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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for League of Nations Geneva,
« on: Monday 27 November 23 21:37 GMT (UK) »
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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for League of Nations Geneva,
« on: Monday 27 November 23 14:29 GMT (UK) »
Thank you, hopefully I will turn something up.
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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for League of Nations Geneva,
« on: Monday 27 November 23 08:57 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much for this glimmer of hope.
Seeing your name... this branch of my family originated in Devon.. Chulmleigh then Hatherleigh then Bampton.
Seeing your name... this branch of my family originated in Devon.. Chulmleigh then Hatherleigh then Bampton.
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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for League of Nations Geneva,
« on: Sunday 26 November 23 17:36 GMT (UK) »The 100 year rule may apply, so you might have to proove the family connection to get anything.
Thank you! That is a good idea. I hope there isn’t a 100 year rule! I know a very little about Swiss Cantons and registrations but wasn’t sure if it applied then.
Im already ahead of myself! Its only guesswork /gut feeling that she was not in the UK. The now UN records office was clear that she was shorthand typist, but on her career path for promotion I do not think she ever achieved diplomatic status.
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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for League of Nations Geneva,
« on: Sunday 26 November 23 17:15 GMT (UK) »I’ve done a very basic search on some online Swiss newspapers websites without obvious success. You may wish to try a more in depth search.Thank you I will give it a try… though my German is rather limited.
http://www.bcu-lausanne.ch/livres-articles-video-audio/archives_presse/
https://doc.rero.ch/search?cc=PRESS&ln=fr
https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?l=en
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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for UN Geneva,
« on: Saturday 25 November 23 13:03 GMT (UK) »"worked for the United Nations in Geneva from 1920 to 1939 and again briefly in 1942"Apologies for the inaccuracy, it was of course the League of Nations prior to 1945, the United Nations have supplied me with information from her file.
The United Nations was founded in 1945.
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Europe / Re: Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for UN Geneva,
« on: Saturday 25 November 23 12:42 GMT (UK) »Probate index has a Beatrice Kate Snell dying 28 Aug 1962 probate in 1963, have you discounted that one
Ignore that one she was married to William Edward Snell
yes, sadly its unbelievable how many people have that on their ancestry tree as her death!
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Europe / Tracing missing Great Aunt, once worked for League of Nations Geneva,
« on: Saturday 25 November 23 11:18 GMT (UK) »
Hi,
I know my great Aunt Beatrice Kate Snell worked for the United Nations in Geneva from 1920 to 1939 and again briefly in 1942. Family legend is she was a translator, but UN records says short hand typist but she was working for promotion and I dont know what she did in 1942.
I have her living with her sister in 1948 in Stroud Green London so know she was still alive then... and at that time in the UK.
Beatrice Kate Snell b 1887 St Pancras London
Parents William Henry Snell born Bampton Devon 1855 & Alice Palmer nee Davey b1856 London.
The family also had German connections ( Ulm) who went to live in Argentina in 1920 ( I dont believe she went there but stranger things have happened).
I just have an idea she may have moved abroad... maybe back to Switzerland. Absolutely no evidence to support that!
So any help any of you can offer to help me through my brick wall?
I know my great Aunt Beatrice Kate Snell worked for the United Nations in Geneva from 1920 to 1939 and again briefly in 1942. Family legend is she was a translator, but UN records says short hand typist but she was working for promotion and I dont know what she did in 1942.
I have her living with her sister in 1948 in Stroud Green London so know she was still alive then... and at that time in the UK.
Beatrice Kate Snell b 1887 St Pancras London
Parents William Henry Snell born Bampton Devon 1855 & Alice Palmer nee Davey b1856 London.
The family also had German connections ( Ulm) who went to live in Argentina in 1920 ( I dont believe she went there but stranger things have happened).
I just have an idea she may have moved abroad... maybe back to Switzerland. Absolutely no evidence to support that!
So any help any of you can offer to help me through my brick wall?
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Europe / Re: Look Up request Snell Hannover Germany
« on: Tuesday 25 April 23 15:27 BST (UK) »
Thank you. Not unlikely that William Henry would call himself Henry Snell perhaps, under the circumstances, he was always William Snell in the UK, he was a merchant, can you read the word before London?
I could find no further information on this person, if he was adopted then I imagine his name would have been changed.
Is there any birth record? I couldn't find one, but I am not good at searching foreign language records.
I could find no further information on this person, if he was adopted then I imagine his name would have been changed.
Is there any birth record? I couldn't find one, but I am not good at searching foreign language records.