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Who has a SNOWBALL In their tree???

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The Ego

The Ego Report 3 Oct 2005 21:44

After all there are 1783 on the database,lol !!!!

Carol

Carol Report 3 Oct 2005 22:33

I have one in my tree! A Mary Ann Snowball! What a great name!! Carol x

The Ego

The Ego Report 3 Oct 2005 22:34

Durham area? Sunderland?

Carol

Carol Report 3 Oct 2005 22:38

I think she was from Australia. All I know she married one of my relatives in Aus in 1865. Carol x

The Ego

The Ego Report 3 Oct 2005 22:41

My friend has one called Anthony Snowball Lister !!!

Phoenix

Phoenix Report 3 Oct 2005 23:00

Me, me, me! Not enough to make a Snowman, though. She married a distant Skillings cousin and so she melted.

Suein10b

Suein10b Report 3 Oct 2005 23:30

Alter Well I claim five of the Snowballs part of my husbands tree from Sunderland. Sue

The Ego

The Ego Report 4 Oct 2005 06:19

Tell me more Sue 10b-Snowballs in Sunderland is just what Im looking for..........

Suein10b

Suein10b Report 4 Oct 2005 11:17

Alter I have Wllm Snowball 1807 - 1883 and ? I known child Robert c ? - c ? married Mgt Ebeth Kay 1866 Sunderland 3 children Frederick 1867 -1922 married Revd Margaret Mabel Potts 1899 Nelly c1869 - 1895 Mgt c1871 Hope this helps Sue

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Oct 2005 11:21

I have a Snowball from Stillington, Yorkshire. Not a very close relation, just one of the very small twigs on my tree. Kath. x

Derek

Derek Report 4 Oct 2005 14:38

I have Isabel Snowball probably born in County Durham around 1780. Just a tiny twiglet. Derek

Pamela

Pamela Report 4 Oct 2005 14:46

I dont have any Snowballs in my family tree, but I do know some, just about to celebrate their diamond wedding, they did live in Sunderland, and are interested in Family history. Is this of potential interest? Pam

The Ego

The Ego Report 4 Oct 2005 17:17

ive just uncovered this name yesterday in a family in Sunderland-he was born round the 1890's and had it as a middle name-along with Lister. Anthony Snowball Lister.

Yvonne

Yvonne Report 4 Oct 2005 19:09

I have quite a few Snowballs on my tree. I have some from Whitby in Yorkshire and some from Liverpool. Would love to hear from anyone that maybe related. Best wishes Yvonne

Pamela

Pamela Report 5 Oct 2005 11:08

Your Snowball middle name could be either mothers maiden name or childs father's mothers maden name, but this can also depend on the position of the child in the family. If you have managed to track all the siblings of a particuar set of parents (better still the children of two or more siblings) you may be able to see a naming pattern so you can begin to predict what the custom in a family or even a district was. The later in the birth sequence the child is (say after the 5th one or so) the pattern can break down as they run out of names, and off the wall ones come in. I have a 6th child named after a married childless sister of his mother, another, 3rd boy named after one of his mother's uncles (by marriage her aunt was the blood relative) This one should help as a link back a generation or even two. (and better than Brown or Jones) Pam