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Record #3774

Name :: : Grace Lily SNELLING (1894 - 1913)
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Date of Birth: : 1 Apr 1894
Marriage (1): :
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: : 20 Oct 1913 Notes : Gas Poisoning / Asphyxiation

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Middlesex, Chelsea, London

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Toronto

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : 8 Aug 1908
Country: : Canada
Ship: : Dominion
Placement Family: :

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Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Barnardos

NotesA birth registration was found for Grace Lily Snelling: Year of Registration: 1894; Quarter of Registration: Apr-May-Jun; District: Chelsea (1841-1981); County: Greater London, London, Middlesex; Volume: 1a; Page: 387.

On 30 April 1896, Grace Lillian Snelling was baptised at Ascension, Balham Hill, to William and Ruth Snelling, of 24 Martindale Road, her father was a Painter,

Her sister Dorothy was also baptised on the same date.

In 1901, Gracie Snelling, 7 years of age, was residing at 13 Walton Terrace, Kennington First, Lambeth, London, England. Other family members included: William Snelling, 43, house painter; Ruth Snelling, 29; Edith Snelling, 10; Dollie Snelling, 5; Ada Snelling, 3; Emily Snelling, 10 months; and a visitor, Bertie Williams, 3. (Source: 1901 Census of England; Class: RG13; Piece: 414; Folio: 142; Page: 26.)

A death registration was found for Ada Ruth Snelling: Estimated Birth Year: abt 1873; Year of Registration: 1902; Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar; Age at Death: 29; District: Wandsworth; County: Greater London, London, Surrey; Volume: 1d; Page: 477.

On April 7 1902, Grace L Snelling, 8, started at Telferscot Road School, Lambeth, parent given as William, 7 Montifine? St,

In 1908, Grace Lilian Snelling, 14 (along with her sisters, Ada Ruth Snelling, 10, and Dorothy Snelling, 12) arrived at Quebec, Canada, with a group of 118 boys en route to Toronto, Ontario, and 101 girls en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

In 1911, Grace Snelling, 15, is shown as a domestic for William McIlluoyle and family in Bracebridge, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada. Her date of birth is shown as March 1896 and her immigration year as 1908.

On October 20, 1913, Grace Snelling, 19 years, 6 months, 20 days of age, died in Toronto General Hospital of gas poisoning / asphyxiation. Her father's name was William Snelling and her mother's maiden name was Stephens. William N. Hann was the informant
The Globe reported on Oct 21, 1913 the following:

TWO YOUNG WOMEN FOUND UNCONSCIOUS

Windows Open, but Symptoms Point to Gas Poisoning

One Of Victims Is Dead

Landlord Says There Was No Trace of Fumes

Authorities Baffled by Peculiar Circumstances, but Are Reminded of Similar Case in West Toronto Hotel--Both Retired in Good Spirits.

Attracted by groans coming from a room which he had rented very recently to two young women, Misses Ethel and Grace Snelling, aged eighteen and twenty-two, Mr. John Williams of the Glen Kindle Apartments, 8 Wilton crescent, broke down the door of their room and found both women unconscious. When he was able to arouse them he hurriedly sent for medical assistance.

(The item goes on and says Grace was in serious condition but her sister would recover. The article mentions that they were orphans, and had no relatives in Canada.)

On Oct 31, 1913 there is another item:

MANY WERE AFFECTED BY ESCAPING GAS

Serious Condition Revealed at Grace Snelling Inquest.

Jurors Blame Furnace.

(In this item her sisters name is now Dorothy.)

The evidence from the furnace expert claimed the pipes were so clogged up that the "passage of smoke out of the chimney was almost impossible. The gas, he said, would have to escape somewhere else."

ContributorsCreated : 2008-05-03 21:04:42 / From original database

Last Updated : 2012-03-07 12:10:23 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3020	ABBOT, Alice	1877	ENG, MDX, Islington	Oct 1893 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
3035	ABBOTT, Geoffrey Robinson	1898	ENG, MDX, Paddington	Mar 1912 : Empress of Britain	CAN	Sailing Alone
3036	ABBOTT, George	1894	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1904 : Southwark	CAN	Barnardos
27033	ABBOTT, Harry Franz	1917	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Oct 1928 : Beltana	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
3038	ABBOTT, Herman Henry	1882	ENG, MDX, Hoxton, London	Apr 1895 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
3082	ABEL, Walter John	1869	ENG, MDX, London	Aug 1884 : Sarmatian	CAN	Board of Guardians (Various)
3133	ACLAND, Arthur Edward	1874	ENG, MDX, Holloway	Apr 1886 : Parisian	CAN	Barnardos
5391	AKERMAN, Martha Rosina	1891	ENG, MDX, St. Giles	Sep 1901 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
9843	ALBON, Frank Baldwin	1889	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jul 1900 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
4649	ALBON, Mildred Margaret	1891	ENG, MDX, Teddington	Jun 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
16328	ALLMAN, Sophia Mary Ann	1875	ENG, MDX, St. George in the East	Jun 1885 : Lake WWnnipeg	CAN	Middlemore
3517	ALLUM, Jessie Maud	1899	ENG, MDX, Hillingdon Heath	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10946	ALLWRIGHT, Bertha Isabella	1869	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
10947	ALLWRIGHT, Phoebe	1871	ENG, MDX, Poplar	Jun 1879 : Sardinian	CAN	Maria Rye
7528	ALVAREZ, Florence Rebecca	1862	ENG, MDX, Hackney	Nov 1869 : Hibernian	CAN	Maria Rye
3801	ANSELL, Alan Joseph	1894	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3800	APPLEBY, Nelson F.	1910	ENG, MDX, Lewisham, London	Jun 1924 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
2934	ARMINGER, Eleanor Florence	1886	ENG, MDX, Mile End Old Town	Mar 1895 : Mongolian	CAN	Maria Rye
22113	ATKINS, Valentine	1915	ENG, MDX, Edmonton	May 1931 : Duchess of Bedford	CAN	Catholic Emigration Association
3080	AUBURN, John George	1855	ENG, MDX, London	May 1872 : Varuna	CAN	Shoe Black Brigade
3680	AYRE, Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Jul 1909 : Sicilian	CAN	Barnardos
3681	AYRE, Elsie	1892	ENG, MDX, Islington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3682	AYRE, Maud	1893	ENG, MDX, Stoke Newington, London	Mar 1910 : Tunisian	CAN	Barnardos
3687	BAILEY, Emily May	1897	ENG, MDX, Edgeware	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3969	BAKER, Alfred Augustus	1886	ENG, MDX, Whitechapel, London	Jul 1898 : Labrador	CAN	Barnardos
16181	BAKER, Edward George	1909	ENG, MDX, Staines	Jun 1921 : Scandinavian	CAN	Barnardos
17321	BALE, James Arthur	1896	ENG, MDX, London	Jul 1905 : Lake Champlain	CAN	Bristol Emigration Society
14741	BALL, Frederick Phillip	1878	ENG, MDX, London	May 1892 : Numidian	CAN	Childrens Aid Society
22014	BAMFORD, George Joseph	1897	ENG, MDX	Jul 1907 : Kensington	CAN	Barnardos
10259	BANKS, Constance	1899	ENG, MDX, Hendon	Aug 1913 : Tunisian	CAN	MacPherson Homes
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

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