Birth: 6 April 1904 Croydon, Surrey, UK
Father: Christopher Thomas Snelling 1877-1946
Mother: Harriet (Harriett) Annie Luff 1878-1959
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: April-June 1930 Croydon, Surrey, UK
Wife: Edith Mabel Lyon 1906-1996
Death: 21 October 1976 Brent, Greater London, UK
Cremation: 21 October 1976 Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, UK
Ernest Donald Snelling c1931-2016
Doreen V Snelling [Calver] 1933-a1959
Birth of Christopher Ernest W Snelling in FreeBMD in April-June 1904 in Croydon (2A 336).
His brother was registered in July-September 1907 in Croydon, and his sister was born 7 May 1909 and registered in April-June 1909 in St Olave.
In the 1911 census as Ernest Snellings (sic - in the index, Snelling on the original) aged 6, born in Peckham, London and living with his parents (Christopher and Harriett), two brothers (Amos and Thomas) and sister (Grace) in four rooms at 30 Choumert Square, Peckham South, Camberwell, London.
His sister was born 30 April 1912 and registered in April-June 1912 in Camberwell.
In the 1921 census for Christopher E Snelling born in 1903 and living in Richmond, Yorkshire (North Riding).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls and Recruitment Registers, 1908-1947 for Ernest Snelling aged 18, born in Croydon, Surrey, father Thomas Charles Snelling of 11 Riddell Street, Camberwell, a labourer, and enlisted on 3 July 1922 at Whitehall, Surrey as 4382161 Queen's Royal West Surrey.
Entry in Ancestry UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 for Chris E Snelling aged 25, a soldier of Small Arms School Hethera VOH arrived Hull on 18 May 1929 on the Moreton Bay, Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line from Australia having boarded in Malta.
Marriage of Christopher E W Snelling and Edith Lyon in FreeBMD in April-June 1930 in Croydon (2a 1007).
I cannot locate the birth of his son circa 1931 but his daughter was registered in April-June 1933 in Aldershot.
Two entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Christopher Ernest Snelling address Married Quarters, Stoughton Barracks, Stoughton Road, Stoughton , Guildford in 1935 and 1936, other occupant Edith Mabel Snelling (wife?).
His wife and two others (sons?) was living at 19 Tennyson Road, Willesden, Middlesex in the 1939 England and Wales Register.
There are eight entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for Ernest Snelling addresses 10 Tennyson Road, Kilburn, Willesden from 1946 to 1949, other occupants Edith M Snelling (wife?) and another family, and 71 Willesden Lane, Kilburn, Willesden from 1950 to 1954, other occupants Edith M Snelling (wife?), Harriet Snelling (mother?), Ernest D Snelling (son?) in 1954, and another family, two entries for Christopher E W Snelling address 71 Willesden Lane, Kilburn, Willesden from 1956 to 1958, other occupants Edith M Snelling (wife?), Harriet A Snelling (mother?), Ernest D Snelling (son?) in 1956, and Maureen I Snelling (daughter-in-law?) in 1956, two entries for Ernest Snelling address 71 Willesden Lane, Kilburn, Willesden from 1959 to 1960, other occupants Edith M Snelling (wife?) and Harriet A Snelling (mother?) in 1959, four entries for Christopher E Snelling address 71 Willesden Lane, Kilburn, Willesden, Brent from 1961 to 1964, other occupant Edith M Snelling (wife?), and an entry for Ernest C Snelling address 71 Willesden Lane, Kilburn, Willesden, Brent in 1965, other occupant Edith M Snelling (wife?), there being another family in all entries at 71 Willesden Lane.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Christopher Ernest W Snelling, born on 6 April 1904, in October-December 1976 in Brent (11 0864).
Entry in Deceased Online for Christopher Ernest William Snelling died 21 October 1976 cremated 26 October 1976 in Kensington and Chelsea, London.
There are twenty three entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Christopher Ernest William Snelling.
Christopher Ernest William Snelling was my half third cousin.
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