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Robert Snape

Male 1832 - Bef 1894  (< 61 years)


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  • Name Robert Snape 
    Born 1832  Halsall Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 28 Oct 1832  St Cuthbert, Halsall Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Occupation Boatman Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef 1894 
    Person ID I09423  Canal Family 1
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2026 

    Father Robert Snape,   b. 1800, Scarisbrick Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1878, Standish Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Alice Prescott,   b. 1798, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1851, Halsall Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Married 1 Jun 1820  St Thomas, Melling Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F01474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Harrison,   b. 1836, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Scarisbrick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 28 years) 
    Married 9 Jul 1855  St Alban, Liverpool (Bevington) Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Children 
     1. James Snape,   b. 1856, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1926, Barton upon Irwell Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     2. Alice Snape,   b. 1857, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1858, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     3. Alice Snape,   b. 1859, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Robert Snape,   b. 1860, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1862  (Age < 1 years)
     5. Robert Snape,   b. 1862, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Ellen Snape,   b. 1862, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Sarah Snape,   b. 1864, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1864, Scarisbrick Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 0 years)
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2026 
    Family ID F01507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Alice Shaw,   b. 1844, Haskayne Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Partners Abt 1866 
    Notes 
    • No marriage record found, but birth records for Elizabeth, Henry, Thomas and Frances give mother's maiden name as Shaw; for Ann it is Gore (Alice's first husband's name).
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Snape,   b. 1867, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Henry Snape,   b. 6 Jun 1869, Burscough Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Aug 1938, Salford Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     3. Ann Snape,   b. 6 Oct 1875, Grappenhall, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Thomas Snape,   b. 31 Oct 1877, Thelwall, Cheshire Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Frances Snape,   b. Abt Feb 1880, Patricroft, Eccles Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Sarah Jane Snape,   b. Abt Nov 1883, Bedford, Leigh Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 28 Apr 2026 
    Family ID F01515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Partner Alice is listed as a widow in the 1881 census, but daughter Sarah Jane (b1883) lists him as her father in her marriage record.

  • Sources 
    1. [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks.

    2. [S010069] MC.



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