The Snary and Olpin families

Fourth generation (3 x grandparents)

Isaac Snary

Born about 1801 in Bristol St Philips, bapt at St Philip & St Jacob - Baptisms 1801 "Aug 9 Isaac son of Joseph & Ann Snary (Butcher) The Plain" (source parish records J&JS)

Isaac married Harriet Everson 7 mar 1819 at St John’s in Bedminster (source IGI).

Isaac Snary died on 20 Jan 1881 at 21 Villiers Road, USD in the district of St George, Barton Regis, Glos. He was aged 79 years occupation Copper Smith and the cause of death was chronic bronchitis, certified by Thos F Edgeworth MRCS. The death was reported by M A Gwyther, granddaughter, present at the death, also of 21 Villiers Road, St George. (source death certificate)

Harriet Everson

Born about 1801 in Bristol St Philip

Married to Isaac in 1819

Harriet Snary died on 26 nov 1872 a 19, Grange St, St Paul Bristol, aged 72 years. She was the wife of Isaac Snary, brass founder and died of chronic disease of stomach, certified. The death was reported by Isaac Snary present at the death of 19 Grange Street, Bristol. (source death certificate)

In the 1841 census, – the couple were living at Narrow Mine Street, Bristol St Peters Castle Precinct:

Isaac Snary, 35, Brazier
Harriet, 40
Isaac, 10

In the 1851 census, they were living at Lower Barton Mill, no 2 lodge, Bristol Iron Works:

Isaac Snary, 49, brass founder, born Bristol St Phillips
Harriet, 50, born Bristol St Philip
Isaac, 23, brass founder, born Bristol St Philip
Sarah, 27, born Glos Clifton (Isaac’s wife)
Mary, 13 (grand-daughter) born Bristol St Philips – this is the M A Gwyther the granddaughter who reported Isaac’s death in1881

In the 1871 census, the Snarys were living at 19 Grange St, St Paul, Bristol (rg10/2527 ED19 f40):

Isaac Snary, head, mar, 65, messenger bankruptcy court, born Bristol
Harriet Snary, wife, mar, 66, born Bristol

Harriet Snary died in 1872 and Isaac died shortly before the 1881 census, in January 1881 at 21 Villiers Road –

In the 1881 census, Isaac and Harriet’s granddaughter Mary Ann; was living at 19 Villiers Rd, [RG11,2490 f72] presumably Isaac had been living with her family shortly before his death:

James A Gwyther, head, mar, 46 born Bristol, occ journeyman carpenter
Mary A Gwyther, wife, mar, 43, born Bristol
James G Gwyther, son, unm, 20 born Bristol, shoemaker
Mary A Gwyther, dau, unm, 18, born Bristol, asst at cocoa works
William T Gwyther, son, 15, born Bristol, solicitors Clerk
Eliza Gwyther, dau, 13, born Bristol, no occ
Maria Gwyther, dau, 11, born Bristol, scholar
Albert Gwyther, son, 9, born St George Glos, scholar
Alice Gwyther, dau, 5, born Bristol, scholar
Ellen Gwyther, dau, 3, born Bristol, scholar

Children of Isaac and Harriet Snary:

Joseph Snary, chr 22 aug 1819 St Philip and St Jacob (source parish records J&JS) Married (1) to Eliza Missons in 1837 and (2) to Sarah Skeets in 1862. Joseph moved to London where he died in 1884 – see previous generation.

Isaac Snary, Chr 18 Nov1827 Phillip & Jacob, Bristol, son of Isaac and Hariet Snary, St Philips, Brazier (source parish records J&JS) -Isaac married Sarah Parsons Conway on 27 jun 1847 at Westbury on Trym, Gloucester. Both were ‘of full age’ of Paul Street, Kingsdown, Westbury. Isaac’s occupation was Iron founder and his father was Isaac Snary, Manager of Iron Works. Sarah’s father was Thomas Conway, gardener (source Marriage Certificate) To date, have found no sign of any children. The couple moved to Hampshire. In the 1861 census, Isaac appears as a lay vicar of Winchester Cathedral and professor of music – he is known to have composed three ballads (find copies of these at British Library). Isaac died 8 Apr 1867 at Staple Garden in Winchester – he was aged 39 years and his occupation was given as lay vicar, cause of death was Phthisis. The death was reported by Isaac Snary, present at the death (source death certificate) – was this his father? Isaac’s widow Sarah moved to Kent, and appeared in the 1881 census living at 27 Queen’s St, Rochester, as a 50 yr old widow, living with her uncle William Foreman (or Fergusson?), aged 76, widow, born in Cobham, Kent (RG11/0886 f65). Sarah Parsons Snary died 21 Feb 1885 at Queen Place, Rochester. She was aged 68 years and the widow of Isaac Snary, Lay Clergy Winchester Cathedral, cause of death Morbus Cordis Syncapse 2 days, certified by William Watson MRCS. The death was reported by Willam Naylor ‘ who caused the body to be buried’ of 104 Eastgate, Rochester (source death certificate).

Other Snary’s, found in the 1841 census, who could have been siblings or cousins of Isaac:

John Snary, 38, labourer – living at Ann’s Place, Bristol St Philips
Louisa, 30
Elizabeth, 2 [Elizabeth Nelson Snary born dec quarter 1839] (source J&JS)

(This couple were married on 5^th Nov 1838 at St James Church in Bristol – both were of full age and John’s occupation was ‘butcher’ of Merchant Street and his father was also a butcher names John Snary. Louisa Warren was a spinster and her father was Charles Warren, Tiler (source marriage certificate – J&JS). The couple also had a son Charles born 3 jan 1842) (source J&JS)

Charlotte Snary, 40, tin man(tinman’s widow?) – living at West Street
John,12
Frederic, 10
William, 8
Charlotte, 6

(Charlotte was the was the widow of John Snary who died 27 aug 1839 (source J&JS). John Snary was baptised at St Philip and Jacob on 31 dec 1793, and his father was John Snary, butcher. Charlotte remarried in [1842 dec Bristol 11, 178] to Peter Hodge and by the time of the 1871 census they were living in Edgbaston. The daughter Charlotte is aged 35 and described as a ‘stepdaughter’ in the household of Peter Hodge in Edgbaston, however by the time of the 1891 census, her name has become Charlotte Hodge and she is a sister in the household of Sarah Anne Snary, photographer, who is the widow of Frederick Snary, photographer of 26 Castle Street).

Michael MISSEN

According to daughter Eliza’s marriage certificate, Michael Misson was a ‘glassman’ [find birth, marriage and death]

In the 1841 census, the Missens were living at Barley Fields, Bristol [HO107/0378 f56] :

Michael Missen, 45, labourer, born Glos
Mary Missen, 45, born Glos
Mary Snary, 3, born Glos

(this must be Joseph and Eliza’s daughter – their son Isaac was just 4 days old on the day of the census)

in 1851, the Missen’s were living at Avon Street, St Philip & Jacob, Bristol [HO107/1954 f624] (all born Bristol St Philip):

Michael Mizen, head, mar, 57, glasshouse labourer
Mary Mizen, wife, mar, 57
Eliza Snary, dau, mar, 29
Isaac Snary, grandson, 10
Joseph Snary, Grandson, 8
Henry Snary, grandson, 3

In 1861, Michael had died and his widow was living at 2 Passage St, John Jeaves Tenements, Bristol [RG9 1737 f120] :

Mary Mizen, head, wid, 68, formerly worked at Brick Factory, b. Bedminster

William Olpin and Joanna (Reed?) - Possible parents of William Olpin

If the William christened at St Philip and Jacob in 1834 is the correct William, his parents were William and Joanna. William was christened William Reed Olpin, so it is possible that his mothers surname was Reed.

William Olpin senior would have been born before 1815. When William junior married Sarah Cross, he gave his father's occupation as fishmonger.

A Joanna Reed was christened on 14 apr 1807 at Minehead in Somerset – father William, mother Ann (source IGI)

Have not found a marriage for this couple, but according to Parish Records, they had two children christened at St Philip & Jacob in Bristol (source JJ):

Children of William and Joanna Olpin:

	Charles William Olpin, chr 26 may 1833, son of William Olpin, labourer of Bedminster, mother Joanna
	William Reed Olpin, chr 23 feb 1834, son of William Olpin, tanner of Bedminster, mother Joanna

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