Julia Hannah SULLIVAN [814]

   Another name for Julia was Julia Hannah SNACKENBERG.

  General Notes:

u.r. at death was 8 Weir Pl.Geelong.

The story of Julia's life is uncertain. Julia had six children and no fathers were named on any of the birth certificates. My belief is that Julia gave birth to the 6 children and family stories state that at least some of the children were raised by her parents, including Albert Frederick.

One story I was told, was that Julia was the local midwife and took unwanted babies (and presumably registered their births with her as mother). However, this story is simply that, a story, and as all births are registered with Julia as the mother then legally all are Julia's biological children.

Julia was said to have married John Snakenberg (Snakeberg) in about 1914, but no marriage registration details have yet been found. As all Julia's children were born prior to 1912, I assume that John Snakenberg (Snakeberg) was not the father of the children, but no proof exists either way. Julia appears in the 1914 electoral roll as Julia Sullivan living at Newstead. She does not appear again until 1924 when she is called Julia Snakenberg and is living in Castlemaine.

Julia's death certificate states she had no issue, but perhaps the information they were referring to was by her perported marriage to John Snackenberg.

Julia had a relationship with someone [—?—] [870] [MRIN: 242].

Julia next married John Henry SNAKENBERG [815] [MRIN: 241], son of Henry SNAKENBERG [1147] and Mary CLEARY [1146], about 1914 in Castlemaine, Vic, Australia. (John Henry SNAKENBERG [815] was born in 1873 in Fryerstown, Vic, Australia,¹⁵⁰⁶ died on 21 Feb 1938 in Castlemaine, Vic, Australia ¹⁵⁰⁷ and was buried on 22 Feb 1938 in Chewton, Vic, Australia.)