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Walter Bridson Karran

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• Biography: Fanny marries Walter Bridson Karran Birkenhead civil marriage 1881-1885.
  
  1901 she is a widow with Thomas Evans age 69 Pleasureboatman. She is 39.
  
  Margaret Snelson dau. of Samuel and William's sister c1841.
  1861 servant with Adam Bailey age 31 and his family at Hoole.
  
  1868 she marries a man twice her age at Carnarvon Dec Quarter John Thomas and c1870 presents him with a son Samuel A. after her father.
  
  This is a mystey - as Walter B Karran died in in Billesdon in Leicestershire aged 76, making DOB ca 1857.
  
  Coincidence ?
• Birth: Walter Bridson Karran was born in December 1858 in Liscard, Wallasey, Cheshire, England.
• Occupation: In 1873 Walter Bridson Karran was a merchant Seaman apprentice at age 16y. on the "Istapa."
• Marriage: Walter Bridson Karran and Fanny Snelson were married on 10 October 1881 in Wesleyan Chapel, Birkenhead.
• Immigration: He travelled to Liverpool from New York in 1901. on the Campania (Cunard Line.)
• Naturalisation: He was naturalised on 11 April 1903 at 463 E. Belmont Avenue in New York.
• Travel: He; 19 April 1903; New York; on the "Etruria" - passenger list suggests he is returning home with $900.
• Naturalisation: He was naturalised in 1911 in Illinois.
• His wife Fanny Snelson died on 11 February 1917 in Chicago, Cook Co, Illinois, USA.
• Occupation: He was a partternmaker in Moline, Illinois, in 1928.
• Death: He died in September 1933, at age 74, in Billesdon, Leicestershire, England.

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Biography

John Thomas

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• Occupation: John Thomas was a Slate Loader.
• Birth: He was born in 1806 in Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd.
• His son Owen Thomas was born in 1854.
• Marriage: John Thomas and Margaret Snelson were married on 30 November 1868 in the parish church, Llanbeblig, Caernarvon, Yes ... no doubt about this ... Margaret is aged 28 and the daughter of Samuel Snelson, cabinet maker. Her husband, John Thomas is aged 60 and a widower. It looks like that young Margaret Snelson has written her own name but John Thomas just made his mark.
• His son Samuel Alfred Thomas was born on 22 May 1870 in Caernarvon, Wales.
• His son Robert J Thomas was born in 1873.
• Death: John Thomas died before 1881.

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Census 1871

1871

John Thomas Id #20,334 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1871 at 12 Pool Side, Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; In 1871, John Thomas is aged 65, Margaret his wife is 30 years old, Owen Thomas is 17 and Samuel A. Thomas is aged 1. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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Biography

Samuel Alfred Thomas

• Consanguinity: 1st cousin 2 times removed of Adrian John Snelson

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• Birth: Samuel Alfred Thomas was born on 22 May 1870 at Pool Hill in Caernarvon, Wales.
• His father John Thomas died before 1881.
• Biography: Samuel E. in 1881 with mother and widow Margaret, aged 40, brother Robert J Thomas b. 1873. A worry is that Margaret's birth place is given as Llanbeblyg whereas in the previous Census it was St. Mary's Chester, which is correct. Same pad though, Pools Lane Carnarvon.
• Occupation: Samuel Alfred Thomas was a Boiler Maker in Caernarvon in 1894.
• Residence: He resided in 2 Nelson Square, Caernarvon, in 1894.
• Marriage: Samuel Alfred Thomas and Ellen Williams were married on 26 March 1894 in Llanbeblig, Caernarvon.
• His son Evan Thomas was born about 1897 in Caernarvonn.
• His daughter Maggie Thomas was born about 1898 in Caernarvonn.
• His son Richard Thomas was born in 1899 in Holyhead, Anglesey.
• His son William Thomas was born about 1905 in Holyhead, Anglesey.

Census

Census 1871	1871	Samuel Alfred Thomas Id #20,335 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1871 at 12 Pool Side, Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; In 1871, John Thomas is aged 65, Margaret his wife is 30 years old, Owen Thomas is 17 and Samuel A. Thomas is aged 1. Witness Role: son Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1881	1881	Samuel Alfred Thomas Id #20,335 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; Witness Role: son Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1901	1901	Samuel Alfred Thomas Id #20,335 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1901 at Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales; This a bit of a mystery, as she is Samuel Alfred Thomas' own mother. Very strange. Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1911	1911	Samuel Alfred Thomas Id #20,335 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1911 at Holyhead, Anglesey; 5 rooms Principal Role Witness Role: Head of Household Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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Biography

Robert J Thomas

• Consanguinity: 1st cousin 2 times removed of Adrian John Snelson

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• Birth: Robert J Thomas was born in 1873.
• His father John Thomas died before 1881.
• His daughter Jennie Petunia Thomas was born in 1898 in Liverpool.
• His daughter Margaret Mayfe Thomas was born in 1900 in Caernarvon.
• Occupation: Robert J Thomas was a moulder in 1901.
• His son Edwin Thomas was born in 1903.
• His son Robert Thomas was born on 6 February 1907.
• Occupation: Robert J Thomas was a soldier in Llanbeblig, Caernarvon, on 12 April 1916.
• His son Edwin Thomas was born on 12 April 1916 in Llanbeblig, Caernarvon.
• His partner Leah Davies Barton died in January 1950 in Bury, Lancashire, England.
• Death: Robert J Thomas died in January 1954, at age ~81.

Census

Census 1881	1881	Robert J Thomas Id #20,336 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; Witness Role: son Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1891	1891	Robert J Thomas Id #20,336 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1891 at Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; Also in the house that night was William Jones, her brother-in-law aged 80. Normally he would be the brother of her husband OR the husband of her sister. That does not work here. Witness Role: son He is shown as an 18 year old moulder's apprentice Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1901	1901	Robert J Thomas Id #20,336 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1901 at Llanbeblig, Caernarvon; Principal Role Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1911	1911	Robert J Thomas Id #20,336 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1911 at Lanbeblig; Principal Role Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power

• Consanguinity: Great-grandmother of Adrian John Snelson

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• Name: Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power was also known as Bridget English.
• Birth: She was born in 1852 Dungarvan, Waterford, in Ireland.
• Christening: Brigida was christened on 30 January 1852 in Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland.
• Residence: She resided in Strand Street, Dungarvan, in 1871.
• Her daughter Maria Brigida English was born in 1871 in Dungarvan, Waterford & Lismore, Ireland.
• Marriage: Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power and Johannes ("John English") English were married on 29 January 1871 at Waterford & Lismore Parish, Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland, in St. Mary's, Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland, Wedding took place in a Roman Catholic Chapel and RC Parish - I see from the register that the witnesses were Michael English and XXXX (maybe Jane) Power ( I cannot decipher the christian name, might also be Lucilla, Linda or Loretta), but she will probably be the Head Bridesmaid and Michael the Best Man, I presume.
  
  There is the mention of "Strand Street" ... maybe that is where Johannes lived, I don't know ... buy Angela advises that:-
  
  "John is stated as living at Strand st, Dungarvan which is just around the corner from St Mary's. John's brother (My gggrandfather) Patrick lived on O'Connell st , Dungarvan. Michael lived in Dungarvan for a while but then settled in Waterford City. Nearly all his children moved to England at various stages. ."¹
• Biography: . Bridget (on my grandmother Frances English's Birth Certificate) was illiterate and left her mark in lieu of her signature on that document.
  
  Oh yes, Barmouth Street is between the Gas Works and Great Howard Street.
• Her daughter Frances English was born on 30 January 1875 in 22 Barmouth Street, St. Martin, Liverpool, England.
• Her daughter Elizabeth English was born on 11 March 1877 in Liverpool, England.
• Her son John Edward English was born in 1880 in Walton, Liverpool, England.
• Her daughter Dora English was born on 7 October 1882.
• Her daughter Jenny English was born on 19 October 1888.
• Death: Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power died about May 1905 in Liverpool, England, I originally thought she was buried at West Derby in Liverpool - but now I am not so sure.
• Burial: Brigida's remains were buried on 10 May 1905 in the Ford Roman Catholic Cemetery, Sefton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, We know that Brigida and John and their children were Roman Catholics. There is an entry for a burial in the Ford Cemetery recorded in the Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1985 for a Brigid English aged 52 years in May 1905.
  
  We know that Brigida and John and their children were Roman Catholics. There is an entry for a burial in the Ford Cemetery recorded in the Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1985 for a Brigid English aged 52 years in May 1905.
  
  The Ford Cemetery was also known as the Ford Roman Catholic Cemetery and the Liverpool Roman Catholic Cemetery in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , Merseyside, England.
  None of the graves in the following sections A, AD, B, BZ, S, SV or X have any headstones or markers as these sections are known as 'public' sections in which burials may be of unrelated persons in the same grave.
• Her husband Johannes ("John English") English died in 1926 in Liverpool, England.

Census

Note		Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power Id #20,342 (Principal) was at home on Census night; Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1881	1881	Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power Id #20,342 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at 3 Crouch Street, St. Domingo Close, Everton; Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Note 1881	1881	Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power Id #20,342 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881; Brigid is recorded as a ship baker's wife, husband absent at sea. We know that she has a cousin Edward O'Brien (#23020) born circa 1855 in Ireland. He may well be the son of an uncle who is a brother of her mother, Ellena O'Brien. Brigid also has a niece Mary Power (#23008) born about 1865 also in Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland. She may be the daughter of a brother of her father Thomas Power. Of course, Mary may be the wife of a nephew being the son of her husband Thomas Power's brother. Hard to say at this stage. Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1901	1901	Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power Id #20,342 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1901 at 24 Vienna Street, Everton; She is recorded as aged 49 at the time of the census Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1901	1901	Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power Id #20,342 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1901 at 24 Vienna Street, Everton, Liverpool; Her husbabd John was a ship's baker and often awat overseas but was listed at home on Census night 1901. Witness Role: Wife Original Documents, Source and Citations here2

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Citations

1. [S5940] Irish Catholic Registers 1655-1915
2. [S5972]

Biography

John Edward English

• Consanguinity: Great-uncle of Adrian John Snelson

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• Occupation: John Edward English was a ship's steward Elder Dempster Line.
• Birth: He was born in 1880 in Walton, Liverpool, England.
• Marriage: John Edward English and Flora Evans were married in 1904 in West Derby Registry Office, Liverpool.
• His daughter Flora Edith English was born on 6 December 1904 in Bootle, Liverpool.
• His mother Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power died about May 1905 in Liverpool, England.
• His son John Edward English was born on 12 June 1906 in Bootle, Liverpool.
• His son Harold Bertram English was born on 29 November 1910 in Bootle, Liverpool.
• Occupation: John Edward English was a and he is listed as a ship's chief pantry man in 1911.
• His son Malcolm English was born about 1914.
• His daughter Ella Victoria English was born on 27 March 1916.
• His son Malcolm English died on 28 May 1916.
• His daughter Gwenda English was born on 5 July 1918.
• His son Kenneth English was born in December 1921.
• His son Kenneth English died on 4 January 1922.
• His father Johannes ("John English") English died in 1926 in Liverpool, England.
• Occupation: John Edward English was a Sip's salon steward in 1939.
• Death: He died in December 1944, at age ~64, in Liverpool North, Lancashire, England.

Census

Census 1881	1881	John Edward English Id #20,343 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at 3 Crouch Street, St. Domingo Close, Everton; Witness Role: Son Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1901	1901	John Edward English Id #20,343 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1901 at 24 Vienna Street, Everton, Liverpool; He was a ship's baker and listed at home on Census night 1901. Witness Role: Son Original Documents, Source and Citations here1
Census 1911	1911	John Edward English Id #20,343 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1911 at Bootle, Liverpool; Principal Role Principal Role Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1921	1921	John Edward English Id #20,343 (Head of Household) was at home on Census night 1921 at Bootle, Liverpool. Also in the household that night were Flora Evans (wife), Flora Edith English (daughter), John Edward English (son), and Harold Bertram English (son) For search purposes, their Id numbers are respectively as follows :- Id #20,377, 23,756, 23,757, and 23,758 Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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Citations

1. [S5972]

Biography

Elizabeth English

• Consanguinity: Great-aunt of Adrian John Snelson

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• Birth: Elizabeth English was born on 11 March 1877 in Liverpool, England.
• Baptism: She was baptised on 18 March 1877 in St Alban's RC Church, Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
• Her mother Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power died about May 1905 in Liverpool, England.
• Her father Johannes ("John English") English died in 1926 in Liverpool, England.

Census

Census 1881	1881	Elizabeth English Id #20,344 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at 3 Crouch Street, St. Domingo Close, Everton; Witness Role: Daughter Original Documents, Source and Citations here
Census 1911	1911	Elizabeth English Id #20,344 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1911 at 38 Whitcroft Road, Liverpool; Witness Role: Sister-in-Law Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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Maria Brigida English

• Consanguinity: Great-aunt of Adrian John Snelson

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• Birth: Maria Brigida English was born in 1871 in Dungarvan, Waterford & Lismore, Ireland.
• Baptism: She was baptised on 27 November 1871 in Dungarvan, Waterford & Lismore, Ireland, It looks to me like the godparents might be John Flynn and Catherine Power.
• Her mother Brigida ("Bridget Power") Power died about May 1905 in Liverpool, England.
• Marriage: Maria Brigida English and John Felix ("Jules") Monnier were married in 1921 in West Derby, Liverpool, Maria was 50 years old when she married Jules Felix Monnier.
• Her father Johannes ("John English") English died in 1926 in Liverpool, England.
• Residence: She resided at 10 Granville Road in Crosby, Liverpool, in 1939 The entry in the 1939 Census says that she was born in 1879.
• Death: She died about December 1953 in Crosby, Liverpool, England.
• Her husband John Felix ("Jules") Monnier died in 1957 in Crosby, Liverpool, England.

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Census 1881

1881

Maria Brigida English Id #20,345 (Principal) was at home on Census night 1881 at 3 Crouch Street, St. Domingo Close, Everton; Witness Role: Daughter Original Documents, Source and Citations here

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Maude Kennedy

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• Name: Maude Kennedy was also known as Maud Roby.
• Birth: She was born in 1879 in Everton.
• Marriage: Maude Kennedy and Albert Ernest Roby were married on 26 December 1899 in West Derby.
• Her daughter Evelyn Maude Roby was born on 12 August 1900 in Liverpool, England.
• Her daughter Ivy Roby was born on 9 August 1901 in Liverpool, England.
• Her daughter Madeline Jessie Roby was born on 30 March 1904 in Liverpool, England.
• Her son Eric Ernest Roby was born on 20 January 1907 in Liverpool, England.
• Resident: Maude Kennedy resided with Albert Ernest Roby at Lees, Mossley, Lancashire, in 35 Belmont Street in 1931.
• Death: She died about July 1937.
• Her husband Albert Ernest Roby died on 8 May 1962 in Greenwich, London.

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Edwin Simpson

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• Birth: Edwin Simpson was born on 20 May 1863 in Lincoln, England.
• Occupation: He was a joiner in 1891.
• Residence: He resided at 1 Lower Sleaford Road, Newark-on-Trent, in 1891.
• Marriage: Edwin Simpson and Ann "Annie" Roby were married on 21 October 1891 in Christ Church, Kensington, Liverpool, Her address is given as 72 Leopold Road (Liverpool) in 1891. Further, witnesses were Ann's brother Fred Forster Roby and her elder sister Mary Ellen Roby. Note that Fred writes "Forster".
• His son Ernest Edwin Simpson was born in 1893.
• His daughter Ethel Roby Simpson was born in 1896.
• His daughter Ethel Roby Simpson died in 1898.
• His son Frank Simpson was born in 1911.
• Death: Edwin Simpson died on 5 January 1940, at age 76, at 22 Bowbridge Road, Newark, in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• Burial: Edwin's remains were buried on 8 January 1940 in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
• Probate: The estate of Edwin Simpson and Ann "Annie" Roby were probated on 6 March 1940 Probate was granted to Samuel Croft Alletson a retired railway surveyors assistant, in the sum of £135 10s 1d.
• His wife Ann "Annie" Roby died about 1 June 1944 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Ernest Edwin Simpson

• Consanguinity: 1st cousin 1 time removed of Adrian John Snelson

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• Marriage: Ernest Edwin Simpson and Kate Seymour were married.
• Occupation: He was a Solicitor.
• Birth: He was born in 1893.
• Marriage: Ernest Edwin Simpson and Alice Covill were married in 1917 in Newark, Nottinghamshire.
• His son Ernest Henry Simpson was born in 1921.
• His son Kenneth Simpson was born in 1925.
• His father Edwin Simpson died on 5 January 1940 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• His son Kenneth Simpson died in 1944.
• His mother Ann "Annie" Roby died about 1 June 1944 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• His wife Alice Covill died on 25 November 1955 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• His wife Kate Seymour died in 1970.
• Death: Ernest Edwin Simpson died in 1976, at age ~83.

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Ethel Roby Simpson

• Consanguinity: 1st cousin 1 time removed of Adrian John Snelson

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• Birth: Ethel Roby Simpson was born in 1896.
• Death: She died in 1898, at age ~2.
• Her father Edwin Simpson died on 5 January 1940 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• Her mother Ann "Annie" Roby died about 1 June 1944 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.

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Frank Simpson

• Consanguinity: 1st cousin 1 time removed of Adrian John Snelson

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• Birth: Frank Simpson was born in 1911.
• His father Edwin Simpson died on 5 January 1940 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• His mother Ann "Annie" Roby died about 1 June 1944 in Newark, Nottinghamshire, England.
• Death: Frank Simpson died in 1984, at age ~73.

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