Person:Margaret Snelling (1)

Margaret Snelling was born on 27th May 1834 and baptised just under three months later at Crawley in Sussex. She was the daughter of Mary Snelling, formerly Sayers, and her husband James Snelling, a carpenter. Margaret was the fifth of their seven children, although one of her older siblings had died as a baby before Margaret was born. In 1840 Margaret's mother died, shortly after giving birth. Margaret was only five years old when her mother died.

The 1841 census finds Margaret living with her father and siblings at Cross Keys Cottages in Crawley. Margaret's father married a widow called Maria Dancy (formerly Thompson) in 1844, who thus became Margaret's stepmother. Margaret had one half-brother from her father's second marriage, born in 1845.

Sometime between 1845 and 1851, the family left Crawley and moved over sixty miles west to Southampton. Margaret has not been found in the 1851 census, but her father, stepmother and some of her siblings were living at 14 Princes Street in Southampton.

Margaret's next sighting is on 27th October 1857, aged 23, when she married William Love at St Mary's church in Southampton. They went on to have three children in Southampton between 1858 and 1864. The 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses each find them living at 11 Houndwell Gardens in Southampton. William worked as a painter, at different times being described as a house painter and a ship painter.

Margaret's father died in 1870.

Sometime between 1881 and 1891 William and Margaret left Houndwell Gardens and moved to a recently built terraced house with a garden at 88 Milton Road in the Fitzhugh area to the north of the town. This area was just outside Southampton's borough boundaries at the time, forming part of the Shirley Urban Sanitary District, but it was absorbed into Southampton in 1895. By 1901 William and Margaret had moved around the corner to 55 Cromwell Road.

William died in 1911, aged 79. Shortly afterwards, the 1911 census finds Margaret lodging at 6 Holt Road, also in the Fitzhugh area of Southampton. Margaret only survived William by a few months, dying later in 1911, aged 77.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Baptisms register, in Crawley, Sussex: Parish Registers (West Sussex County Council, Chichester).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Crawley in the County of Sussex in the Year 1834
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents' Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   576	August 17 born May 27th	Margaret Daug[h]t[e]r of	James & Mary	Snelling	Crawley	Carpenter	S.J. Lewin

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1111; Book 5; Folio 11; Page 17, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Cross Keys Cottages, Crawley, Sussex
   James Snelling, male, 35 [1801-6], Carpenter, born in county
   Louis Snelling, female, 15 [1821-6], Carpenter Ap[prentice], born in county
   Edwin Snelling, male, 13 [1827/8], Shoe M[aker] Ap[prentice], born in county
   Alfred Snelling, male, 11 [1829/30], born in county
   Margaret Snelling, female, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   Emily Snelling, female, 4 [1836/7], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 675; Folio 148; Page 37, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 11 Houndwell Gardens, Southampton (St Mary), Hampshire
   William Love, head, married, male, 29 [1831/2], Painter, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Margaret Love, wife, married, female, 26 [1834/5], b. Crawley, Sussex
   William J. Love, son, male, 2 [1858/9], b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Alice M. Love, daughter, female, 1 [1859/60], b. Southampton, Hampshire

4. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1190; Folio 96; Page 12, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 11 Houndwell Gardens, Southampton (St Mary), Hampshire
   William Love, head, married, male, 39 [1831/2], Painter, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Margaret Love, wife, married, female, 36 [1834/5], b. Crawley, Sussex
   William J. Love, son, male, 12 [1858/9], Scholar, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Alice M. Love, daughter, female, 11 [1859/60], Scholar, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Esmeralda Love, daughter, female, 6 [1864/5], Scholar, b. Southampton, Hampshire

5. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1210; Folio 9; Page 12, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 11 Houndwell Gardens, Southampton (St Mary), Hampshire
   William Love, head, married, male, 49 [1831/2], Ship's painter journeyman, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Margaret Love, wife, married, female, 46 [1834/5], b. Crawley, Sussex
   William J. Love, son, unmarried, male, 22 [1858/9], Lithographic printer, b. Southampton,Hampshire
   Alice M. Love, daughter, unmarried, female, 21 [1859/60], Dressmaker, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Esmeralda Love, daughter, unmarried, female, 16 [1864/5], b. Southampton, Hampshire

6. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 927; Folio 34; Page 19, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 88 Milton Road, Fitzhugh, Shirley (Urban Sanitary District), Millbrook (Civil Parish), Hampshire
   William Love, head, married, male, 59 [1831/2], House Painter, employed, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Margaret Love, wife, married, female, 56 [1834/5], b. Crawley, Sussex

7. ↑ England. England. 1901 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG13; Piece 1074; Folio 70; Page 39, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 55 Cromwell Road, Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire
   William Love, head, married, male, 69 [1831/2], Ships Painter, worker, b. Southampton, Hampshire
   Margaret Love, wife, married, female, 66 [1834/5], b. Crawley, Sussex
   Essie Love, daughter, single, female, 36 [1864/5], b. Southampton, Hampshire

8. ↑ England. 1911 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom: The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.))
   Class RG14; Piece 5990; Schedule 225, 2 Apr 1911.

   Address: 6 Holt Road, Fitzhugh, Shirley (parish), Southampton (county borough), Hampshire
   6 rooms occupied
   Rudolph Wing, head, male, 43 [1867/8], married 20 years, 7 children born to marriage, 6 children still living, House Painter, employer, b. Southampton
   Mary Wing, wife, female, 44 [1866/7], married, b. Romsey
   Arthur Wing, son, male, 19 [1891/2], single, Clerk Accountant, b. Southampton
   Minnie Wing, daughter, female, 16 [1894/5], single, Book Binding Ass[istan]t, b. Southampton
   Ivy Wing, daughter, female, 14 [1896/7], b. Southampton
   Cicel Wing, son, male, 11 [1899/1900], b. Southampton
   Fredrick Wing, son, male, 9 [1901/2], b. Southampton
   Richard Wing, son, male, 7 [1903/4], b. Southampton
   Margaret Love, boarder, female, 75 [1835/6], widow, b. Crawley, Sussex

9. ↑ Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Margaret LOVE, December Quarter 1911, Southampton Registration District, Volume 2c, page 79, aged 77 [1833/4]