Edward Winterton Snow

Last Name:

Snow

First Name:

Edward Winterton

Grave Plot No.:

254

Spatial:

Titles:

Captain

Date of birth:

11.05.1808 (Date of Baptism)

year of death:

1847

date of death:

01.06.1847

Age at death:

40 years 5 months.

Gender:

Male

Relationships:

Husband of Charlotte A. Snow and Father of Emma Snow and Charlotte Grace Snow. His eldest daughter Charlotte Grace was married to Alderman Rose, of Queenshire, London and Crawford Middlesex at St. John's church Notting Hill on 23rd January 1858. His daughter Emma Anne married Charles Lambert, the tobacco manufacturer (of Lambert and Butler fame)

Full Epitaph:

"Sacred to the memory of Captain Edward Winterton Snow, Madras Army, Asst. Secretary Military Board, departed this life on the 1st June 1847 aged 40 years 5 months Erected by his beloved wife "

Occupation:

Previously Captain of the 24th Native Infantry. Later on became the Assistant Secretary of the Military Board of the 25th regiment of the Madras Native Infantry.

Tomb architecture:

Chest tomb

Detailed information:

He was enrolled in the army at the age of 14 on June 22, 1822 with the ref. no. 1/3945/14. He thereafter became the Cornet. Ensign. 2nd Lieutenant on May 2, 1823. He became a Lieutenant on the 8th of Sept 1826 and finally a Captain on the 10th of September 1841. After his death his wife Charlotte received an annual pension of Rs. 147.16. His daughter Emma also received a pension of Rs. 40 per annum till marriage.

Snow is listed as being an assistant deputy secretary of the military board of Madras (headed by the Commander-in-Chief). As part of the 24th regiment of Native Infantry, he is listed as being stationed in Penang and Malacca. (Source: India Office Library, East-India Register and Directory, 1841, 2nd Edn.) His eldest daughter Charlotte Grace was married to Alderman Rose, of Queenshire, London and Crawford Middlesex at St. John's church Notting Hill on 23rd January 1858.

His daughter's Emma Anne's marriage to Charles Lambert is mentioned here: http://tinyurl.com/qaohtkx.

Buried by:

James Church, Snr.Minister, St.Andrew's Church.

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