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Hello

Can someone give me info on the following persons please!

This info is taken fron 1881 Census.
Snowdon; Dorothy 48 Farmer 230acres Durham 1833 Hylton Durham.

Her husband died in 1877 his name John Snowdon bc1830 Hedworth Durham.

I need to know what their home address was and if they had children.

Thank you. Linda.

But the 1881 census gives the address and a load of children:

1881 England Census
about Dorothy Snowdon Name: Dorothy Snowdon
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Hylton, Durham, England

Civil Parish: Stranton
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street Address: Low Tunstall Farm
Condition as to marriage: Windower (Widower)
Education:

Employment status: View Image
Occupation: Farmer 230 Acres

Registration District: Hartlepool
Sub-registration District: Hartlepool
ED, institution, or vessel: 44
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4912
Folio: 3
Page Number: 4
Household Members: Name Age
Dorothy Snowdon 48
Dorothy Snowdon 23
Isabella Snowdon 22
John Snowdon 20
Robert Snowdon 19
Sarah Snowdon 15
William J. Snowdon 14
Hugh N. Snowdon 13
Septemus Snowdon 11
Elizabeth Snowdon 8
Dorothy Brewis 1
John Young 19
Sarah Cliffe 18
James Hard 14

The Snowdons are all her children, all unmarried. Dorothy Brewis is her grandaughter. The other 2 are servants.

Margee

Thank you for the following info
I cannot seem to find the 1881 cencus (freesearch)
I seem to keep getting Ancestry which I don`t have.

Thanks Linda.

Hi Linda,

In 1881 Dorothy lived at Low Tunstall Farm.
She farmed 230 acres

1881 England Census about Dorothy Snowdon
Name: Dorothy Snowdon
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Hylton, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Stranton
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address: Low Tunstall Farm
Condition as to marriage: Windower (Widower)

Occupation: Farmer 230 Acres
Registration District: Hartlepool
Sub-registration District: Hartlepool
ED, institution, or vessel: 44
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4912
Folio: 3
Page Number: 4
Household Members:
Name Age
Dorothy Snowdon 48
Dorothy Snowdon 23
Isabella Snowdon 22
John Snowdon 20
Robert Snowdon 19
Sarah Snowdon 15
William J. Snowdon 14
Hugh N. Snowdon 13
Septemus Snowdon 11
Elizabeth Snowdon 8
Dorothy Brewis 1
John Young 19
Sarah Cliffe 18
James Hard 14

Everyone else called Snowdon was a child and 1yr old Dorothy Brewis was a grand daughter.
All others were sevants

Same address at 1871

Name Age
John Snowden 42
Dorothy Snowden 38
Annie Snowden 16
Mary Snowden 15
Dorothy Snowden 13
Isabella Snowden 12
John Snowden 11
Robert Snowden 10
Sarah Snowden 6
Thomas Snowden 4
Hugh N Snowden 3
Septimus Snowden 1
Margaret Pabtison 16
George Davison 23
Henry Jamieson 12

at 1861, no farm name given and shows simply as Sherburn, Durham

John Snowdon 33
Dorothy Snowdon 27
Anne Snowdon 6
Mary Snowdon 5
Dorothy Snowdon 3
Isabella Snowdon 2
John Snowdon 1
Elenor Richardson 22
Thos Johnson 20
Rulph Pyle 20

Glasgowlass
thank you for the above information!

Can you tell me how to get 1881 census please!
:-D

Hi Linda..

You will find the 1881 census on https://www.familysearch.org/

The family you are looking for is.... https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X3R6-FVN

Linda

from the 1881 Census ..............

Name: Dorothy Brewis
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Waldrage, Durham, England

Civil Parish: Stranton
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street Address: Low Tunstall Farm


obviously a child of a daughter of the Snowdon family


????????


Marriages Dec 1878 (>99%)

BREWIS James Hartlepool 10a
SNOWDON Annie Hartlepool 10a 158


and it looks from the censuses that Annie was the Snowdon's eldest child.

Don't know if you have this.


England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about John Snowdon
Name: John Snowdon
Probate Date: 24 Jan 1874
Death Date: 24 Nov 1873
Death Place: Durham, England
Registry: Durham, England

John Snow 7th July. The Will of John Snowdon late of Tunstall Hall in the county of Durham Farmer who died 5th April 1874 at Tunstall Hall was proved at Durham by John Maugham Snowdonof Washington in the said county of and John Rowe of Felling near Gateshead in the countyFarmers the Executors.

Effects under £5,000.


His death.


England & Wales, FreeBMD Death Index, 1837-1915 about John Snowdon
Name: John Snowdon
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1828
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1873***************************
Age at Death: 45
Registration District: Durham
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 246

Brewis:

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915 about Dorothy Snowdon Brewis
Name: Dorothy Snowdon Brewis
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1902
Registration District: Chester le Street
Inferred County: Durham
Volume: 10a
Page: 436

Living with her grandmother, Dorothy Snowdon at 1881 (above)

1891
Name: Dorothy S Brewis
Age: 11
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: James Brewis
Mother's Name: Annie Brewis
Gender: Female
Where born: Waldridge, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Waldridge
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary and St Cuthbert
Town: Waldridge
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address:
Registration District: Chester Le Street
Sub-registration District: Chester le Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 13
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4120
Folio: 125
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
James Brewis 41
Annie Brewis 36
Dorothy S Brewis 11
Robert Brewis 10
John S Brewis 8
Thomas A Brewis 6
Mary M Brewis 5
William Brewis 3
Annie Brewis 6/12
Sarah White 22
Sarah Potter 13
William J Travis 18
Charles Oliver 12

1901 England Census about Dorothy S Brewis
Name: Dorothy S Brewis
Age: 21
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1880
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: James Brewis
Mother's Name: Annie Brewis
Gender: Female
Where born: Waldridge, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Waldridge
Ecclesiastical parish: Chester le Street
Town: Waldridge
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Registration District: Chester Le Street
Sub-registration District: Chester le Street
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Schedule Number: 1
Piece: 4700
Folio: 108
Page Number: 1
Household Members:
Name Age
James Brewis 51
Annie Brewis 46
Dorothy S Brewis 21
Robert Brewis 20
Thomas A Brewis 16
Mary M Brewis 15
William Brewis 14
Annie Brewis 10
Septimus Brewis 9
Cetanus J Brewis 8
Hugh M Brewis 3
John W Waugh 16
Ann Lamonby 19

Not with her parents at 1911
1911 England Census about Annie Brewis
Name: Annie Brewis
Age in 1911: 56
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Sherburn, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Ouston Harraton
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address: Ouston Springs Bertley So
Marital Status: Married
Registration District: Chester le Street
Registration District Number: 554
Sub-registration District: Harraton
ED, institution, or vessel: 10
Piece: 30127
Household Members:
Name Age
James Brewis 61
Annie Brewis 56
Robert Brewis 30
John Snowdon Brewis 28
Mary William Brewis 25
William Brewis 23
Annie Brewis 20
Septimus Brewis 19
James Octavies 17
Hugh Maughan 13
Annie Balman 7
Stanley Warham 14

England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966 about Dorothy Snowdon
Name: Dorothy Snowdon
Probate Date: 6 Jul 1898
Death Date: 23 Apr 1898
Death Place: Durham, England
Registry: Durham, England

Dorothy Snowdon of Wellfield Farm Wellfield in the county of Durham widow who died 23rd April 1898 Probate Durham 6 July to John Maughan Snowdon farmer and John Suggitt land-agent and John Snowdon farmer.

Effects £8245. 17s. 9d.

Probate info found by Mel looks right.
By 1891 Dorothty had moved from Low Tunstall farm to Wellfield Farm:

1891 England Census about Dorothy Snowdon
Name: Dorothy Snowdon
Age: 58
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1833
Relation: Head
Gender: Female
Where born: Hylton, Durham, England
Civil Parish: Castle Eden
Ecclesiastical parish: Murton Colliery St James
Town: Castle Eden
County/Island: Durham
Country: England
Street Address:

Occupation:
Registration District: Easington
Sub-registration District: Easington
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 4107
Folio: 57
Page Number: 19
Household Members:
Name Age
Dorothy Snowdon 58
Isabella Snowdon 26
Robert Snowdon 27
Thomas W Snowdon 26
Hugh N Snowdon 23
Sephmus Snowdon 21
Elizabeth Snowdon 18
Elizabeth J Sunderland 17

WOW

Thank you all for all the above information I am truly grateful.

:-D that will keep me busy for a while

Regards Linda.