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I am looking for any information on the parents of either Edward SNOW or Elizabeth DORMADY (my great great grandparents) and a more complete accounting of their children. I would love to hear from any descendants of this couple!! I did research at the rooms in September and have the Snow file from FHSNL. I have no marriage record for Edward and Elizabeth. This was a Catholic family and I found what is possibly Edward’s conversion to Catholicism as an adult in 1869 at Immaculate Conception in Harbour Grace where I found all their records. This is what I expected as my grandmother was Catholic, even though the Snows were traditionally Anglican, I understand.
The last name DORMEDY has proven quite a conundrum. It is spelled differently almost every time and has been transcribed in a myriad of ways, including ?. It could be DORMEDY, DORMODY, DORMELY, DARMODY,etc.
I did not find the birth records for my grandmother, Margaret, and her brother Michael (who was known as Nicholas), who were the two who emigrated to Nova Scotia about 1890 (Margaret) and prior to 1906 sometime (Nicholas/Michael). The following is a basic outline of what I have gleaned so far. I called those children “confirmed” when I found Elizabeth’s maiden name listed:
Confirmed Children of Edward SNOW and Elizabeth DORMADY
1) Ann born 1855
Ann married ? Sheehan earlier in life then Ann Sheehan 59 married Frederick Martin 68 on 22
Sept 1914
2) William born ~1865
William married in 5 May 1887 to Helen Franey
Bernard born 6 Jan 1900
Patrick born 10 Sept 1896
Mary Elizabeth born 9 Oct 1888
3) Aloysia born 15 Feb 1867
4) Patrick born 1868
Patrick Snow 35 married Maria J. Fitzgibbon 33 on 4 Feb 1903.
Francis born 30 Aug 1908
5) Margaret born ~1871 – 1873 (my great grandmother)
Margaret married Thomas Umlah on 25 June 1894 in Halifax, NS (my great grandfather)
Agnes Adeline Umlah born 25 Jan 1899 (my grandmother)
Mary Marguerite Umlah born 15 Aug 1901
Married Michael J. Oldfield on 25 Feb 1907 in Halifax, NS
Michael J. Oldfield born 1908
Harold Francis Oldfield born 20 Dec 1911Believed children of Edward SNOW and Elizabeth DORMADY
6) Honora born ~1853
Honora married John Shean on 14 Nov 1872
7) Susanna born ~1857
Susanna married Richard Martin 4 June 1877
8) Edward born ~1860
Edward married in 25 Nov 1880 to Elizabeth Simonds
Edward born 15 July 1887
Joseph William born 7 March 1891
Maria Magdalena born 16 Jan 1893
Reginald born 6 Sept 1895
9) Nicholas (Michael) born ~1865 – 1867
Nicholas married Mary Ann Reynolds
James baptized 3 Sept 1885
Edward Joseph born 17 Feb 1888
Maria Anna born 14 Aug 1890
Maria Agnes born 23 Nov 1891
Patrick born 10 Dec 1893
Elizabeth born 5 Apr 1896
Susanna born 5 Dec 1897
Alexia M. born 29 Nov 1899Any help appreciated! Thank you
Hi Rachael
I have been working on your family this past week. Send me a note at geoffgmartin@yahoo.com and we can compare notes.
The oral tradition (undocumented) of the Harbour Grace Martins is an origin from the Channel Islands. My Martin roots hail from Harbour Grace and I can document the Channel Islands bit. However, my Martins were all Church of England.
Nonetheless there were Catholic Martins in Harbour Grace.
Geoff Martin
CalgaryHello, Geoff. I guess we are cousins. Anna Dora Snow (1845-1923) was my GGM, mother of my GM, Sarah Jane Snow Walsh (1871-1952). GM was the daughter of Anna Dora Snow Sheehan Martin and Captain William Henry Pike of Carbonear – no marriage. GM was “taken in” by Anna Dora’s parents Edward Henry Snow and Elizabeth Dormady (of John Dormady and Mary Pearcey). I have Edward Henry as the son of Blathwaite Snow and Ann. There were RC Martins in Jersey mainly in St. Mary and St. Peter Parish. Rachael MacCabe is also my cousin.
Yes, the connections are hidden in the myths and mists of time. I had a short back and forth with you on Facebook in December past but haven’t done anything with those Snows since that time.
If I dig up additional info I’ll be in touch.
Geoff
I don’t know if anybody know the name Bruce L. Snow?
I have taken a test through FamilyTreeDNA and I have a mtDNA match result with gives
0 genetic distance with him, but I don’t know if it could be an error. It should mean that we are close relatives, but I don’t know anything about him – or the Snow family. I have a lot of ancestors in Harbour Grace area (Garland, Brown and more). Anyone with a clue?Kind regards
KirstenDoes your Bruce Snow have a tree associated with his FTDNA result or an e-mail address? I have no idea who he may be. Not in my database.
No, no tree. A lot of people choose not to put any info out, unfortunately, but thank you for you reply. Then I can leave this site out.
Hi Kirsten,
Unfortunately no, I haven’t come across the name Bruce Snow but I have really done no work on following the family lines to the present day for the Snows. I am still working on going backwards. Sorry to not be of help. I do plan to follow some lines forward to present day eventually and will contact you if that name comes up.
Rachael
My 3rd great grandmother was Ellen Dormity (..lol..another new spelling of possibly Darmody/Dormody. She was born somewhere between 1826-1832. She married John Emberly in the Argentia Parish in 1851. They lived in Conche. Perhaps your Elizabeth & my Ellen are related somehow. Ellen’s marriage record was located in Argentia – unable to get all of their childrens records as a fire destroyed a lot of records
I also noticed an Elizabeth “Simmonds” – married into the Snow family. The Simmonds from the Conche area are specifc about their name spelt with a “d” and they were RC unlike the Simmons who were from other areas and not RC.
Hi Barbara,
None of Elizabeth Dormady’s siblings is named Ellen but her birth year makes her a contemporary. Elizabeth was born 1826. I finally found her birth information (which I had somehow missed at The Rooms but things were in quarantine and it was confusing) on an amazing site which I recommend to you to check out.The entry for Elizabeth’s family is there under Dormady (and they take into account other spellings). Her parents were John Dormady and Mary Pearcey. There are six other siblings ranging from 1814 to 1833 born in Harbour Grace. There are quite a few entries for Dormady although on my quick perusal I couldn’t find a match for Ellen. Check other possible name variations. Or maybe Ellen was a second name of one of Elizabeth’s sisters. There are also Emberlys in the database too although the John I found didn’t match I think. I would do a deep dive into the collection.
The site is: mannioncollection.ca. All the best in your search! If we end up being related, please let me know.
And thank you, Barbara, for the information about the Simmonds family. I haven’t done much tracing of the siblings forward but I will keep that in mind. Conche and Argentia are very far geographically from Harbour Grace for the early 1800s. What took John and Ellen to Conche? The fishery?
Hi Rachael,
My mother is a Snow, my Great great grandfather was William Snow born 1831-1913. Married Agnus McGregor birthplace Pennsylvania. I’m not sure of his Birthplace and am running on the assumption from somethings I’ve read that he came from NL.
All my current Snow relatives are in Cape Breton.Hi Shane,
I couldn’t find a William Snow born 1831 among my records. However, William is absolutely a Snow family name, all the way back to Jean (John) Snow and Elizabeth who came from the island of Jersey. There are many William Snows to be traced in Newfoundland. The interesting connection to Cape Breton that I have observed is that at the time of WW1, some of my Snow relatives who were not permitted to join the Newfoundland Regiment because of age (or whatever reason) went to “Canada” and joined there. This was often Cape Breton as they could sail to Sydney. I would trace back to when they appeared in Cape Breton and begin there I think. Anyway, not much help I am afraid.HI again Shane,
There is a record for a William Snow but the birthdate is not exact. This William is, in fact, a brother to the Edward Henry born 1818 that we believe to be the father of the Edward above who married Elizabeth Dormady. Here is the entry on the whole family from Dr West’s file on the Snow family that I obtained from this Society. I have not attempted to trace this William or any of the other siblings thus far.
Edward & Elizabeth (Curtis)
Edward Henry. 18 Aug. 1818 (31 Dec. 1818) Harbour Grace. f>PHW 38 & 45A & 111
Elizabeth. 21 Feb. 1821 (3 Feb. 1822) Harbour Grace. DPHW 38 & 111
Susan Elizabeth. 31 Jan. 1824 {6 Jan. 1825) Harbour Grace. DPHW 43 & 111
Sarah Danson. 17 Mar. 1827 (1 Jan. 1830) Harbour Grace. DPHW 38 & 111
William. 30 June 1829 (22 Nov. 1829) Harbour Grace. DPHW 38 & 111 ·Rachael
Ive been trying to work backwards to find some family history out. Im Edward Snow 4th born in Massachusetts, my father also (obviously) Edward born in 1943 in Mass and his father born in 1923 born in MA. The first i can find a trace to Newfoundland is Edward Snow born in Feb 24 1897(Newfoundland) and died in Mass in 1964. Then HIS father is William Snow born ( i THINK) 1864 and died 1926 in Newfoundland. but im stuck i cant find his parents who i was told is Edward as well. My father ( could be wrong) always said i would have been the 9th but there was a William in the line. he could be wrong but i would love to just start tracing back further and further!!!
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