The world-famous SNOOKs of Lymington

[B.E.]

Well, if the 1861 census is correct in having William SNOOK (new spelling!) aged 67, then it would appear unlikely that he's actually William Fielder, baptised in 1898, whose mother became a SNOOK by marriage.

Maybe he was the offspring of George SNOOK's first marriage? If so, who was George's first wife? You're right, I need a registered baptism around 1794 for William SNOOK. Or a marriage between George SNOOK and Miss X.

[dee-jay]

Once again, the last 10 minutes of 4 hours' research revealed clues I wasn't able to pursue tonight!  Beaulieu Baptisms & Burials 1783-1802 unexpectedly 'coughed up' the baptism of Hannah, dau of George & Mary SNOOK, on 14 Apr 1799, as I was about to abandon research for the day.  With only a few minutes to go before HRO closure, I found the Beaulieu Banns of Marriage of George SNOOK otp and Mary TRIPPUP [!] of Fawley called on 23 & 30 July and 06 Aug 1786.  If I get an opportunity to return to HRO this week I'll see if I can locate the marriage, but I found no trace of William SNOOK's baptism in the 1783-1802 Beaulieu register.

The abode recorded for burial of George SNOOK 68 on 14 Oct 1826 was 'near Beaulieu Rails'.  I also extracted a few other SNOOK burials from the Beaulieu Register 1813-1895 which I'll type-up in the next day or so if you need them? 

Update 17 Nov 2007:
Beaulieu Marriages by Banns
29 Aug 1786 George SNOOK (x) otp/Mary TRIPUP (x) of Fawley
Witnesses:  John WESTBROOK (sgd);  Ann WHITE (sgd)

14 Nov 1806 John BUNDEY (sgd) bachelor otp/Sarah SNOOK (x)
Witnesses:  James BUNDEY (sgd);  Urior MOTT (sgd)

[B.E.(again)]

I'm liking the sound of Miss Tripup potentially as George's first wife and the mother of William, b.1798. Any more where that came from? Like dozens more kids from the same stable? Mary's DOB? George's parents?

[PS. This is B.E. resurrected - I lost my password and original email address so had to re-register!]

[Lesanne]

Hello BE again....
    Just a quick note to say I found SNOOK's buried in Sunninghill, Berks.
St Micheal and All Saints on the edge of the Windsor estate.
Lesanne.

[B.E.(again)]

I haven't come across any Sunninghill Snooks in my travels yet - it's bit of a leap from Beaulieu Rails to the commuter belt! Though I guess poaching from Windsor Great Park is pretty much the same as doing it in the New Forest.

But then there are so many of 'em!

What era are we talking about?

[Lesanne]

I was rummaging about in the old part... abt 1700 -1850 ish.

There was a migration over to Middx/Berks from the west country. I also have a SNOOK will, downloaded, a Sarah, Richard named, I think from memory.... 

I'll take a look later and get it to you.

Lesanne

[dee-jay]

This is B.E. resurrected -

  B***** 'E**!  Thought you'd left the planet!  I did check periodically to see if you'd been back online, and I'm relieved to know you'd not received a call to a higher place!

These are the extracts from Beaulieu Burials 1813-1895:
No  836 25 Apr 1849 Ann SNOOK 52 Furzy Lodge
No  889 30 Nov 1851 Charlotte SNOOK 2 yrs Lymington
No 1076 15 Dec 1861 Walter SNOOK 27 Bucklers Hard
No 1116 14 Feb 1864 William SNOOK 70 Furzey Lodge
No 1439 18 Jan 1883 Ann SNOOK 79 NF Union Totton
No 1452 01 Jan 1884 Gilbert Walter SNOOK 9 mos Culverley Ex-parochial
No 1563 26 May 1892 Robert James SNOOK 16 mos Bucklers Hard

If anyone wants the FIELDER extracts from similar period, please send me a PM.

[B.E.(again)]

Now why would I want to leave the planet while you're still coming up with gold dust like this??

I think William and Ann (nee Picket) who croaked at Furzey Lodge are definitely mine - I certainly didn't have Ann's demise recorded previously.

Charlotte might be too, though it doesn't tally 100%. In the 1851 census, Henry Snook (son of William and Ann above) was living in Bath Rd, Lymington with his wife and children, Elizabeth Ann (2) and Charlotte ("baby"). I'd recorded that Charlotte died in 1851, but I assumed she hadn't reached her first birthday. I don't have a baptism record for her so if she was less than 12 months old at census time a November death might get her to 18 months old.  Any thoughts? When exactly was "Census Night" in 1851? What generally constituted "baby" status?

I think the Bucklers Hard pair are related to my wife's blood-line, but that branch of the family doesn't come into the picture for me again until around 1900 - and only peripherally so then.

I don't know where the other two come from.

But thanks! Keep 'em coming!

[B.E.(again)]

Sorry, just had another look at the 1851 census info and spotted that Charlotte was 1, not "baby". Can't remember now where I got that from!

So yes, she may well have been 2 by November 1851.

I've forgotten the relationship between Beaulieu, Boldre and Lymington.  I know where they are geographically, but why does there seem such a bewildering interchange of locations on official documents? Was Lymington "under" Beaulieu, for instance?