George Snowball -1739 Baptism, Allendale

[snowybeatle]

Hi all
A long time back, I made a note of a certain George Snowball, who was baptised on 18 November 1739 at St. Cuthbert, Allendale. His abode given as Fross House or Frost Hole.

The source, I recorded at the time, was the IGI Ovingham(?). However, I'm having doubts and I can now find neither this site for St. Cuthberts nor the record.

I would really appreciate it if anyone is able to supply where I might have got this information from and indeed if I had indeed recorded it accurately.
Furthermore, was his Spouse given as Mary Robson baptised 3 March 1734 Chester le Street?
Any help will be most gratefully received.

[amondg]

Transcription on ancestry has George Snowball bap. 18 November 1739 at Allendale.

Father John Snowball

ADDED
Freereg  has additional information Fross House

transcriptions of the other children have Frost Hole, Frost Hall

[snowybeatle]

amondg

Thank you very much for this.
Steve

[trish1120]

FreeREG has Georges siblings bapts and on likely sister MARY bapt 26 Aug 1745 Jn Snowball's abode is Frost Hole and his occp is a Tailor.
(appear to be 9 children all up)

If its the same John 1751 bapt of MGT he is a Yeoman and 1758 bapt of THOS no occp shown but wife is MARY.

Trish

[snowybeatle]

Thanks Trish.

It's mostly about a process of elimination now, as I've tracked my 4x great grandfather, George back to his baptism at St. Mary and St. Cuthbert,.Chester Le Street, Co. Durham, on 22nd March 1761.  This parish record shows his father as 'Geo. Snowball, of Birtley, Husbandman and Mary, his wife'.
George Jnr. lived at Harlow Hill and was buried in Ovingham, so they all seem fairly localised.

I'm now trying to find George of Birtley and Mary. There are not that many, except for George and Mary Robson who married inn Long Newton, Co. Durham 30th Nov 1758 but it seems a long shot, given the distance from all the action. Allendale seemed a bit closer but, as you've discovered, he's not my man.

[trish1120]

deleted see you already had that Marriage!

[snowybeatle]

Trish
Yes but so far, the only George Snowball and Mary in Northumberland or Co. Durham in the probable years of marriage.
I've just ordered the parish record from Durham Records of the Long Newton marriage, to see if there any clues on this!
Thanks for your input.
Steve

[trish1120]

Good luck with parish record Steve

[snowybeatle]

Thanks Trish
The parish record arrived this morning but it hasn't helped!
It also appears that the church had not quite got to grips with the new marriage laws, so although they were recording banns correctly they had not used the correct formula for the marriage itself and had written this in the margin later!
Both George Snowball and Mary Robso's banns are recorded as 'both of this parish'. So, is this the couple who move to Birtley, a distance of 30 + miles and if so, why a marriage so far from their roots?
However, they do seem to be the only likely contenders as George Jnr's parents, with few other leads to a Northumberland or Durham marriage of a George Snowball and Mary around 1750-60.