Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameAda Maud SPENCER-WATSON
Spouses
BirthMar 1866, Park House, Cambridge
Death6 Nov 1939, Pitchcombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire
OccupationJ. P.
FatherThomas AIKIN-SNEATH (1834-1910)
MotherJessie WALTON (1836-1925)
MarriageMar 1929, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Notes for Ada Maud SPENCER-WATSON
from a family member
Notes for Francis William (Spouse 1)
From a family member.

Death date from Anthony Lowth.

In the January to March 1866 birth index Francis W. A. Sneath, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, volume 3b, page 511.

In the 1871 census Vicarage, Bledlow, Buckinghamshire.
Head Thomas A. Sneath, age 36, Vicar of Bledlow, born Cambridge.
Wife Jessie Sneath, age 34, born London.
Daughter Jessie A. Sneath, age 6, born Park House Cambridge.
Son Arthur A. Sneath, age 5, born Park House.
Son Francis A. Sneath, age 5, born Park House.
Daughter Edith E. A. Sneath, age 4, born Norfolk.
on Donald A. Sneath, age 2, born Cambridgeshire.
Daughter Mary G. A. Sneath, age 1, born Bledlow, Bucks.
4 servants

In the 1881 census Hazelwell (College Road), Cheltenham College, Cheltenham Gloucestershire.
Boarder Francis W. A. Sneath, age 15, scholar, born Cambridge, Cambridgeshire.

In the July to September 1898 Marriage index Francis William Aikin-Sneath and Louisa Langworthy Baker, Lewisham district, Kent, volume 1d, page 1971.

In the 1911 census Burleigh Court, Brinscombe, Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire.
Head Francis William Aikin-Sneath, age 45, private means, employer, born Cambridge.
Wife Louisa Langworthy Aikin-Sneath, age 46, married 12 years, 5 children born alive all still living, born Newton Abbott, Devon.
Daughter Beryl Louisa Aikin-Sneath, age 11, born Buenos Aires, Argentina, British subject by parentage.
Daughter Joan Aikin-Sneath, age 10, born Paysandu, Uruguay.
Daughter Nancy Eva Aikin-Sneath, age 8, born Paysandu, Uruguay.
Son Francis Brian Aikin-Sneath, age 6, born Bedford.
Betsy Aikin-Sneath, age 3, born Paignton, Devon.
1 domestic nurse born Argentina. 1 cook, 1 parlour maid, 1 housemaid all born in England.
Visitor William Cyril Empson, age 52 married, estate agent, born Headingley, Yorkshire.
The house had 17 rooms

In the 1921 census Tiberton Court, Tiberton, Gloucestershire
Head Francis Aikin Sneath, age 55 years 7 months, married, born ????, Cambridge,
Wife Louisa Langworthy Aikin Sneath, age 56 years 2 months, married, born Newton Abbot, Devonshire, home duties
Daughter Joan Aikin Sneath, age 20 years 8 months, single, born Paysandu, Uruguay, home duties
Daughter Nancy Aikin Sneath, age 18 years 3 months, single, born Paysandu, Uruguay,, home duties
Visitor Charles Philip Oldfeld Bartlett, age 32 years 4 months, born Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, single, Flight Lieutenant in Royal Air Force - R.A.F. Halton Camp, Buckinghamshire, retired - foreign business
A cook, a kitchen maid, a parlourmaid, a housemaid, an under housemaid, and a children’s maid

National Probate Calendar
Francis William Aikin Sneath J.P. of Hales Mead Pitchcombe Gloucestershire died 6 November 1939 Probate Gloucester 20 February 1940 to Ada Maud Aikin Sneath widow Robert Alfred Lowth [son in law] of no occupation and Gilbert Wellington solicitor. Effects 15059 pounds 0 shillings 5 pence. Resworn 17604 pounds 16 shillings 2 pence.

The Citizen Archive, Tuesday November 7 1939, Gloucester, Gloucestershire
Obituary
Death of Mr. F. Aikin-Sneath
Wel-Known Stroud Resident
We regret to announce the death which occurred yesterday of Mr. Francis Aikin-Sneath, J.P. of Halesmead, Pitchcombe, a member of a well-known local family and prominent public worker in the district.
Mr. Aikin-Sneath, who as the eldest son of the late Rev. and Mrs. T. Aikin-Sneath, formerly of The Lawn, Woodchester, had been ill for about two months and underwent an operation in Stroud Hospital. He returned to his home about five weeks ago and for the past fortnight had been seriously ill.
His death will be deeply regretted in the Stroud district, where he lived for many years.
Educated at Cheltenham College, Mr. Aikin-Sneath as a young man went to the Argentine, where he conducted an estancia, and on his return to England he took up residence at Burleigh Court, Brimscombe, where he remained until the end of the Great War. Subsequently he went to live at Tibberton Court, following he lived first at Weston-under-Penyard then London. Finally he returned to the Stroud district and resided since at Pitchcombe.
For many years Mr. Aikin-Sneath was a member of the Stroud Board of Guardians and the Stroud Rural District Council first as one of the representatives for Brinscombe and subsequently as the successor of Mr. Charles Mildred as the Pitchcombe representative. At one time he was persuaded to seek representation on the County Council and he unsuccessfully contested an election in the Bisley Division.
Grandmaster of Stroud Society
Keenly interested in politics, Mr. Aikin-Sneath gave active support to the Conservative cause, and was at one time the hon. treasurer of the Mid-Gloucestershire Conservative Association.
He closely identified himself with the Activities of the Stroud Holloway Original Benefit Society, and about three or four years ago he became the hon. treasurer of that organization. Later he was elected Grandmaster of the Society, and at the last annual meeting was re-elected to that office which he filled with distinction.
For many years Mr. Aikin-Sneath was a magistrate and until his illness he sat regularly on the Stroud Bench. He was a keen supporter of the Stroud General Hospital, and for a number of years he was a member of the General Council of that Institution.
Mr. Aikin-Sneath was twice married, and is survived by his widow, one son and four daughters, namely Mr. Bryan Aikin-Sneath, Miss Beryl Aikin-Sneath, Mrs. Philip Bartlett, Mrs. Robert Lowth and Mrs. Rogers. He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Swynnerton, of Old House, Burleigh, Mrs. Walton and Miss Edith Aikin-Sneath of The Lawn, Woodchester.
His father died in 1911, and his mother in 1926. A brother, the Rev. Donald Aikin-Sneath was a minor canon in Westminster Abbey.
The funeral will take place on Thursday.
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