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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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Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links
3023	ABBOTT, Charles	1884	ENG, ESS, Messing	Apr 1900 : Dominion	CAN	National Childrens Home
3029	ABBOTT, Edward	1863	ENG, LIN, Bourne	Jun 1882 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
3858	ABBOTT, Emily Jane	1886	ENG, YKS, Guisborough	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3066	ABEL, Charles	1891	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3068	ABEL, George	1887	ENG,	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3069	ABEL, George	1897	ENG,	Mar 1907 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3160	ABSOLOM, Albert Edward	1897	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3107	ABSOLOM, Henry Richard James	1893	ENG, BRK, Reading	Aug 1905 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3134	ACKLAND, Herbert George	1898	ENG, LND, Camberwell	Oct 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3142	ACKROYD, John Edward	1886	ENG,	Apr 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3153	ACTON, Alice	1889	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3154	ACTON, Ellen	1891	ENG,	May 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
6255	ADAMS, Ada Gertrude	1895	ENG, WIL, Highworth	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22827	ADAMS, C R	1885	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
26477	ADAMS, Charles W R	1887	ENG,	Mar 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
23730	ADAMS, Eliza	1887	ENG,	Oct 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
5602	ADAMS, Gladys	1898	ENG,	Mar 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
22545	ADAMS, Henry William	1898	ENG,	Mar 1912 : Dominion	CAN	Unknown
23726	ADAMS, Isabel	1888	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3278	ADAMS, Robert Henry	1888	ENG,	Mar 1901 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
23732	ADAMS, Thomas G	1901	ENG,	Mar 1909 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
10890	ADAMSON, George	1893	ENG,	Jul 1903 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9834	ADBY, Ethel Caroline	1893	ENG, BKM, Wycombe	Jun 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
8817	ADCOCK, Lily	1896	ENG,	Aug 1906 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3759	ADDERLEY, David Gerard	1897	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
3758	ADDERLEY, Harry	1899	ENG, WAR, Birmingham	May 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
12851	ADDISON, Gertrude	1886	ENG, LAN, Manchester	May 1899 : Dominion	CAN	Marchmont Homes (now Barnardos)
17080	ADGEY, Robert Hugh	1885	ENG, LAN, Liverpool	Mar 1902 : Dominion	CAN	Louisa Birt
9831	ADKINS, Ann	1899	ENG, LND, Camden	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
9830	ADKINS, Theodora Margaret	1897	ENG,	Aug 1908 : Dominion	CAN	Barnardos
ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency	Family links

Surnames starting with: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 30 Entries

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