Robert F. Sniggs

Robert F. Sniggs

• Father: Edward Sniggs
• Mother: Johanna Groce

• Robert F. Sniggs was born in March 1851 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
• The following appeared on 1 July 1879 in The Evening Auburnian: Moravia. Mrs. C. W. Ball and daughter Clara went Monday to visit friends in Buffalo. . . . Robert Sniggs, of Buffalo, was the guest of agent Parsons over Sunday.
• He married Emma V. Parsons, daughter of Aaron Parsons Jr. and Susan J. (?), circa 1879.
• The following appeared on 3 August 1883 in the Moravia Valley Register: R. F. Sniggs, of Buffalo, made a flying visit to his father-in-law, R. R. Agent Parsons, on Monday.
• Robert F. Sniggs appeared in the 1885 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 850 West Avenue listed with Edward Sniggs as Sniggs & Co., manufacturers of woodworking machinery, at 56-70 Mechanic.. Mrs. Hannah DeYoung is listed at the same home address on Fargo Avenue.
• Robert F. Sniggs appeared in the '1894-95 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 581 Richmond Avenue.
• Robert F. Sniggs appeared in the 1896 Buffalo, New York, City Directory at 602 Bouck avenue listed as real estate, 1006 Real Estate Exchange..
• The following appeared on 16 June 1905 in The Buffalo Express: William H. Hotchkiss, appointed by Judge Hazel as special master to pass upon objections against the discharge from bankruptcy of Robert F. Sniggs, has recommended that the objections, which were drawn up by Attorney Gordon F. Matthews, be overrulled and that Sniggs be discharged.
  Sniggs is a real-estate agent. He has done business in four different names in the last year: first in his own, then in his wife's, then in his stepdaughter's and next in that of his stepdaughter's husband.
• He married Mary Elizabeth Davis, daughter of Junius Davis and Eta Vanpatter, on 16 December 1907 in Yarmouth Centre, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada, by license, with Rev. E. Leslie Pidgeon officiating. Witnesses were J. W. Davis and Willard Davis, Yarmouth Centre. At the time of their marriage, the groom was a widower, real estate agent, residing in Buffalo, New York, and the bride was divorced, residing in Yarmouth Centre.
• Research Note: Were Robert F. Sniggs and Edward Sniggs brothers?

• Last Edited: 4 Jun 2013