of Andrew James Belfrage & ??

(5) Dorothy Rochfort Snow, b. abt. 1896, d. Mar 1942, m. Sep 1918, Arthur Thomas Clement Sellars, son of ??

Death of Spouse (1): 20 Mar 1912, Penzance, Cornwall, England

MARRIAGE (2). 15 Dec 1915, St. Mary's, Merivale,

MARRIAGE (2). 15 Dec 1915, Lucianne Robina D'Oyly, daughter of ??

MARRIAGE (2). NZ BDM Marriage Reg: #1915/5922: Lucianne Robina D'oyly; Rochfort Snow

MARRIAGE (2) NOTICE. SNOW-D'OYLY.—On December 15, at St. Mary's, Merivale, by the Rev. D. Rankin, Rochfort Snow to Lucianne Roblna D'Oyly.

Children: Not known

Death of Spouse (2): 12 Nov 1919, 504 Manchester street, St. Albans,

Death of Spouse (2): DEATH. NZ BDM Death Reg: #1919/8491: Snow Lusianne Rubna; Age: 53Y

SNOW—On November 12th, at 504 Manchester street, St. Albans, Lucianne Robina, dearly loved wife of Rochfort Snow. Private interment. Press, Vol LV, Issue 16679, 13 November 1919: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19191113.2.6

DEATH. 16 Mar , Christchurch, New Zealand

DEATH. NZ BDM Death Reg: #1929/236: Snow Rochfort; Age: 77Y

BURIAL.

Rochfort Snow

Cemetery: Saint Paul Anglican Church Cemetery, 1 Harewood Road , Christchurch, Canterbury , New Zealand

Also buried: William Norman, Martha Matilda Norman, Luciane Robina Snow (nee D'Oyly).

Remembered: Elizabeth Matilda (Norman) Snow

OBITUARY. COLONEL ROCHFORT SNOW. The passing of another of the early residents of Canterbury is marked by the death, at Christchurch, of Colonel Rochfort Snow, who was for many years engaged in the Customs offices at Lyttelton and in Christchurch, and who was also a prominent volunteersman, serving in the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, which, at one time, he connnanded. Colonel Snow was born on August 10th, 1851, in the town of Blandford, Dorset, England. . . .

A BOY PIONEER. COLONEL SNOW'S MEMOIRS. AUCKLAND UNDER ARMS. SCHOOLBOYS IN THE MUSTER. INCIDENTS OF MAORI WARS. The late Colonel Rochfort Snow, who died in Christchurch on March 17, was a boy of nine when he stepped ashore at Auckland from the Lord Burleigh in 1860. It may be that because he was a boy pioneer his memories were particularly interesting. These he has left in memoirs written by his own firm band, and the valuable record is at present in the possession of his brother. Mr. C. D. Snow, of Epsom. . . .

(1940). DEATH OF SIR THOMAS SNOW. Described by “The Times." London, as a keen and capable soldier who entered the service at the time of tile Zulu War, Lieutenant-General Sir Thomas D’Oyly Snow, K.C.B.. K.C.M.G., died in August in England at the age of 82, He served with distinction during the Great War, and it was said of him that his military gifts matured with the changes that gradually transformed the army. In outlook and ideas he was always in advance of his lime. He excelled in practical training of troops and staffs for modern war, and the fighting efficiency of the British Expeditionary Force in 1914 owed much to him. General Snow had several relatives in New Zealand. An uncle, Mr Charles Hastings Snow, retired about 1896 after 30 years’ service in the Government Audit Department. Two sons. Mr C. D’Oyly Snow and Mr E. H. Snow, live in Auckland. A cousin, the late Colonel Rochfort Snow, was well known in Christchurch. Another [second] cousin is Mrs A T. C. Sellars, of Christchurch. Press, Vol LXXVI, Issue 23194, 4 December 1940: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19401204.2.65

Sources

• Christening: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NBLD-XB8

• IMMIGRATION. Shipping Intelligence. PORT OF AUCKLAND: Daily Southern Cross, Vol XVII, Issue 1279, 23 March 1860: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18600323.2.3?query=Lord%20Burleigh

• IMMIGRATION. SHIPPING: The Colonist, Vol III, Issue 260, 17 April 1860: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18600417.2.3?query=Lord%20Burleigh

• Marriage (1): NZ BDM Marriage Reg: #1881/2001

• Marriage (2): NZ BDM Marriage Reg: #1915/5922

• Marriage (2) Notice: Sun, Vol II, Issue 579, 17 December 1915: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNCH19151217.2.3

• Death: NZ BDM Death Reg: #1929/236

• Obituary: Press, Vol LXV, Issue 19572, 19 March 1929: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19290319.2.97

• A BOY PIONEER. COLONEL SNOW'S MEMOIRS: New Zealand Herald, Vol LXVI, Issue 20299, 5 July1929: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19290705.2.25

• (1940). DEATH OF SIR THOMAS SNOW: Press, Vol LXXVI, Issue 23194, 4 December 1940: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19401204.2.65