When did Francis Snaith die?

[LizzieL]

There is an older Francis Snaith (b abt 1792) living in Escomb in 1841 and 1851. On 1851 census his birth town is Etherley. It could be him who died in 1863.
According to 1851 census Elizabeth was born in Elwick, Durham in about 1799, Sarah was born in Hamsterley in abt April / May 1841 (age 1 month on 1841 census, taken in June 1841). There is a Sarah Snaith birth reg Q2 1841 Auckland district (right district for Hamsterley).
Freereg has Sarah's baptism as Sarah with no Jane added in Hamsterley on 15 may 1841, d/o Francis (occ farmer) and Elizabeth. There is a baptism for an Elizabeth Dryden at Elwick hall on 8 May 1797 parents Simon and Ann. Francis and Elizabeth named a son Simon, so it is possible it could be the baptism.

Could this be Elizabeth listed as a widow in 1861 living at 61, West Holborn, Shields, South Shields??   I think the Coroner's death you refer to in 1856 was in South Shields from a newspaper report?? The image looks like Snaith

Elizabeth    Sneath Widow    67 Grocer    Haltwhistle, Northumberland
Sarah Jane Sneath 21 Hexham, Northumberland
RG09 Piece 3794 Folio 64 Page 22

There seem to be several points where this doesn't match, but I can't find this Elizabeth and Sarah before 1861 to eliminate them.
Elizabeth's changing place of birth is a bit of a mystery, Elwick is 9 miles or so from Easington (pob in 1881) and Haltwistle is some way west of Hexham.
Easington and Elwick aren't too far from Escomb and Auckland (marriage place) so I think Haltwistle is just an error. I doubt Elizabeth would have made such a major mistake in her POB, maybe the enumerator was in a hurry and copied it onto the wrong line and it was actually a neighbour's POB.

It is looking as if Francis died before census day 1861

[LizzieL]

Not all deaths  on freebmd  state the age
1861 sep qtr in Auckland ,Durham

This one is on NBI
Burial 22 Sep 1861 at Escomb age 73 so born abt 1788

Added
This is the older Francis Snaith living in Escomb. He is on the 1861 census living with his married daughter Hannah (Bennison). The name has been transcribed as Marth. Age given as 73 on census as well. This may be too old compared to earlier censuses, but informant at death is likely to be his daughter Hannah and she may well have supplied the age information when her husband filled in the census form, so it is consistent.

So we still need to identify the Francis buried in Etherley in 1863.

The one who died in the accident in 1856 was 56 years old so it is consistent with age of the Francis we are looking for.