Liverpool & South West Lancashire FHS - Forum

I am new to this Forum. I am from Boston Massachusetts USA. My Great Grandmother was born in Liverpool in 1873. Mary Elizabeth Snow, b. 1873 on Carlton Street, to William Snow and Mary Davis. She was baptized at St. Augustine Parish in Jan of 1874.
William Snow and Mary Davis Snow had the following children
1871-Margarita Snow baptized St. Augustine Parish
1875 Charles Snow baptized at Our Lady of Reconciliation Parish
1877 William Snow baptized at St. Augustine Parish
1883 Agnes Snow baptized at St. Mary's
I have only found 2 census records for this family. The 1871 census has Mary Snow living with her father Patrick Davis and siblings on Carlton Street. She is listed as being a seamans wife. In 1891, Mary Snow is living with her daughter Agnes on Trueman Street. She is listed as a charwomen. Her age is older that what is should, but I believe it is her. Her daughter Mary Elizabeth Snow has an address of Trueman Street on her 1895 marriage record from Holy Cross Parish. I am hoping to located them on a census for 1881. Any Help will be greatly appreciated.

Jeanne

Hi Jeanne and welcome,

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Name:
Margaret Snow, Carlton St.

Birth Year:
abt 1871
Age:
6/12
Death Year:
abt 1872
Burial Date:
5 May 1872
Parish:
Ford Cemetery, Lancashire, England

Hi and welcome to the forum.

I hope some of us might be able to help, but to give some vital information here is the 1871 census
3 Ct 4 House Carlton Street, (St Martin area)
Patrick Davis Head W 45 Tailor Ireland
Mary Snow daur M 28 Seaman's Wife Ireland
Charles Davis son unm 19 Boilermaker Liverpool
Elizabeth Davis daur unm 16 Scholar Liverpool
RG10; Piece: 3764; Folio: 22; Page: 36

Hopefully, unless the 1891 census contradicts it, this establishes that she was born about 1843 in Ireland.

Thanks for the information

If we accept that the entry for Trueman Street is your Mary and Agnes, and because of the marriage of Mary Elizabeth, I would agree it is them albeit incorrectly enumerated for her age at least, I think it worthwhile to give the details here as Mary's birthplace contradicts the 1881 census.

Trueman Street (Dale Street)
John Mooney Head M 44 Painter Ireland
Ann Wife 34 Liverpool
Mary Snow Aunt Wid 64 Charwoman Liverpool
Agnes cousin 6 Scholar Liverpool
RG12; Piece: 2907; Folio: 37; Page: 6

Mary's sister Elizabeth Davis appears to still be single in 1877 when she was godmother for William. Do you know who she married and when?

Bertieone wrote:Hi Jeanne and welcome,
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Name: Margaret Snow, Carlton St.
Birth Year: abt 1871
Age: 6/12
Death Year: abt 1872
Burial Date: 5 May 1872
Parish: Ford Cemetery, Lancashire, England

And this child?
Deaths Dec 1877: SNOW, William [0] Liverpool 8b 43
Might explain why the birth does not appear to have been registered.

The parents' marriage?
Marriages Mar 1871: Snow, William and Davis, Mary - W. Derby 8b 669

In 1861 Mary is not in the Davis family home...
Patrick Davis Head 40 1821 Sailor, tailor - Ireland
Margaret Davis Wife 35 1826 - Ireland
Charles Davis Son 9 1852 Scholar - Liverpool, Lancashire
Elizabeth Davis Dtr 6 1855 Scholar - Liverpool, Lancashire

Haven't found a match for either Patrick or Margaret Davis in 1851 yet so I am persuaded that they arrived in Liverpool after the census and daughter Mary was born in Ireland.