The D'Arcy Archive
1787–1861

Elizabeth Margaret Oliver

Of Oswestry, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom.

FamilyNo record yet ties them to their parents or their children, so the relationships above are the family tree's. 6 records that name them have been read, set out on this page. How this archive grades a claim →

Elizabeth Margaret Oliver1787–1861direct line · generation 8
marriedSamuel Sneyd1769–1856tree · direct line
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

None of the 6 relationships shown here is written in a record this archive has read. Every one comes from the family tree. That is not a claim that they are wrong — it is a statement about what has been checked, and on this site the difference is the point. How claims are labelled →

The record

Born7 MAY 1787Oswestry, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom
Died1 DEC 1861Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

direct line · generation 8 counting back from the present day

Family

Married

Samuel Sneyd · 22 OCT 1809 at Audlem, Cheshire, England

Children

Ralph Sneyd (1793–1870) · Walter Sneyd (1809–1888) · Samuel Charles Sneyd (1810–1885) · Mary Sneyd (b. 1814) · James Sneyd (b. 1818)

Where this comes from

No relationship on this page has been checked against a record — the parents, marriages and children drawn above are what the family tree says. But 6 records naming Elizabeth Margaret Oliver have been read, and they are set out below. How claims are labelled →

Every entry naming Elizabeth Margaret Oliver in the register →

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What the records say

Every record this archive has read that names Elizabeth Margaret Oliver. The name is unique in this tree, so these are his or hers. The whole register →

WIDOW, aged 82, born Shropshire · living at Well St, Hanley, in a grocer's shop with her son James on 7 April 1861 — the street and the trade the tree gives her husband, five years after he died there

record1861 census, Hanley, Staffordshire (FreeCEN) · the source ↗

death registered December quarter 1861, Stoke upon Trent, volume 6b page 66 · the tree's 1 December 1861 confirmed, eight months after the census found her at Well Street

recordGeneral Register Office death index (FreeBMD) · the source ↗

wife, aged 71 · born OSWESTRY, SHROPSHIRE — which settles the unreadable “Staly Cladwin” of the 1861 census

record1851 census, Well Street, Hanley — HO107/2004 f.138 p.13 sch.46 (FindMyPast) · the source ↗

born 17 MAY 1782, baptised 19 May 1782 at Oswestry St Oswald's · father DAVID OLIVER, mother MARY — the tree says 7 May 1787, two digits away

recordShropshire Baptisms, Oswestry St Oswald's — Shropshire Archives P214/A/2/1 p.18 (FindMyPast) · the source ↗

HER BAPTISM IN A SECOND, INDEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTION · “May 19. Elizabeth, d. of DAVID OLIVER, CROSS ST., & MARY, b. 7 … bap.”, under the year 1782 · the baptism date, the parents and the year all match what this archive took from FindMyPast — BUT THE PRINTED TRANSCRIPT SAYS SHE WAS BORN ON THE 7TH AND FINDMYPAST'S INDEX SAYS THE 17TH · one digit, two transcriptions of one entry, and no way to choose between them without the register itself

recordShropshire Parish Registers, Diocese of St Asaph — the printed Oswestry registers, read in full text, Internet Archive shropshireparish06asapshro and shropshireparish07asapshro · the source ↗

SIBLINGS, AND THE FIRST THIS ARCHIVE HAS HAD · the same parents at Oswestry baptise DIANNA on 23 MARCH 1777 and DAVID on 12 JULY 1789, the latter entered as “s. of David Oliver, COOPER, Cross Street, & Mary” · a family of at least three children in one street

recordShropshire Parish Registers, Diocese of St Asaph — the printed Oswestry registers, read in full text, Internet Archive shropshireparish06asapshro and shropshireparish07asapshro · the source ↗

Everywhere Elizabeth appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes aboutElizabeth Margaret Oliver in prose, gathered automatically — 8 in total. This counts pages, not records: the lists and registers are skipped on purpose, so a person can be well documented and appear here once or not at all. How claims are labelled →

What changed

…RCH 1777, ELIZABETH on 19 MAY 1782 and DAVID on 12 JULY 1789. Elizabeth is this archive's Elizabeth Margaret Oliver, who married Samuel Sneyd, and THESE ARE THE FIRST SIBLINGS SHE HAS EVER HAD HERE. AND A ONE-DIGIT DISAGREEMENT THAT NOBODY CAN S…

How Far Back

…el Sneyd · grocer, of Hanley Baptised Madeley, 4 June 1781, father William Sneyd. Married Elizabeth Margaret Oliver at Audlem, Cheshire, 22 October 1809. Died at No. 3 Well Street, Hanley, and was buried there in 1855. 1810 Samuel Charles Sneyd…

What Has Been Read

…ing there. control named 13 Sep 2026 FreeREG — Shropshire, control test does not cover it Elizabeth Margaret Oliver's baptism at Oswestry, 7 May 1787 Untestable. Smith across Shropshire 1783–1792 returns 167 entries — Shrewsbury 70, Hodnet 15, L…

Sergeant Sneyd

…and christened there on 28 April 1811, the son of Samuel Sneyd, a grocer of Hanley , and Elizabeth Margaret Oliver. In 1832 he came to New South Wales with the 4th (King's Own) Regiment of Foot — one of the regiments doing convict-guard duty in…

The Sneyds

…h 1769 Samuel Sneyd , grocer bap. 4 Jun 1781 · bur. 1855 Madeley, father William. Married Elizabeth Margaret Oliver at Audlem, Cheshire, 22 October 1809. Died at No. 3 Well Street, Hanley Samuel Charles Sneyd b. 15 Mar 1810 · d. 4 Jul 1885 Hanle…

The Sneyds of the Potteries

…born 17 MAY 1782, baptised 19 May 1782 · father DAVID Oliver, mother MARY. The tree says Elizabeth Margaret Oliver, born 7 May 1787 at Oswestry. Oswestry is confirmed outright by the 1851 census. The day differs by one digit (7 for 17) and the…

What the indexes actually hold

…167 entries from the county — Shrewsbury 70, Hodnet 15, Ludlow 10 — and NONE at Oswestry. Elizabeth Margaret Oliver's baptism, which the tree puts at Oswestry on 7 May 1787, cannot be tested here. Where it bites → FreeREG Audlem, Cheshire — and…

What This Archive Got Wrong

…nty marriages in the same decade. No Sneyd appears in Audlem's parish registers at all. → Elizabeth Margaret Oliver was born 7 May 1787 at Oswestry Oswestry is confirmed by the 1851 census. The date is almost certainly 17 May 1782 — her baptism…

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