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Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 13:24

thanks 4 your help

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 13:14

So they were at 163 Barrow Hill for at least 16 years after the 1901 census.

You have the option to order the 1911 census, it will cost you about £42, but you will have the data of who was there is 1911 early!!

Tracey

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 13:13

Here he is then....(this is the WW1 Thomas) The other Thomas's are for WW2....

KNIGHT, THOMAS HENRY
Initials: T H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
Unit Text: 16th Bn.
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/09/1917
Service No: 268852
Additional information: Son of Ann Maria Knight, of 163, Barrow Hill, Chesterfield, and the late Tom Knight.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Panel 99 to 102 and 162 to 162A.
Memorial: TYNE COT MEMORIAL

Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 13:11

i think it could of been thomas henry but family say he was in the sherwood foresters

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 13:06

Either of these could be your WW2 Thomas...

KNIGHT, THOMAS HERBERT ARTHUR
Initials: T H A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sergeant
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 48 Sqdn.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 11/05/1943
Service No: 1261396
Additional information: Son of Walter and Mary Ann Knight; husband of Dorothy Knight, of Hornchurch, Essex.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Memorial: GIBRALTAR MEMORIAL

Name: KNIGHT, THOMAS HENRY
Initials: T H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Pilot Officer (Pilot)
Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Unit Text: 44 Sqdn.
Date of Death: 24/12/1943
Service No: 149349
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 4. H. 5.
Cemetery: HANOVER WAR CEMETERY

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 13:02

So the guy who died in 1914 is already listed on the 1901 census i have posted...

Ann Maria Knight 32
Ruth Knight 8
Sarah Ann Knight 6
Thomas Knight 34
Thomas Hy Knight 4
Walter Knight 11 months


Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 12:53

it must of been only ww2 only my dad remembers thomas knight giving him a present before he left my dad was born 1940 but an old family member hes 80 bless him said he was killed in 1914 aged 18 so was there 2 thomas knights

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:44

Angela, that doesn't make sense....

'another Knight of 1914 killed in the first world war...'

He would have been 2-4???

Do you mean WW2??

Tracey

Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 12:42

there was another knight of 1914 killed in the 1st world war just spoke to my mum

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:38

Well if this is your Grace


Births Sep 1903

Knight Grace Chesterfield 7b 843


Then she was born after the census.....


Tracey

Artbeat

Artbeat Report 25 May 2008 12:35

Winifred knight-Charles c jenkinson mar q1937 sheffield vol 9c page 783.

richard.

Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 12:34

you dont no what happend to grace

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:27

Looks like your lot in 1901...

1901 England Census

Name: Walter Knight
Age: 11 months
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900
Relation: Son
Father's Name: Thomas
Mother's Name: Ann Maria
Gender: Male
Where born: Staveley, Derbyshire, England

Civil Parish: Staveley
Ecclesiastical parish: Staveley St John the Baptist
Town: Staveley
County/Island: Derbyshire
Country: England

Registration district: Chesterfield
Sub registration district: Eckington

Ann Maria Knight 32
Ruth Knight 8
Sarah Ann Knight 6
Thomas Knight 34
Thomas Hy Knight 4
Walter Knight 11 months

Thomas snr, was a road repairer, below ground, coal mine

163 Barrow Hill, Staveley....

... and a little peice of throw away data, my mate owns the Barrow Hill Railway Site near there!!

Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 12:27

thank you for your help why dont families ever talk to each other

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:25

Possible marriage??

Marriages Sep 1891

Charlesworth Ann Maria Chesterfield 7b 1032
Knight Thomas Chesterfield 7b 1032

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:24

Could Walter be the eldest?


Births Jun 1900

Knight Walter Chesterfield 7b 805

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:22

Most possibly Winifred??


Births Sep 1910

KNIGHT Winifred Chesterfield 7b 853

Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 12:20

yes i think so

WayneTracey

WayneTracey Report 25 May 2008 12:19

Births Sep 1908

Knight Harold Chesterfield 7b 864

Ok, thanks, so the above here is most probably your Harold...

Tracey

Angela

Angela Report 25 May 2008 12:17

my grandfather name was harold born 1908 he had a brother walter and 4 sisters sarah ruth winifred and grace thats all i have to go on apart from my great grandmothers maiden name was charlesworth