Here are some of our favourite ancestrors, relatives and others bearing our name who have achieved some level of notoriety.
Briscoe George Alsop Snelson - Photographer
  • Brilliant photographer, oarsman and wounded WW1 veteran.
  • Secretary of the Cambridgeshire Rowing Association
  • Author "Sixty-three Years of the Cam".
  • Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society
David Snelson RN
  • Captain of HMS Liverpool
  • Commanding Officer of HMS Ark Royal, aircraft carrier, Flagship of the Royal Navy
  • Director Naval Staff and Director Naval Operations
  • Chief Harbour Master, Port of London
Sir Edward Alec Abbot Snelson, OBE KBE
  • Secretary Ministries of Law and of Parliamentary Affairs, Karachi
  • Central Provinces District and Sessions Judge 1936
  • Registrar High Court 1941
  • Joint Secretary Government of India 1947
  • Official Draughtsman Government of Pakistan 1948
  • Secretary Ministry of Law 1951;
  • Secretary Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs 1952-58
  • Member Executive Committee Arts Council of Pakistan 1953
  • Legal Adviser to Karachi Port Trust Museum
  • Judge on tribunals for the Partition of Germany post 1945
  • Justice of Supreme Restitution Court, Herford, German Federal Republic
  • Judge Arbitral Tribunal for Agreement on German External Debts and Mixed Commission, Koblenz
  • Author Father Damien", which is "Dedicated to G", his first wife, Greer Garson
George Mathew Snelson - Founding Father
  • Mayor and founding father of Palmerston North.
  • Mayor of Palmerston North 1877-79, 1883-84, 1889-92 and finally in 1901.
  • Agent, postmaster, auctioneer, lay preacher in the Anglican Church
  • Chief Magistrate of the Borough
  • Chairman of the Manawatu Highways Board
  • Captain of the Rifle Volunteers.
Jack Thurston Snelson AM
  • Australia Medal (1986)
  • Australian Commonwealh Pesticides Coordinator, Department of Primary Industry 1967 to 1986
  • FAO Committee on Pesticides in Agricuture 1975
  • Leader, Australian Mission to the Peoples Republic of China on Agrochemical Regulation 1983
  • Foundation Member Weeds Society of NSW 1960
  • Member of ANZAAS.
James Snelson - Witch Descendant
  • James Snelson (Id# 431) married Elizabeth (Id# 436 nee Stubbs), relative of three women, mother and two daughters, hanged at Chester for bewitching to death Mrs. Elizabeth Furnival, daughter to Mr. Jo Fallowes of Fallowes Hall, father-in-law of Thomas Acton.
  • Stephen King (Id# 1591) is descended from the kinsmen of the Acton family and the victim ( Elizabeth Furnival) as well as the witches ( the Stubbs ) ; a remarkable set of circumstances !
Rev. Jeoffrey Snelson
  • Vicar of Hanbury in Staffordshire
  • Vicar of Reigate
  • Rector of Hendon
John Thomas Snelson - Pioneer
  • Fought in the revolution for the Confederates
  • Baptist minister, farmer
  • Patriot
Nathan Snelson - Long Bow to Pocohontas
  • Nathan married Lucy Ann Boling
  • ... whose great-great grandfather was Colonel Robert Boling (Id#16365)
  • ... whose first wife was Jane Matoaka Rolfe
  • ... who was a Grand Daughter of Pocahontas (Id#16379)
"Pete" Snelson - Purple Heart
  • Awarded "Military Order of the Purple Heart".
  • Wounded in WWII
  • Texas State Representative
  • Texas State Senator.
Peter Snelson - Mayor of Cobar
  • Attended the Bark School with the poet Henry Lawson
  • Director, CSA Mining Company
  • Councillor of the Municipality of Cobar
  • Mayor of Cobar ( 1898-99 )
  • See " Cobar Founding Fathers " which contains many wonderful pictures of the early Snelson family and their homes
Roger Snelson & the Coat of Arms
  • Member of the Guild of Dyers.
  • Applicant, Visititation of London 1633-1634, Snelson Coat of Arms
  • Benefactor of Macclesfield poor people
Thomas Snelson - Transported for Life
He was accused of
  • "stealing a child's frock, a pincushion, two hammers, a shirt, handkerchief, muslin curtain, two birdcages, 24 keys and divers other goods"
  • Convicted criminal, sentenced to life imprisonment
  • Transported to the Colony of New South Wales for life.
  • Later transported north to Port Macquarie
  • Won his ticket of leave in 1830 some 18 years after conviction.
  • Granted a Conditional Pardon No. 39/426, Dated Nov 1 1838
  • .... on Payment of the Stated five shillings and sixpence. " ...
  • ... now we know the price of freedom
William Snelson - Unfortunate
  • Killed by a train at Biddulph Junction when returning home late at night - perhaps in an inebriated state