6 Jan 2026

I found a mention of a William Snowling receiving parish assistance for emigration from Suffolk in 1836 in the Suffolk Roots Journal, Vol 14, No 2, Apr 1988 on Page 40. The entry reads:

SNOWLING William, age 15, parish of Fressingfield

This must be the son of William Snowling who was sentenced to transportation to Australia in 1822. The younger William was baptised on 30 May 1824, but this entry suggests he was born earlier, in 1821. This answers a question I had about his parentage since he was baptised after William senior was convicted and transported. If he was born in 1821 then he is almost certainly William senior’s son.

Unfortunately the page does not state where William emigrated to but presumably it was Australia, where his father was.