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Any chance of your posting the list, John? I’m sure some members would be interested. Chris

Another for the growing collection. GEORGE SNOOK (1840-1923) and ELIZABETH (TOVEY) SNOOK (1848-1923) Here is a portrait of George and Elizabeth Snook, with a third, so far unidentified gentleman. They are photographed in a romantic, craggy setting. There is no doubt about the...

Don't know about other members, but I find it difficult to get my head around genealogical data when presented in narrative form - even when I know a bit about the specific area. Even worse when there's anecdote mixed up in it. So, I've tried to express what several of us have been saying over...

LILIAN MAY SNOOK (later COLE) (1895-1959, daughter of James Snook, b.1868 and Roseanna, grandaughter of George Snook b.1840) Wonderful images, thanks, Cath. We are building a bit of an album of Lilian. Here's an addition. Andrew has discovered that Lilian served in the Army during the Great...

Lyn, Lilian May Snook was a cousin of my mother’s and effectively a sister, which both were otherwise lacking. Close throughout their lives and Lilian was known to me as Auntie Dickie. Chris

Wonderful! A picture of my Auntie Dickie (of whom I have fond memories). And of Stanley. I possibly met him, and George, on different occasions, once during the war and once in the 1950s. Recollections are hazy. The wartime one was connected with Auntie Dickie and Singleton and Cole Ltd...

LILIAN MAY SNOOK (later COLE) (1895-1959, daughter of James Snook, b.1868 and Rose, grandaughter of George Snook b.1840) Lilian and Ferdo married in, I think, 1946. Not too long afterwards Ferdo retired, they sold their large house in Bristol Road and moved to a magnificent, 1603 and a bit...

ELIZABETH BARNETT (ca1801-ca1880, mother of Mary Tovey) Several of us are descended from Mary (Barnett) Tovey - including many Snooks - who came to Birmingham from Winchcombe in the 1850s with James Tovey, her husband, and their children. (See my post #25 above). Mary had a mother, Elizabeth...

A wonderful memoir, thanks pauljon. It tells us something about her - and you too. It also tells me something which I didn't know previously and that is that children sent from Birmingham to Switzerland for their health didn't necessarily go to a sanatorium. In your sister's case it was to...

When posting on this subject, could members please choose from one of the above threads, depending which is the most appropriate. If it's a general comment on Birmingham open-air schools, please use the Cropwood etc.... thread. (Recent post here from pauljon transferred to the Cropwood thread)...

Good morning, CathL - (another descendant of James and Mary Tovey! - and a warm welcome to the Forum. And what a helpful first contribution - which will be welcomed as well by Andrew and all those with an interest in the Snook and Tovey families. Hope to take this discussion further shortly...

Yes, I think it WAS Stanley, come to think of it. Didn't realise that he had married into the Cole family as well. Or first, even. Don't know about Ethel's relationship to Ferdinand. Don't think he had any children of his own. But I do recall mention of nieces and nephews. Send me a private...

Andrew wrote: In my research I did come across records of Lillian May Snook and George Cole, living in Bristol Rd - another coincidence as I spent 4 years as a student at the University just around the corner. LILIAN MAY SNOOK (later COLE) (1895-1959, daughter of James Snook, b.1868 and Rose...

EDWARD SNOOK (b1872) My brother noted his various appointments at St. Albans, Leyton, St. Albans again, Hatfield Peverell, Brentwood, Boxted and Duntan Waylett between 1904 and some time in the 1930s. He also says that our mother told him that Edward had died as a result of an accident, whilst...

Thanks for very kind comments. I've been reminded by a family member that this makes today ALSO the fiftieth anniversary of the celebration of their Golden Wedding. So it's cheers from them to us and from us to them! Chris

This means, Andrew, that - on the basis of your grandfather having been George Snook's son Edward (b. 1872) - James Tovey (1814-1890) and Mary (Barnett) Tovey (1817-1880) were our joint great-grandparents. My mother (1899-1996) must have known Edward well - he was effectively an uncle - and...

This is the story of two "immigrant" Birmingham families, two amongst so many who moved to the city during the 19th century because, presumably, of better prospects and opportunities. In summary: Some time in the late 1840s the Snook family left their native Salisbury, travelled to the...

Two Brummies were married 100 years ago today, on 31st January 1921. "On 31 January 1921, at the Parish Church Harborne, in the County of Stafford, Henry Maurice Myers, bachelor, 21 years, Assistant Works Manager, of 80 North Road, son of Charles Myers, Dealer in Fine Arts, and Elsie Tovey...

Thanks, Andrew. Very interesting. You and I are related via the Tovey line, which is a long one and goes back to Winchcombe. My late brother did a lot of (pre-Ancestry.com, i.e. the hard way, via County Records Offices and whatnot!) work on it. Have you done much research on that side of...

Welcome to the Forum, Andrew. Good to see a new member with Snook and Tovey interests. My connection to the Snooks is by marriage (see previous posts) in that a George Snook was married to my grandmother (a Tovey) and was heavily involved in the care and upbringing of my mother throughout her...