Albert Edward Snowball - help required

[cath151]

Hi,
 Could he have emigrated ? There is a result for an Albert E Snowball on the Australia passenger lists on A*******, I do not have a full subscription so could nt see details, but it is possible to pay per view.
 Best wishes
 Cathy 

[ssnowball]

Hi Cathy

Which site were you on for this info?
Was it Find My Past?

Regards

Steve

[cath151]

Hi,
Ancestry.co
 Cathy

[Preshous]

Hi Steve

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Gary

[ssnowball]

Hi Cathy

I think you might well have cracked it. We'll see but I have done a quick pay- as- you- go on Ancestry (my subscription didn't cover Passenger lists to Australia) and there he is!

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Now interestingly, in 1923, his neice (Albert's brother's daughter) emmigrated to Adelaide also, when she was 30.
Her name was Gertrude Adelaide Snowball (possibly named after her uncle's place of residence?). Gertrude eventually married and lived there until her death in 1956.

I'll continue with this very interesting link.

Many thanks

Steve

[Valda]

Hi

The Victoria Birth, Marriages and Deaths website

http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/CA2574F700805DE7/page/Historical+research-Search+historical+indexes?OpenDocument&1=60-Historical+research~&2=10-Search+historical+indexes~&3=~

Regards

Valda

[ssnowball]

Thanks Valda and Cathy and Gary

This is nearly the end of searching for my elusive great great Uncle Albert and after only a couple of days since posting on this site.

Albert Edward Snowball emmigrated to Sydney in 1885, aged 22 and thanks to the site recommended by Valda, I have now found his wedding to Dorothy May Riley in Colac, Victoria in 1916.

Thanks everyone

Steve

 

[lynt_1]

Hi Steve,
I have just come across this thread. The Dorothy May Riley mentioned above is my 1C1R so Albert Edward Snowball is in my family tree. I have his parents listed as Richard Snowball & Sarah Collier from his death information Colac, Victoria 1967. Dorothy was born 1898 so he would have been 35 years older than her and 104 when he died. Is this correct?
Lyn

[ssnowball]

Hi Lyn
Thanks for contacting. Ironically, I have come across this possible stumbling block only last week!
Another personal family website suggested that the Albert Edward Snowball that married Dorothy May Riley was a totally different person from mine. Now what's the chances of that happening, with a name like that?

Richard Snowball and Sarah Collier are not connected to my tree but the death information does certainly verify that the Albert Edward Snowball who died in 1967 is not my chap. I have always been a bit sceptical of the age difference between him and his 'wife', Dorothy, that you have pointed out and Albert's age at death( if he were my relative) at 104 years, did seem excessive but of course, not impossible!

It's all led me to the belief that the Albert Edward Snowball from my family has at least reached Australia (verified by the passenger lists) but from here his whereabouts are as perplexing as ever. Back to the drawing board I fear! Thanks for the input and sorry for the confusion.
Steve