knight family

[ianhb]

Trying to trace the ancestors of Fanny Knight b 1892/3/4 who lived in Queens Walk in Nottingham and married Henry Wilkinson Bowland in 1916 in Batsford. He father`s name was Thomas  Knight and he was a coal miner.
Can anyone help please?

[AMBLY]

Hi Ianhb
I found these 2 Thomas KNIGHT coalminers in Nottingham Census 1881:

3 Berwick Pl
Nottingham St Peter, Nottingham, England
RG11/3364 Folio 46 Page 29

Thomas KNIGHT Head M 27 M Gunthorpe, Nottingham, England Coal Labourer
Elizabeth KNIGHT Wife M 35 F Hyson Green, Nottingham, England Clipper (Lace)
Charles KNIGHT Son 5 M Hyson Green, Nottingham, England Scholar
Sarah KNIGHT Dau 1 F Nottingham, England

And this one:
Betts Street
Hucknall Torkard, Nottingham, England
RG11/3333 Folio 137 Page 37

Christopher RUSHTON Head M 34 M Harts Hill, Warwick, England Coal Miner
Eliza RUSHTON Wife M 33 F Warwick, England
Richard RUSHTON Son 12 M Warwick, England
Elizabeth RUSHTON Daur 10 F Hucknall Torkard, Nottingham, England Scholar
Christopher RUSHTON Son 8 M Hucknall Torkard, Nottingham, England Scholar
Mary RUSHTON 5 Daur F Warwick, England Scholar
Thomas KNIGHT Lodger U 43 M Warwick, England Coal Miner
Reuben SMALL Lodger U 25 M   Walsal, Stafford, England Coal Miner

Cheers
Anne

[ianhb]

Thanks do they appear on the 1891 and 1901 census returns? This might give more insight as to the correct one?
I presumed that my grandmother was born in Nottingham or the Ilkeston area but Fanny`s birth record is escaping me at present.
Thanks again

[AMBLY]

Hi Ian

Afraid I have no access to 1891 or 1901 Censii, but perhaps someone else will have!

While I wondered if the unmarried Thomas was a bit old (he would have been in his mid-50's by 1892) it certainly isn't unheard of for a man to marry or remarry a younger wife and start family at that age..... The younger Thomas, his wife Elizabeth would have been 45/46 by 1892, presuming her 1881 age was correct, so while she was nearing the end of her ability to have children, again it's very much not unheard of  (I had one at 44, so I know 1st hand  )

You say Fanny was born " b 1892/3/4 " - I don't know if you mean 3 April or 4 March  - but  have you seen this Birth registration entry on FREEBDM:

Births Mar  QTR 1892
Name: KNIGHT, Fanny   District:Basford  Vol:7b Page:168

Cheers 
Anne