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John KNIGHT
Blacksmith
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John KNIGHT
~1723 - ~1808
Blacksmith
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John KNIGHT
~1723 - ~1808
Blacksmith
 
Samuel KNIGHT
1764 - 1839
Blackmith of Newcastle under Lyme, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
  m. Thomison BARNETT (bap.1764 - bur.1811)
 
Thomasine KNIGHT
bap.1789 - bur.1789
of Bucknall Cum Bagnall, Staffordshire
James KNIGHT
1790 - 1863
Engine driver of Bagnall, Staffordshire
  m. Mary DEAKIN (~1795 - 1864)
 
John KNIGHT
bap.1816 - ~1888
of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
James KNIGHT
bap.1819 - ~1869
of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Samuel KNIGHT
bap.1820 - ~1881
Potter of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Mary Ann KNIGHT
~1823 - 1875
Painter of Hanley, Staffordshire
  m. John PARKES (1822 - 1882)
 
Henry John PARKES
1844 - 1901
Terracotta maker (earthernware) of Hanley, Staffordshire
  m. Alice MILES (1849 - 1902)
 
Fanny Elizabeth 'Annie' PARKES
1869 - 1918
Cotton card room hand of Tamworth, Staffordshire
  m. James HIGGINSON (1868 - ~1940)
 
Corporal Henry 'Harry' HIGGINSON
1889 - 1920
Corporal - Ammunition Column, Royal Field Artillery of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Elizabeth WRAGG (1882 - 1958)
 
Kenneth HIGGINSON
1914 - 1970
of Sheffield, Yorkshire
  m. Beatrice Alice HAWLEY (1910 - 1989)
 
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Margaret Ellen HIGGINSON
1890 - 1972
Cotton winder of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. William TALBOT (1891 - 1969)
 
Harry TALBOT
1909 - 1909
of Blackburn, Lancashire
William TALBOT
1911 - 1915
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Alice Ann HIGGINSON
1892 - 1965
Cotton weaver of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Robert Goodwin FIELDING (1890 - 1968)
 
Annie FIELDING
1914 - 1953
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Albert HARTLEY (1913 - ~1976)
 
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Stephen HINDLE
1966 - 1966
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Gladys FIELDING
1920 - ~1981
Cotton weaver of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Peter H MCOWEN (1918 - ~1980)
 
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James HIGGINSON
1895 - 1969
Tin plate worker of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Mary A PARK (1877 - 1961)
 
Irene HIGGINSON
1921 - 2009
of Bolton, Lancashire
  m. Joseph SWINDLEHURST (~1907 - ~1982)
 
Joan SWINDLEHURST
1940 - 1971
of Preston, Lancashire
  m. Robert I TOWERS (1936 - 2005)
 
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Anthony Joseph SWINDLEHURST
1947 - 2002
of Amounderness, Lancashire
  m. A Private Individual ()
 
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Robert HIGGINSON
1897 - ~1959
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Maria RENSHAW (1898 - 1969)
 
Dorothy HIGGINSON
1920 - 2012
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. John C BURY (~1916 - 2002)
 
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Kenneth HIGGINSON
1922 - 1984
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Margaret HILLIARD (~1909 - ?)
 
Fanny Elizabeth HIGGINSON
1900 - 1900
of Blackburn, Lancashire
John HIGGINSON
1901 - 1973
Postman driver of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Alice BATESON (1895 - 1975)
 
Elsie HIGGINSON
1920 - 1994
Cotton heald knitter of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. John 'Jack' HARGREAVES (1921 - 2008)
 
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Fred HIGGINSON
1903 - 1976
Kiln burner at brickworks of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Mary Emma MCLOUGHLIN (1903 - 1976)
 
Alice HIGGINSON
1921 - 1972
Cotton weaver of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Edward MARSDEN (~1907 - ~1982)
 
Anthony MARSDEN
1941 - 2013
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Brenda MARSDEN
1943 - 1943
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Kathleen MARSDEN
1945 - 1954
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Peter MARSDEN
1957 - 2007
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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  m. George WARING (~1915 - ?)
 
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Thomas Frederick HIGGINSON
1930 - 1980
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Walter HIGGINSON
1906 - 1967
Wholesale salesman, back collector, automatic vending machine serviceman of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Margaret Annie MAWDSLEY (1907 - 2001)
 
Henry HIGGINSON
1929 - 1986
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Irene RATCLIFFE (1928 - 2018)
 
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Florence 'Florrie' HIGGINSON
1908 - ~1973
Cotton weaver of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. George PRESTON (1908 - ~1973)
 
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Rose HIGGINSON
1910 - 1983
Cotton pern winder of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Harold ECCLESTON (1908 - 1970)
 
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Elsie HIGGINSON
1912 - 1963
Heald knitter (incapacitated) of Blackburn, Lancashire
Rose Ann PARKES
1871 - 1948
Cotton weaver of Tamworth, Staffordshire
  m. William FORREST (1871 - 1930)
 
Harriet FORREST
1890 - 1973
Cotton winder of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Frederick BAMFORD (1890 - 1943)
 
James BAMFORD
1919 - 1924
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Firth BAMFORD
1919 - 1986
Joiner (apprentice, bench hand) of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Edna COCKSHUTT (1921 - 2011)
 
Firth BAMFORD
1948 - 2022
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Elizabeth 'Lizzie' FORREST
1892 - 1978
Cotton weaver of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. William 'Billy' STANHOPE (1894 - 1929)
 
Dorothy Rose STANHOPE
1923 - 2009
of Fylde R.D., Lancashire
  m. Arthur W MORGAN (~1922 - ?)
 
Margaret STANHOPE
1927 - 1973
of Fylde R.D., Lancashire
  m. A Private Individual ()
 
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Mary 'Poll' FORREST
1895 - 1981
Cotton winder of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Luke WILSON (~1887 - ~1962)
 
Fred WILSON
1920 - 2003
Motor electrician of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Phyllis D PAGE (~1911 - ?)
 
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Firth FORREST
1898 - 1918
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Alice FORREST
1901 - 1902
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Rose 'Rosie' FORREST
1903 - 1979
Cotton winder of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Arthur MORRIS (1902 - 1936)
  m. George TOWLER (~1915 - ?)
 
Brian MORRIS
1930 - 1957
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Olive FORREST
1904 - 1967
Cotton warper of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. James 'Jim' WALMSLEY (1905 - ~1953)
 
William 'Bill' FORREST
1906 - 1969
Textile fitter's labourer of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Nancy DUCKWORTH (1908 - ~1974)
 
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John 'Jack' FORREST
1907 - 1972
Clerk of Works (Blackburn Corporation) of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Edna May SCOTT (1908 - 1994)
 
Firth Scott FORREST
1937 - 1937
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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James FORREST
1914 - 1930
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Clara PARKES
1874 - 1939
of Tamworth, Staffordshire
  m. Henry 'Harry' HOOLE (1872 - 1930)
 
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  m. Margaret RAMSBOTTOM (1895 - ~1967)
 
Henry HOOLE
1920 - 1995
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Winifred 'Winnie' GREEN (1922 - 2015)
 
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  m. James HOLDEN (~1910 - ?)
 
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Edna HOOLE
1925 - 2008
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Henry WALTON (1921 - 1986)
 
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Margaret HOOLE
1930 - 2019
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. A Private Individual ()
 
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Reverend Charles HOOLE
1933 - 2016
Vicar of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Arthur HOOLE
1897 - 1939
Private in East Lancashire Regiment of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Florence WALSH (1898 - 1974)
 
Arthur HOOLE
1921 - 1965
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Joan WHITTAKER (~1915 - ?)
 
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Clara HOOLE
1922 - 2005
Female operator (Royal Ordnance Factory) of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Edward PICKUP (~1913 - ?)
 
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  m. John E MOONEY (1928 - 1994)
 
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Albert HOOLE
1933 - 1933
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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William Henry HOOLE
1899 - 1900
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Mary Alice HOOLE
1901 - ~1956
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Clara HOOLE
1903 - 1904
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Helen HOOLE
1905 - 1906
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Ada HOOLE
1907 - 1949
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Albert DUXBURY (1905 - 1985)
 
Vera DUXBURY
1928 - 1993
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. William Frederick Royston WEST (1928 - 2002)
 
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Rose HOOLE
1908 - 1908
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Joseph HOOLE
1909 - 1978
Fire place fixer of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Rachel HOLMES (1911 - 2008)
 
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Alice PARKES
1876 - ~1958
of Tamworth, Staffordshire
  m. Richard RILEY (1871 - 1944)
 
Lily RILEY
1897 - 1985
Cotton winder of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. William GREGORY (1897 - 1957)
 
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  m. Vera BRINDLE (1927 - ?)
 
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Vincent GREGORY
1932 - 1986
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. A Private Individual ()
 
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Alice GREGORY
1930 - 2006
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Raymond KITCHEN (1933 - 2006)
 
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Mary Alice RILEY
1899 - ~1955
Cotton weaver (part time) and schoolgirl of Blackburn, Lancashire
Richard RILEY
1903 - 1974
Fruiterer of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Ada ELLIS (1899 - 1977)
 
Gladys May RILEY
1926 - 2012
of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Norman BARTLE (1924 - 1987)
 
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Henry RILEY
1905 - ~1908
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Annie RILEY
1906 - 1923
of Blackburn, Lancashire
John RILEY
1909 - ~1974
Builder's labourer of Blackburn, Lancashire
William RILEY
1911 - ~1975
Navvy of Blackburn, Lancashire
  m. Elsie GARBETT (1912 - 1998)
 
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William RILEY
1935 - 2008
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Elsie RILEY
1936 - 1936
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Moreen RILEY
1938 - 1944
of Blackburn, Lancashire
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Mary Ann PARKES
1877 - 1883
of Stalybridge, Tameside, Lancashire
Ada PARKES
1886 - ~1943
of Blackburn, Lancashire
Susannah PARKS
1846 - ~1903
of Hanley, Staffordshire
Mary PARKS
1852 - ~1906
of Hanley, Staffordshire
William PARKES
1854 - 1855
of Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire
Elizabeth PARKS
1858 - ~1914
of Paddington, London, Middlesex
Hannah PARKS
1860 - ~1915
of Farnham, Surrey
Clara Jane PARKS
1862 - ~1916
of Hanley, Staffordshire
Thomasine KNIGHT
bap.1826 - ~1876
of Hanley, Staffordshire
Esther KNIGHT
bap.1827 - ~1834
of Hanley, Staffordshire
James KNIGHT
1828 - ~1884
Potter of Staffordshire
William KNIGHT
1832 - ~1898
Handler of Staffordshire
Hannah KNIGHT
bap.1835 - ~1899
Gold burnisher of Staffordshire
George KNIGHT
1839 - ~1895
Handler's boy of Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire
Mary KNIGHT
bap.1793 - ~1843
of Bucknall Cum Bagnall, Staffordshire
Samuel KNIGHT
bap.1796 - ~1868
Coal miner of Bucknall Cum Bagnall, Staffordshire
 
William KNIGHT
~1820 - ~1881
Coal miner of Staffordshire
Samuel KNIGHT
~1825 - ~1883
Potter of Staffordshire
Charles KNIGHT
~1826 - ~1884
Coal miner of Staffordshire
James KNIGHT
~1827 - ~1884
of Staffordshire
Phebe KNIGHT
~1828 - ~1885
of Staffordshire
Edward KNIGHT
~1830 - ~1886
of Staffordshire
Timersen KNIGHT
~1834 - ~1888
of Staffordshire
Esther KNIGHT
bap.1803 - ~1853
of Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire
Elizabeth KNIGHT
bap.1806 - ~1856
of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
John KNIGHT
bap.1807 - ~1857
of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Narrative and Notes
Timeline
Personal Family World
Date
Age*
Event
Place
c. 1764
41
Birth of son Samuel KNIGHT 
1
 
1765
42
Occupation: Blacksmith 
2
 
13 Aug 1785
62
Marriage of son Samuel KNIGHT and Thomison BARNETT 
3
Stoke On Trent, Staffordshire
17 Jan 1839
116
Death of son Samuel KNIGHT 
4
Swan Street, Hanley, Staffordshire
Documented age, Calculated age, Estimated age
Citations
1 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
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Superintendent Registrar's District Stoke upon Trent

Registrar's District Hanley

18 DEATHS in the District of Hanley in the County of Stafford

No.

When Died

Name and Surname

Sex

Age

Rank or Profession

Cause of Death

Signature, Description and Residence of Informant

When Registered

Signature of Registrar

333

Seventeenth of January 1839 Swan Street Hanley

Samuel Knight

Male

74 years

Blacksmith

Decline

Mary Knight

Daughter in Law

Swan St Hanley

Present

Her X mark

Twenty first of January 1839

Richard Harding

Registrar

2 - Newcastle under Lyme, St Giles, Parish Records
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1765 Baptisms continued

Smuel the son of John Knight, Blacksmith May 16th
3 - FamilySearch International Genealogical Index

Reprinted by permission. Copyright © 1999-2002 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc

Author: LDS. Publishing Info: © IGI This information has been reproduced with permission of LDS

SAM. KNIGHT

Male

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Marriages:

Spouse: TIMMISON BARNETT

Marriage: 13 AUG 1785 Stoke Upon Trent, Stafford, England

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Source Information:

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M009961 1754 - 1812 0873646 IT 1 Film NONE

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4 - UK General Registry Office Death Certificate
Citation image

Superintendent Registrar's District Stoke upon Trent

Registrar's District Hanley

18 DEATHS in the District of Hanley in the County of Stafford

No.

When Died

Name and Surname

Sex

Age

Rank or Profession

Cause of Death

Signature, Description and Residence of Informant

When Registered

Signature of Registrar

333

Seventeenth of January 1839 Swan Street Hanley

Samuel Knight

Male

74 years

Blacksmith

Decline

Mary Knight

Daughter in Law

Swan St Hanley

Present

Her X mark

Twenty first of January 1839

Richard Harding

Registrar

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