Elizabeth Snape

1820 -

• Name	Elizabeth Snape
  Born	1820	Burscough
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Boatwoman
  Person ID	I09432	Canal Family 1
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Snape,   b. 1800, Scarisbrick ,   d. 1878, Standish  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Alice Prescott,   b. 1798, Burscough ,   d. 1851, Halsall  (Age 53 years)
  Married	1 Jun 1820	St Thomas, Melling   [1]
  Family ID	F01472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Robert Snape,   b. 1838, Halsall ,   d. 1841, Halsall  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025
  Family ID	F10016	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	William Martin,   b. 1815, Lydiate
  Married	27 Jan 1840	St Peter, Liverpool   [2]
  Children	1. Grace Martin,   b. 1842, Halsall   2. Mary Martin,   b. 1847, Abram ,   d. Bef 1878  (Age < 30 years)   3. Alice Martin,   b. 1851, Abram   4. James Martin,   b. 1853, Abram   5. William Martin,   b. 1857, Abram   6. Elizabeth Martin,   b. 1859, Abram   7. John Martin,   b. 1865, Astley
  Last Modified	6 Oct 2025
  Family ID	F01499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Known as Betty. In 1841 census as Betty Snape (despite being married a year earlier) with parents and son Robert Snape, 2. Husband William Martin absent. Possible baptism 10.12.1820 St Peter and St Paul, Ormskirk (b 25.11.1820) but as Elizabeth Snipe, with father wrongly named as Henry, boatman. (There are other births to a Henry and Alice Snape around this time in Lathom, but he was a shoemaker.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S010072] Lancashire Online Parish Clerks. [S010069] MC.