Ethel Louisa Rosalind SNOWDEN

1889 - 1948  (58 years)

• Name	Ethel Louisa Rosalind SNOWDEN  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	13 Aug 1889	, Queensland, Australia   [1, 2, 3]
  	See Notes for birth index information.
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Apr 1948	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [2, 3]
  Notes	Residences--Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 Woolloongabba, Oxley, Queensland, Au === Australia Death Index, 1787 - 1985 Death date, 10 April 1948 Father, William Thomas Ernest Snowden Cook (as it appears) Mother, Annie Eda Lena Klemm Registration year, 1948 Registration number, 8016074 Page number 440 === Ethel Louisa Rosalind SNOWDEN The Electoral Rolls for Brisbane North, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Ethel Louisa Rosalind was resident with her mother Annie at 476 Upper Roma Street Ethel went on have a daughter Joyce sometime before 1920 and a son Colin George at Brisbane, Australia on 11 January 1908 She then went on to marry a George Arthur COOK at Brisbane on 21 Feb 1920 and shortly after in 1926 Joyce died. She was then known as Joyce COOK ~~~~~O~~~~~ Buranda, Oxley, Queensland, Australia 1926 Ethel Louisa Rosalind was resident at O’Keefe Street and George Arthur a “Labourer” at Sword Street Mr L.W.Deane Page 10 The SNOWDENs of Australia Buranda, Griffith, Queensland, Australia 1937 Ethel Louisa Rosalind and George Arthur were resident at 99 O’Keefe Street where he was a “Timber Salesman” ~~~~~O~~~~~ Bulimba, Griffith, Queensland, Australia 1943 Edith Louisa Rosalind died at Queensland, Australia on 10 Apr 1948 === Australian Birth Index, 1788-1922 Birth Date: 13 Aug 1899 Fathers Name: William Thomas Ernest Snowden Mothers name: Annie Eda Lena Klemm Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1889 Registration Place: Queensland Page Number: 13950 Registration Number 009830 === Hi Ron,   Thanks a lot for your email.  Sorry I’ve taken so long to reply, but I have been trying to track down information on our descendants.  It would be great if you could pass what I have onto Anita Snowden as I feel it will fill in some of the missing links for her.  I would be happy for you to pass on my email address too, so that if Anita would like to, she can contact me. It would be great to get to know her and for her to meet our family, especially my parents.  Mum has started to write down the little snippets that she and Dad can remember about the Snowden and Cook families, in the hope of sharing them with Anita.   To clear up your query in your email, Anita’s mum is Ida Amy Lead and her dad is Colin George Snowden.  Ethel Louisa Rosalind Snowden is Colin’s mother and Anita’s grandmother.  She is also my grandmother.  Ethel was not married prior to marrying George Arthur Cook.  George was her one and only husband.   On your website, Colin Snowden has been recorded twice.  Once as the son of William Thomas Earnest Snowden and Annie Eda Lena Klemm, which is incorrect.  William and Annie are his grandparents.  He has also been recorded as the son of Ethel Louisa Rosalind Snowden which is correct.   Ethel Louisa Rosalind Snowden had two children out of wedlock before marrying George Arthur Cook.  Colin, Ethel’s first babe was born 11 Jan 1908. His father is unknown. Now for the missing link!  Phyllis Thelma May Snowden is Ethel’s second child born 12 Sep 1911. Her father is also unknown.  Ethel then married George Arthur Cook.  George and Ethel had three children. Roy Arthur Cook  born 9 Feb 1921.  Allen George Cook  born 16 Jul 1924. Joyce Cook, whom my Dad believes died at birth on 27 Feb 1926.    On your website Joyce Cook and Colin Snowden have been recorded as the two illegitimate children of Ethel and as having the same father which is incorrect.  Colin and Phyllis are the illegitimate children and as far as we know did not have the same father.   The Cook family kept contact with Phyllis and Colin.  Even I can remember going to visit Phyllis and Chris’ family.   Anyway, I hope the attachments will be helpful.  I have also included some photos which I’m sure Anita especially will like to see.  It would be great if you or Anita could fill me in on her siblings and their children and grandchildren.   Before I sign off, I have a little story to tell.  Last Friday evening, my husband and I watched a DVD about an ancestor on my Mum’s side of the family who had come to Australia because of the Great Irish Potato Famine which had struck around 1845 to 1850.  After we finished watching the DVD, I headed off to the computer to see if I could trace anymore of our ancestors on my Mum’s side of the family.  This is the first time I have really been interested in finding out more about my ancestors!   Well, at about 1am in the morning, I felt I had exhausted all avenues on Mum’s family and was about to call it a night.  Then I thought I’d just have a quick look for Dad’s ancestors before shutting down the computer.  We have never had much knowledge about Dad’s side of the family, so I didn’t have high expectations of finding anything.   It was a wonderful surprise when I came upon your website and started to work my way through the ancestors.  Tiredness disappeared and I was just buzzing with the excitement of seeing you have traced our ancestors all the way back to the late 16 and early 17 hundreds.   Then at about 5 o’clock in the morning, I discovered that there was no mention of George Arthur Cook’s descendants!  That’s when I decided to send you a bit of information.  At that stage, I had only looked at a couple of our immediate descendants and didn’t know my way around your website.   Since then, I have spent hours checking your website against what information Mum has given me and also what I could find on the Queensland Government Historical Births, Deaths and Marriages website.   Anyway, thanks for uploading our ancestry and for all the hours you have spent researching our roots.  Although I know we have all come from Adam and Eve and are therefore all related to each other, it is still exciting to find out about our ancestors and heritage.   Since we are 3rd cousins and since Utah is such a long way from Australia, I guess that makes us ‘distant’ relatives!  Thanks for sharing a little about your family too.  I would love to hear more.     Kind regards Cous,   Barbara   === [4]
  Person ID	I6913	Ronald Allen Snowden Family Tree
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2012

  
  

  Father	William Thomas Earnest SNOWDEN,   b. 9 Jul 1866, North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, England, UK ,   d. 15 Jul 1957, Perth, Perth County, Australia  (Age 91 years)
  Mother	Annie Eda Lena KLEMM,   b. 25 Apr 1863, Spandau, Potsdam, Germany ,   d. 13 Aug 1954, , Queensland, Australia  (Age 91 years)
  Married	17 Nov 1888	Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia   [5]
  	Anita Snowden, from Australia, states she has a copy of this marriage certificte.
  _UID	B187D7EE2CC44FF8944D0783839718D5A665
  Notes	Marriage is listed in the Australia Marriage Index: 17 Nov 1888 Queensland, Australia Registration # B012793 page number 13950 ===
  Family ID	F4826	Group Sheet

  
  

  _UID	293A5ABD862A45AC825E5ED6D1A3C6DC45E8
  Children	1. Colin George SNOWDEN,   b. 11 Jan 1908, Brisbane, New South Wales, Australia ,   d. 7 Jan 1959, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  (Age 50 years)   2. Phyllis Thelma May SNOWDEN,   b. 12 Sep 1911,   d. 24 Oct 2005, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia  (Age 94 years)
  Family ID	F4827	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	George Arthur COOK,   b. 9 Aug 1892, , , England, UK ,   d. 16 Jun 1961  (Age 68 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1920	Sword Street, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia   [6]
  _UID	5667B72E31A9476AA421CA64B305EA400276
  Children	1. Roy Arthur COOK,   b. 9 Feb 1921,   d. 3 Jul 2000  (Age 79 years)   2. Allen George COOK,   b. 16 Jul 1924,   d. 28 Sep 2012  (Age 88 years)   3. Joyce COOK,   b. Abt 1926, , Queensland, Australia ,   d. 27 Feb 1926, , Queensland, Australia  (Age ~ 0 years)
  Photos		Ethel (Snowden) & George Cook, Beryl Klemm, Colin Snowden & Roy Cook
  		George, Roy, Allen and Ethel Cook
  Family ID	F8737	Group Sheet

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Ethyl Snowden As a child
  		Ethel Louisa Snowden Circa 1920
  		Ethel Snowden Cook Photo taken just before her death in 1948
  		003 Ethel Louisa Rosalind Cook (nee Snowden) Circa 1920

  
  

• Sources

  [S353] Australian Birth, Death and Marriage Registrations. [S788] (Internet download). [S795] Barbara Cooper. [S792] Information on the Klemm, Snowden & Cook Families, Barbara Snowden Cooper. [S336] Anita Snowden. [S791] Proposed Change: George Arthur Cook..., Barbara Cooper.