Amos James Snelling (1901-1971)


Dates

Birth: 7 April 1901 77 St Hughs Road, Penge, Surrey, UK
Father: Christopher Thomas Snelling 1877-1946
Mother: Harriet (Harriett) Annie Luff 1878-1959

Christening: Unknown

Marriage: April-June 1923 Camberwell, London, UK
Wife: Polly Woodham 1901-1968

Death: October-December 1971 Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, UK

Children

Dorothy F Snelling 1924
Thomas James Snelling 1925-1990
Grace A Snelling [Mitchell] 1930-a1957

Notes

Birth of Amos James Snelling in FreeBMD in April-June 1901 in Croydon (2a 266). I assume it was at 77 St Hughs Road, Penge from the 1901 census only 7 days earlier.

His brother was also born in Croydon in 1907, and sister in St Olave in 1909.

In the 1911 census as Amos Snellings (sic - in the index, Snelling on the original) aged 9, born in Peckham, London and living with his parents (Christopher and Harriett), two brothers (Ernest and Thomas), and sister (Grace) in 4 rooms at 30 Choumert Square, Peckham South, Camberwell, London.

His sister was born in Camberwell in 1912.

Marriage of Amos J Snelling and Polly Woodham in FreeBMD in April-June 1923 in Camberwell (1d 1514).

His three children were born in Camberwell in 1924, 1925 and 1930.

Entry in the Register of Deaths for Amos James Snelling, born on 7 April 1901, in October-December 1971 in Mansfield (3c 471).

There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Amos James Snelling born in June 1901 in Croydon, Surrey, parents Christopher Thomas Snalling and Harriet Annie Luff, and his death in 1982 (sic). Two other entries add his wife as Polly Woodham, and three children.

Relationship

Amos James Snelling was my half third cousin.

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