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Cumberland / Elizabeth Pickering McKnight/Hannah Sutton/Leo Whamboult
« on: Wednesday 07 April 10 12:34 BST (UK) »
Hi
I've hit a brick wall trying to trace my gt-gt-gran, Elizabeth Pickering McKnight. Census shows her as born in Whitehaven in 1847, but she had moved away to Middlesbrough by 1869 & there married George Green.
Her marriage certificate shows her father as John McKnight, a miller, but no trace of her birth or earlier census details. 1881 & 1891 census show an aunt, Hannah Sutton, in the household, born 1827 in Workington. Bizarrely, 1911 census shows Leo Whamboult (a property manager in the theatre), born in Hartlepool in 1856, as her brother. No trace of him anywhere either!
If anyone can shed any light on the family, it would be great!
Thanks.
I've hit a brick wall trying to trace my gt-gt-gran, Elizabeth Pickering McKnight. Census shows her as born in Whitehaven in 1847, but she had moved away to Middlesbrough by 1869 & there married George Green.
Her marriage certificate shows her father as John McKnight, a miller, but no trace of her birth or earlier census details. 1881 & 1891 census show an aunt, Hannah Sutton, in the household, born 1827 in Workington. Bizarrely, 1911 census shows Leo Whamboult (a property manager in the theatre), born in Hartlepool in 1856, as her brother. No trace of him anywhere either!
If anyone can shed any light on the family, it would be great!
Thanks.