Knighton from Liverpool born 1902

[jimrob]

Better ignore my last 2 posts, I'm getting confused with the generations The Bandage maker was born in 1821 or 22 -- maybe he was Jams Albert's father -- but aginst that is the son listed as  James S -- but reading the census entry I cannot distinguish an S as the initial anyway.

[jimrob]

Another correction, sorry -- maybe the Bandage maker was JA's grandfather

[jimrob]

I also did see the James W Knighton in the Births Register  in July, Aug, Sept 1870 Vol 7B Page 2257 Line 305:  James William Knighton of Nottingham

[heywood]

You are confusing me Jim 

I am thinking/ hoping that James W is the father of your James.

James W's father is James, the elastic stocking/bandage maker.

The oldest James looks to have had two wives- Elizabeth and Eliza. I can't find marriages yet but that would be for the time you are sure that James W is the man you want.

[jimrob]

Sorry about the confusion ... and yes, I also think James W, James William, registered birth being 3rd quarter 1870 -- is possibly the father of my James Albert -- I favor him also because the chosen Christian names of his 4 siblings that I have tracked, they seem to be the names commonly used in the family. His father appears as a Bandage Maker in the 1871, 1881, and 1891 censuses - but on the Marriage entry of 1891 for the assumed parents, James and Charlotte, the father's occupation is given as weaver -- that could be perhaps because the son James equated Bandage make with weaving I suppose.
On the wives, the Bandage maker was married to Eliza born about 1831 but she may have died between 1881 and 1891, the 1891 census indicate his wife is Jane Knighton, 10 years younger, his second marriage ?

[jimrob]

PS - The initial given to the Bandage maker's son James, on the 1881 census, is given as S, James S. Knighton, not James W. -- on the actual document's written script it is difficult to discern what the initial is

[heywood]

PS - The initial given to the Bandage maker's son James, on the 1881 census, is given as S, James S. Knighton, not James W. -- on the actual document's written script it is difficult to discern what the initial is

He is transcribed as James W on the site I use although the writing on the census page is so bad, it us difficult to read.

[heywood]

1861 2466/ 65 / 23

James Knighton is married to:

Elizabeth 44 yrs born Radbourn, Derbyshire and they have William 12 yrs born Derbyshire and Ann 10 yrs born Notts.

I can't be sure of them in 1851. I wonder if William is Elizabeth's child and not James'.


1871 wife is Eliza 38 yrs born Hull.
1881 Eliza 50 yrs born Hull

1891 wife is Jane 58 yrs born London.

[jimrob]

Very interesting -- possibly 3 wives, and in the first marriage to Elizabeth, they were living in Derbyshire -- and by 1861 they were in Nottingham -- he was born in Arnold Nottingham according to the 1861 census. More to think about for me. Thanks