What happened to Mary?

[toni*]

Steve you would have to ask though who gave the information to the enumarator and did they know her p.o.b?

is there another Mary that could be the one married to Richard Ord?

is Whearmley any where near where she was born?
 

[angelfish58]

There's a marriage for a Mary Ann Snowball to a Thomas Davison SeptQ1842 Hexham 25 243. In 1851 there's a Thomas & Mary Davison (Mary b 1820 Ovingham) living in Shincliffe  HO107 piece 2391 folio 318 page 34. Thomas is a colliery viewer. Might be worth an e-mail to the local Register Office to eliminate it if nothing else.


Sorry, should add Thomas is one of the men listed but the above couple seem a possible match.

*edited Not the couple in 1851. Found a newspaper announcement of the marriage of Thomas Davison colliery viewer to a Mary Ann Fairbridge in South Shields

[JenB]

The Mary Snowball who married Richard Ord (a tailor) was given on the 1851 Census as living in Hexham and
aged 30, so the birth date would be about right but place of birth given as Whearmley. Where is that? I've Googled and can't find this place, so assume it's a transcription error recorded 'as heard', so there may have been some confusion over spelling. Then again, it might be known locally.

This Mary's place of birth in the 1861 census is given as Warden, which is here http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map.srf?X=391500&Y=566500&A=Y&Z=120
Pan a little left and you'll see Wharmley, just to the north of the A69 (and a stone's throw from where I live )

Your Mary was born at Harlow Hill, Ovingham which is some 12 miles to the east.

[JenB]

Wharmley is not Mary's place of birth, however, so now at least it's totally eliminated the 'marriage to Richard Ord' theory.

The final nail in the coffin of this one is that her father, Thomas Snowball, is with the family in 1861 

[ssnowball]

Hi Jen

Thanks for the final nail in that coffin! Useful to have some verification, to avoid another potential red herring! (and further certficate costs!!)

Steve

[esnowball]

Hi Steve -- I'm married to the South African branch of the SNOWBALL family-- descendants of James SNOWBALL (Whickham Colliery & Firebricks Works). I do have some info but there are many gaps. Would you be able to help me?
Thanks Eileen

[ssnowball]

Hi Eileen

Good to hear from you. I would be very happy to help you in your research. I have lots of information on James Snowball and the descendants of his family and the Snowballs generally. Probably best to use the PM board and I can then give you email details etc and send over any photos, documents etc. as attachments.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards

Steve

[toni*]

Hi Eileen you cannot use the Private Message System until you have 3 posts on the main boards so 2 to go 

[ssnowball]

With a chance visit to the Findmypast site last night, I discovered in the Parish Records Collection 1538- 2005 Marriages section a marriage of Mary Snowball to William Gray on 18 February 1837 in Ovingham.

As the Mary Snowball I'm trying to get a fix on was born at Harlow Hill, just outside of Ovingham and was born in 1820, the record 'tallied' with a possible marriage of Mary Snowball at the age of 17 years, at Ovingham's St. Mary the Virgin Parish Church, (although I felt I had already covered any possible marriage in my earlier quests!).

I checked with the Ovingham'church transcripts on GENUKI and found this marriage as between a Mary Swalwell and William Gray, not Mary Snowball. Clearly a discrepancy, so I emailed the findmypast team. They are unable to check these records, as the data is being provided by a third party, which in this instance is the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society, who have transcribed the information that is contained within the Findmypast parish registers for this area and subsequently I have been advised to contact them directly.

I was wondering if there anyone reading this post who is able to check this information for me or has access to the 'correct' data? Once again, any help gratefully received.

Steve