Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH (1897

Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH (1897 - 1988)

brushmaker 1919 roll

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH (1897 - 1988) + Elizabeth Christine KRANZ (1900 - 1969)	William Valentine Oliver SNAITH (1860 - 1943)	William Oliver SNAITH (1820 - 1871)	John SNAITH
				Elizabeth (SNAITH)
			Eleanor (Ellen) MOORE (1827 - 1911)	Rodger MOORE
				Ann BUTLER
		Margaret SNADDEN (1863 - 1938)	James SNADDEN (1822 - 1878)	Walter SNADDEN (1791 - 1878)
				Elizabeth (Betty) PATTERSON (1795 - 1862)
			Euphemia PATTERSON (1824 - 1900)	James PATTERSON
				Unknown (PATTERSON)

b. 1897 at Footscray, Victoria, Australia

m. 1921 Elizabeth Christine KRANZ (1900 - 1969) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1988 at Victoria, Australia aged 91

Near Relatives of Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH (1897 - 1988)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	William Oliver SNAITH	abt 1820		1871	Carlton, Victoria, Australia	51
Grandmother	Eleanor (Ellen) MOORE	abt 1827		1911	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	84
Grandfather	James SNADDEN	30 Mar 1822	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	01 Jan 1878	Albert St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	55
Grandmother	Euphemia PATTERSON	21 Aug 1824	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	05 Jun 1900	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	75

Father in Law	George KRANZ			bef 1945
Mother in Law	Rose DORR	abt 1874		10 Jul 1945	63 Stanley st, Black Rock, Victoria	71

Father	William Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1860	Ashbourne, Victoria, Australia	13 Jan 1943	577 Barkley St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Mother	Margaret SNADDEN	15 Mar 1863	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	30 Jan 1938	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	74

Self	Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH	1897	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1988	Victoria, Australia	91

Wife	Elizabeth Christine KRANZ	abt 1900		26 May 1969	Rose, Victoria, Australia	69

Brother	Archibald William SNAITH	1893	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1977	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	84
Sister	May Eleanor SNAITH	05 May 1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Brother	Jno (?Jonothan) SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Lillie SNAITH	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1899	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	0
Sister	Violet Beatrice SNAITH	1901	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1980	Caulfield, Victoria, Australia	79

Aunt	Annie Elizabeth Oliver SNAITH	1861	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Aunt	Mary Eleanor SNAITH	1863	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Uncle	Patrick Joseph DONOHUE
Uncle	Charles John Oliver SNAITH	1865	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1867	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	2
Aunt	Adeline Matilda SNAITH	1867	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21 Apr 1892	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	25
Uncle	Thomas DOHERTY
Uncle	Samuel SNAITH	1870	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1932	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	62
Aunt	Mary Jane WRIGHT	abt 1876		1940	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	64
Uncle	Walter SNADDEN	14 Sep 1849	Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	13 Aug 1928	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Aunt	Margaret Cassie SMITH	1861	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia	20 Nov 1944	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Uncle	James SNADDEN	abt 1850		bef 1858		8
Aunt	Elizabeth SNADDEN	25 Dec 1853	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	15 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	18
Uncle	William DE LA GARD	abt 1839		1902	Annandale, NSW, Australia	63
Aunt	Euphemia SNADDEN	16 May 1855	Keilor, Victoria, Australia	03 Jul 1943	Victoria, Australia	88
Uncle	James SNADDEN	15 Jul 1858	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	63
Aunt	Agnes WILSON	abt 1858		1895	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	37
Aunt	Leura Catherine PEDDLE	01 Jan 1880	Richmond, Victoria, Australia	15 May 1960	Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia	80
Aunt	Agnes (Anne) SNADDEN	19 Sep 1860	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	28 Oct 1951	E Camberwell, Victoria, Australia	91
Uncle	William John ORR	07 Sep 1862	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1942	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	80
Aunt	Mary SNADDEN	22 Jul 1865	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	04 Dec 1952	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	George Henry SMITH	09 Aug 1867	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Nov 1928	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	61

Cousin	Jno William DONOHUE	abt 1884		1928	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	44
Cousin	Owen DONOHUE	1886	Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia	1950	P Ville, Victoria, Australia	64
Cousin	Florence May DONOHUE	1891	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	1979	Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia	88
Cousin	Richard Maurice (Morris) DONOHUE	1893	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	1924	Campbellfield, Victoria, Australia	31
Cousin	Maud Eleanor DOHERTY	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Cousin	Samuel Leslie SNAITH	1901	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1961	Cant, Victoria, Australia	60
Cousin	Alfred Laurence SNAITH	1904	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1930	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	26
Cousin	Doris May SNAITH	1907	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1976	Healesville, Victoria, Australia	69
Cousin	Eleanor May SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Cousin	George Patterson SNADDEN	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1966	Croydon, Victoria, Australia	81
Cousin	Jessie Allison SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1974	Kew, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	Marguerita (Rita) Grainger SNADDEN	21 Jan 1896	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1959	Victoria, Australia	63
Cousin	Elizabeth Euphemia DE LA GARD	14 Oct 1872	Garvoc, Victoria, Australia	1955	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Cousin	Walter SNADDEN	1880	Victoria, Australia	08 Mar 1917	Rouen, France	37
Cousin	James Wilson SNADDEN	1882	Victoria, Australia	22 Mar 1952	Perth, WA, Australia	70
Cousin	Euphemia Paterson (Dorothy Dorrie) SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1961	Chel, Victoria, Australia	77
Cousin	Robert Paterson SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1946	Seddon, Victoria, Australia	59
Cousin	Harold Lyall SNADDEN	1889	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1976	Park, Victoria, Australia	87
Cousin	Herbert John SNADDEN	22 Mar 1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	65
Cousin	Effie (?Euphemia) Jean SNADDEN	26 Oct 1911	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	18 Jul 1951	Spotswood, Victoria, Australia	39
Cousin	William James ORR	1884	Armidale, NSW, Australia	1954	Elwood, Victoria	70
Cousin	Jessie ORR	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1948	Edon, Victoria, Australia	63
Cousin	Florrie ORR	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1908	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	21
Cousin	Robert Wells ORR	1890	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	11 Apr 1917	Bullecourt, France	27
Cousin	William Charles SMITH	25 Mar 1891	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	14 Jun 1977	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	86
Cousin	Ethel Agnes SMITH	03 Aug 1892	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	11 Feb 1984	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	91
Cousin	Harold George SMITH	08 Jan 1894	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	14 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	21
Cousin	Herbert Frank SMITH	14 Jun 1896	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	20 Feb 1963	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	66
Cousin	Roy Snadden SMITH	06 Aug 1898	Daylesford, Victoria, Australia	16 Jan 1969	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	70
Cousin	Percy James SMITH	30 Mar 1904	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Oct 1959	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	55
Cousin	Elva Muriel SMITH	06 May 1913	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	2015	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	102

Niece	Betty Stirling SNAITH
Niece	Ida Gwendolyn SNAITH
Niece	Elsie Jean SNAITH	1920	Footscray, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother in Law	Charles KRANZ
Brother in Law	Frederick KRANZ
Brother in Law	George KRANZ
Brother in Law	Henry KRANZ
Brother in Law	John KRANZ
Sister in Law	Hilda Stirling CROSS	1893	Allandale, Victoria, Australia	1969	Kew, Victoria, Australia	76
Brother in Law	Robert Archibald MCKENRY	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1962	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	77
Brother in Law	Joseph Albert AUSTIN

Events in Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH (1897 - 1988)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1897		Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH was born	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1919	22	Residence	93 Hyde St, Yarraville, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	37
1921	24	Married Elizabeth Christine KRANZ (aged 21)	Victoria, Australia	Reg No. 1921/12023	52
1924	27	Residence	10 Fitzgibbon Av, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	37
1931	34	Residence	10 Fitzgibbon Av, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	37
1936	39	Residence	10 Fitzgibbon Av, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	37
30 Jan 1938	41	Death of mother Margaret SNADDEN (aged 74)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	7, 52, 60
1942	45	Residence	63 Stanley St S9, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	37
13 Jan 1943	46	Death of father William Valentine Oliver SNAITH (aged 83)	577 Barkley St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52, 60
1949	52	Residence	63 Stanley St S9, Victoria, Australia	Note 9	37
1954	57	Residence	Red Hill South, Vic, Australia	Note 10	37
26 May 1969	72	Death of wife Elizabeth Christine KRANZ (aged 69)	Rose, Victoria, Australia	Note 11	52, 53
1980	83	Residence	3/24 Patty St, Mentone, Victoria	Note 12	37
1988	91	Walter Valentine Oliver SNAITH died	Victoria, Australia	Note 13
1988	91	Burial	Dromana Cemetery, Dromana, Victoria	Note 14	90

Note 1: Reg No. 28167/1897 - Wm Valentine Snaith and Margt Snadden;
age 41 on mothers death cert 1938

Note 2: electoral roll/Maribyrnong/Yaraville
SNAITH William Valentine - carriage builder, Margaret - hd, May Eleanor - ammunition worker,Walter Valentine O - brushmaker

Note 3: electorlal roll/Bourke/Brunswick South
SNAITH Elizabeth Christine - hd, Walter Valentine Oliver - brushmaker

Note 4: electorlal roll/Bourke/Brunswick South
SNAITH Elizabeth Christine - hd, Walter Valentine Oliver - brushmaker

Note 5: electorlal roll/Bourke/Brunswick South
SNAITH Elizabeth Christine - hd, Walter Valentine Oliver - brushmaker

Note 6: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Margt Snaith
Name: Margt Snaith
Death Place: Victoria
Age: 75
Father's Name: Jas Snadden
Mother's Name: Euphemia Patterson
Registration Year: 1938
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 868
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863

DEATHS in the District of Melbourne, in Victoria
No - 868
When and where died - 30th January, 1938 - Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Usual residence - 75 Hyde St, Footscray
Name - Margaret SNAITH
Occupation - home duties
Sex and age - female - 75 years
COD - Sigmoid diverticulitis - months, perforation and general peritonitis - hours. Dr G. Reid - 30th Jan 1938
Father - James SNADDEN - quarryman
Mother - Euphemia SNADDEN, formerly PATTERSON
Informant - ?? Richardson, Authorised Agent, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Registrar - S.H.E. Hollow, 2nd Feb 1938
Burial - 1st Feb 1938 - Footscray Cemetery - Minister, Clarence Bowdern
Born - Footscray - 75 years in Victoria
Married - Footscray, age 28, William SNAITH
Children - Archibald William (45 yrs), Eleanor May (43 yrs), Walter Valentine Oliver (41 yrs), Violet Beatrice (39 yrs)

The Argus 1 Feb 1938
SNAITH-On the 30th January Margaret, dearly loved wife of William Snaith of 75 Hyde street Footscray, loving mother of Arch, May (Mrs McKenry) Walter, Violet (Mrs Austin) aged 75 years - A patient sufferer at rest (Private interment )

SNAITH -On the 30th January, Margaret dearly loved mother of Arch and mother In law of Hilda, loved grandma of Jean, Betty, and Ida -Peace perfect peace (Private Interment )

Note 7: electorlal roll/Bourke/Brunswick South
SNAITH Elizabeth Christine - hd, Walter Valentine Oliver - brushmaker

Note 8: Reg No 636/1943 - age 83 - parents Wn Oliver Snaith and Eleanor Hoore
13/1/1943 - Footscray - McKenry Family Tree - Ancestry - owner direct descendant

The Argus (Melbourne) 15 Jan 1943
SNAITH.-On January 13. at his residence 577 Barkly Street, Footscray, William, dearly loved husband of the late Margaret Snaith, and loving father of Arch, May (Mrs. McHenry), Walter, and Violet (Mrs. J. Austin), aged 83 years. (Privately Interred.)

Note 9: electorlal roll/Bourke/Brunswick South
SNAITH Elizabeth Christine - hd, Walter Valentine Oliver - brushmaker

Note 10: Dromana/ Flinders
SNAITH Walter Valentine O - carpenter, Elizabeth Christina - hd

Note 11: Reg No 11089/1969 - age 60 - parents George Kranz and Rose Dorr

Note 12: SNAITH Walter Valentine Oliver -

Note 13: still on electoral roll for 1980

Burial info

Note 14: Walter Valentine Snaith

Birth
27 Oct 1897
Death
29 Aug 1988 (aged 90)
Burial
Dromana Cemetery
Dromana, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia

Source References:

37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government

- Reference = (Residence)

- Notes: SNAITH Walter Valentine Oliver -

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Reference = (Birth)

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Walter Valentine Snaith

Birth
27 Oct 1897
Death
29 Aug 1988 (aged 90)
Burial
Dromana Cemetery
Dromana, Mornington Peninsula Shire, Victoria, Australia

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