Snowball, Joan (formerly Dodd, nee Armstrong)
Joan Snowball (formerly Dodd nee Armstrong) was born on 28 May 1895 and lived in 2 Cruddas Terrace with her single mother, Annie in 1901. Her mother married Joseph Matthew Dodd and in 1911 she was living in 2 Cruddas Terrace with her mother, stepfather and sister, Lily. In this census her surname is given as Dodd. In the first quarter of 1917, Joan (Armstrong) married Edward Liddell Snowball from Gateshead, in Bellingham. In records Edward is described variously as a locksmith, a whitesmith and an engineer and fitter. He was twelve years older than Joan. In 1921 they lived at 42 Macadam St., Gateshead and had two daughters – Annie Louise (3) and Joan (7 months). In 1939 Joan jnr. was still living with her parents in Gateshead at 2 Bary Road where she was working as a dried fruit packer. Edward died in 1951 but Joanna (sic) died io Northumberland West in 1987 aged 92.