Walter William Snow of Leicester

[snowfall]

Hello,
My first ever post!!!  Took me a long time to find this page and hope I will be able to find any replies!  If I am lucky enough to get some!

My request for assistance is for a friend Albert Snow whose father Walter Snow left the marriage when  Albert was a baby.  It has been very difficult finding anything that makes sense but we are thinking that Walter Snow who died in Hamilton, ON, Canada on 28 Nov 1971, may have been born in Leicester about 1903 to another Walter Snow and unknown mother's name.

This is a bit of a stretch from the 1911 Census of Canada and have no real  proof so am wondering if there might be some parish records for us to check without having to pay a professional?
Thanks for any help.
Al

[CaroleW]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat

There are 2 births in Leicester on freebmd

Births September qtr 1901   
Walter  Snow  Leicester  7a 206   

Births September qtr 1904   
Walter Edward Snow     Leicester  7a 229

Can you rule out the Walter Edward?

This is the only Walter Snow marriage in Leicester

Marriages June qtr 1904 
Walter Snow   Leicester  7a 547 to either Kate Pick or Matilda Deborah Mudford

[CaroleW]

The free 1911 index has a 9yr old Walter Snow living in Leics but if you have a Walter Snow on the Canadian 1911 - it can't be this one

Manipulation of the 1911 index shows likely parents as Walter and Amelia

[keyboard86]

Hi and welcome to Rootschat, just in case these are your Snow's:-

On the 27th August 1909 a "Mrs" Snow aged 30 departed Liverpool for Quebec on the Empress of Britain with a Walter Snow aged 4 and a George Snow aged 2
Keyboard86

[snowfall]

Thanks so much.  I was aware of the passenger list and it makes sense that these are the Snow's on the 1911 Census in Brantford, ON.  Our problem is connecting the Walter Snow from there to Albert.  The funeral home is throwing us off because they have a birthdate of 12 Aug 1905.  So either Walter Snow wanted to shave a couple of years off his age for some reason or he just didn't know.  And unfortunatley we don't know from the census if it actually was a Leicester birth.  My reason for looking that way was because the elder Walter on the Brantford census, joined the Canadian Army and the paper shows his birthplace as Leicester.  I have searched long and hard and there are no other records of Walter Snow's in Canada with a father named Walter.  Or even any born about 1903-5 for that matter!

[CaroleW]

This entry fits with the date of birth August 1905 - Blaby is in Leics but no middle name

Births September qtr 1905 
Walter Snow  Blaby  7a 30

It wasn't found earlier as you said birthyear was around 1903 so I only searched 1901-1904

may have been born in Leicester about 1903

[snowfall]

Thanks again.  Is there any way of finding out if the Blaby birth is from the elder Walter and Matilda Mudford?
Al

[CaroleW]

There is no online baptism and no 1911 entry so the only way seems to be by purchasing the birth cert

The 1904 marriage has 2 possible spouses.  Can we have the 1911 census details please - presumably it shows a mothers christian name?

[snowfall]

There is not a maiden name on the Census.  It shows the following:
Snow, Walter, male, Head, married, birth Apr 1875, age 36, birthplace England, profession laborer;
Snow, Matilda, female, Wife, married, birth Feb 1881, age 30, birthplace England;
Snow, Walter, male, Son, single, birth Aug 1903, age 7, birthplace England; Snow, George, male, Son, single, birth Jul 1906, age 4, birthplace England; Snow, Beatrice, female, Dau, single, birth Aug 1910, 10/12 mos., birthplace Ontario.
The immigration list (1909) of shows the destination as Brantford for Matilda, Walter and George.  The senior Walter must have already been there.