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ID:128

Mary Bird (Snape)1841-1915 

 

 

Relationship:

Lisa’s 3rd Great Grandmother

 

 

 

 

 

 

Birth:

1841 Whittington, Staffordshire,

 

 

Death:

1915 Brownhills

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mother:

Elizabeth Proffit 1803- /ID:1062

 

 

Father:

Thomas Bird 1803- /ID:1058

 

 

Siblings:

Charles Bird (b.1825) /ID:1061

 

 

 

Joseph Bird (b.1828)/ID:1400

 

 

 

Thomas Bird (b.1831) /ID:1060

 

 

 

Samuel Bird (b.1834)/ID:1402

 

 

 

Sarah Bird (b.1834) /ID:1401

 

 

 

Jane Bird (b.1837) /ID:1059

 

 

 

Harriet Bird (b.1839) /ID:127

 

 

 

Mary Bird (b.1841) /ID:128

 

 

 

 

 

 

Spouse:

William Snape 1839-1899 /ID:678

 

 

Children:

Sarah Snape 1863– /ID:677

 

 

 

Eliza Snape 1865– /ID:667

 

 

 

James Snape 1868–1873 /ID:672

 

 

 

Clara Snape 1870– /ID:666

 

 

 

William Snape 1872– /ID:679

 

 

 

George Snape 1876– /ID:669

 

 

 

Anna Maria Snape 1877– /ID:665

 

 

 

Joseph Snape 1880– /ID:673

 

 

 

Ellen Snape 1881– /ID:668

 

 

 

+ 5 others as yet unknown who died before 1911

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1841

17 October 1841 - Baptism of daughter, Mary Bird, at St Giles, Whittington, Staffordshire.

 

 

 

 

1851

1851 Census for 'Huddlesford, Whittington, Staffordshire'

Name                

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation         

Thomas Bird     

Head    

48      

1803    

Male    

Streethay,Staffs     

Agricultural Labourer

Elizabeth Bird

Wife

48

1803

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

Charles Bird

Son

25

1826

Male

Whittington, Staffs

Agricultural Labourer

Jane Bird

Sons Wife

21

1830

Female

Greasley, Derbyshire

 

Harriet Bird

Daughter

11

1840

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

Mary Bird

Daughter

9

1842

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

 

 

1861

28th Jan 1861 - Marriage of Mary Bird and  William Snape at St James Church,  Ogley Hay , Brownhills on . Marys age on the registry is 21, which is not unusual for couples to state at their marriage at that time as it avoided any legalities.

 

 

1861

1861 Census for 'Burntwood Road, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name             

Relationship

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation    

William Snape

Head        

Married   

22      

1839    

Male    

Shenstone, Staffs   

Coal Miner     

Mary Snape

Wife

Married

19

1842

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

 

 

 

1863

William and Mary had their first child Sarah in Ogley Hay on 15th December 1863 . She was baptised at Ogley Hay on 10th January 1864.

 

 

1865

The couples daughter, Eliza was born in 1865. We have two records for Eliza's christening/baptism in Ogley Hay. This could be a transcription error on one of the records.

 

 

 

 

 

1867

Son James was born in 1867 and was baptised at Ogley Hay, Brownhills.

 


1870

Daughter Clara was born on 23 Aug 1870 and baptised at Ogley Hay on 11 September 1870

 

 

 

 

1871

1871 Census for 'Burntwood Road, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name     

Relationship

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation    

William Snape

Head        

Married   

32      

1839    

Male    

Stonnall, Staffs   

Coal Miner      

Mary Snape

Wife

Married

29

1842

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

Sarah Snape

Daughter

 

7

1864

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

Scholar

Eliza Snape

Daughter

 

5

1866

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

Scholar

James Snape

Son

 

3

1868

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

Clara Snape

Daughter

 

3 mths

1871

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

 

 

 

1872

Son William was born on 13 September 1872 and baptised on 23rd May 1873 at Ogley Hay.

 

 

Sadly, we believe son James passed away in 1873.

 

 

1876

Son George was born in 1876 and was baptised on 26th March 1876 at Ogley Hay.

 

 

 

1877

Mary and Williams daughter Annie Maria was born in late 1877 and was baptised on 3rd December in Ogley Hay .

 

 

 

 

1879

Spring 1879 - Birth of Joseph Snape in Ogley Hay, Staffordshire

 

1st June 1879 - Baptism of Joseph Snape in Ogley Hay, Staffordshire

 

 

1881

Daughter ,Ellen Snape was born in early 1881 and baptised on 12 January 1881 at Ogley Hay.

 

 

 

1881

1881 Census for 'Norton Boundary (now known as Brownhills West), Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name                

Relationship

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County         

Occupation   

Richard Snape        

Head       

Widower  

92      

1789    

Male    

Yoxall, Staffs         

Wheelwright

William Snape

Head

Married

42

1839

Male

Stonnall, Staffs

Coal Miner

Mary Snape

Wife

Married

39

1842

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

(Clara) Sarah Snape

Daughter

 

10

1871

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

William Snape

Son

 

8

1873

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

George Snape

Son

 

5

1876

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

Hannah Snape

Daughter

 

3

1878

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

Joseph Snape

Son

 

1

1880

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

Ellen Snape

Daughter

 

11mths

1880

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

 

 

 

1891

1891 Census for 'Ogley Square, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name                

Relationship

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County   

Occupation         

William Snape         

Head       

Married   

52

1839     

Male    

Stonnall, Staffs       

Coal Miner

Mary Snape

Wife

Married

49

1842

Female

Whittington, Staffs

 

William Snape

Son

 

19

1872

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

Coal Miner

George Snape

Son

 

15

1876

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

Coal Miner

Anna Maria Snape

Daughter

 

13

1878

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

Joseph Snape

Son

 

12

1879

Male

Brownhills, Staffs

 

Ellen Snape

Daughter

 

10      

1881

Female

Brownhills, Staffs

 

 

 

 

Mary husband William, passed away in 1899.

 

 

1901

1901 Census for 'Ogley Square, Ogley Hay, Staffordshire'

Name                

Relationship     

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender

Birth County         

Occupation         

Mary Snape           

Head       

Widowed

59      

1842    

Female  

Whittington, Staffs   

Grocer Shopkeeper

George Snape

Son

Married

25

1876

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

Coal Miner Loader

Martha Snape

Daughter (in-law)

Married

25

1876

Female

Manchester, Lancs

 

Daisy Snape

(Grand)Daughter

 

2

1899

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

George Snape

(Grand)Son

 

7 mths

1900

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

Joseph Snape

Son

Unmarr

21

1880

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs

Coal Miner Loader

Sarah Jane Kingston

Visitor

 

21

1880

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

 

 

1911

1911 Census for 'High Street, Brownhills, Staffordshire'

Name          

Relationship  

Status     

Age    

Est YOB

Gender  

Birth County     

Occupation      

Mary Snape    

Head           

Widowed 

69      

1842    

Female 

Whittington, Staffs  

 

William Snape

Son

Single

38

1873

Male

Ogley Hay, Staffs    

Miner             

Ellen Snape

Daughter

Single

30

1881

Female

Ogley Hay, Staffs

 

 

 

1915

Mary passed away in Spring 1915. Her death was registered in Lichfield.