Family History Research: by Lorna Flint Laughton

James SNEDDON

Male Abt 1814 - Bef 1879  (~ 65 years)


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  1. 1.  James SNEDDON was born about 1814 in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland; died before 14 Feb 1879 in Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • AFN: F
    • Church records: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    • Church records: Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland
    • Reference Number: 44.0
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    • _UID: 4EFF1C1F5E994C3F8037D054A5766F31A020
    • Birth: Abt 1815, Scotland
    • Occupation: 6 Nov 1837, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; as a collier at Thankerton, when his daughter, Helen Sneddon, was born
    • Occupation: 28 Apr 1840, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; as a collier at Thankerton, when his daughter, Janet Sneddon, was born
    • Census: 6 Jun 1841, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Holytown
    • Census: 30 Mar 1851, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; Holytown
    • Census: 7 Apr 1861, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland; Skaterig
    • Census: 2 Apr 1871, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
    • Occupation: Abt 1875, Lanarkshire, Scotland; an iron stone miner
    • Occupation: 23 Nov 1877, Lanarkshire, Scotland; coal miner, when his son, James Sneddon, married Marion Sorbie
    • Death: Bef 14 Feb 1879, Scotland

    Notes:

    Birth:
    [Was Bo'Ness in Linlithgowshire in 1851?]

    Church records:
    If he was baptized, married or buried in the Free Church, this event might be in the records of the Bothwell Free Church which became the Kirkfield United Free Church, and then became the Church of Scotland. These records are number /3 (births/baptisms 1843-1854, then 1882) at the National Archives of Scotland.

    Church records:
    If he was baptized, married or buried in the United Presbyterian Church or the United Free Church, this event might be in the records of the Bothwell (Blantyre) United Presbyterian Church, or the Wooddean United Free Church, which then became the Church of Scotland. These records are number /6 births/baptisms 1887 to 1940 at the National Archives of Scotland.

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    Bothwell parish # 625. Get a digital print of the Sneddon family in Enumeration District 2. See A00805.

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    Bothwell parish # 625. Get a digital print of the Snedden family in Enumeration District 13, household # 53. See A00806.

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    Renfrew parish # 575. Get a digital print of the Sneddon family in Enumeration District 2, Skaterig, household # 64. See A00807.

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    Renfrew parish # 575. Get a digital print of the Sneddon family in Enumeration District 2A, 3 West Hillhead, household # 24. See A00808.

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    microfilm # 1,066,614 v.4 baptisms 1783-1820, v.5 marriages 1752-1804, burials 1736-1792 & 1808-1820, marriage proclamations 1805-1820; v. 6 births & baptisms 1820-1855, marriage proclaimations 1820-1855, burials 1820-1848. James was born c 1814 in Bo'ness - then in Linlithgowshire. Also, microfilm # 1,066,626 item 3 - neglected entries 1852.

    Census:
    The index records that he was age 25 and likely born about 1816 in Scotland. He was a coal miner. He was living with his wife and three daughters, Jean, Helen and Janet in Thankerton.

    Census:
    The index records that he was age 37 and likely born about 1814 in Biness [Bo'Ness], Linlithgowshire, Scotland. He was a coal miner. He was living with his wife, two daughters, Ellen and Margaret, one son, Richard, his brother, George Snedden, and a servant, Agnes Russie, at 66 Bairds Square.

    Census:
    The index recorded him as age 47 and born about 1814 in Bo'ness, Linlithgowshire, Scotland. He was an Ironstone Miner. He was living with his wife, and two sons, Richard Sneddon and James Sneddon.

    Census:
    The index recorded him as age 57 and born about 1814 in Biness [Bo'ness], Linlithgowshire, Scotland. He was a miner. He was living with his wife and son, James Sneddon, at 3 West Hillhead.

    Occupation:
    When his wife, Agnes (Wyper) Sneddon died on February 14, 1879, she was recorded as the "widow of James Sneddon, iron stone miner".

    Death:
    When his wife, Agnes (Wyper) Sneddon died on February 14, 1879, she was recorded as "widow of James Sneddon".

    James married Agnes WYPER on 29 Nov 1835 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Agnes (daughter of Isaac WYPER and Jane GENTLES) was born in 1814 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 14 Feb 1879 in Lanarkshire, Scotland; was buried on 16 Feb 1879 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Jane SNEDDON was born about Feb 1836 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died.
    2. Helen SNEDDON was born on 6 Nov 1837 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died.
    3. Janet SNEDDON was born on 28 Apr 1840 in Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died.
    4. Margaret SNEDDON was born about 1843 in New Monkland, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died.
    5. Richard SNEDDON was born about 1846 in Bo'ness, West Lothian, Scotland; and died.
    6. James SNEDDON was born in 1854 in Newarthill, Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died in Scotland.

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