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Title: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: BW252 on Tuesday 19 August 25 18:28 BST (UK)
Ruth born Ely 1912.    Trying to find details of Fa KNIGHT and Mo Priddis, first names DOBs and Marriage.    I have tried all my resources and have hit a blank wall.    Grateful for any help.
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 19 August 25 18:43 BST (UK)
Have you looked for her on the 1921 census to establish her parents names?  Entry is easily found

Have you looked on freebmd for a Knight /Priddis marriage?

You can download a digital copy of her birth cert for £3
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 19 August 25 18:47 BST (UK)
Did you use GRO online to look for other Knight births with mmn Priddis?  There is one in 1910 so you could check the 1911 census where the entry is easily found with parents

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp#Results
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: BW252 on Tuesday 19 August 25 19:21 BST (UK)
Hi Carole
thanks very much for your very prompt reply.   Yes I saw the other birth on GRO.   I have also checked free bmd for a marriage with no luck at all.    I don't have access to the census forums at all.    I believe he died in WW1 which I need his first names to research

Harry







Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 19 August 25 19:28 BST (UK)
Father William Knight born c 1876 Bodiam, Sussex.

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added, 1881 census suggests earlier birth

KNIGHT, WILLIAM       mmn LADE 
GRO Reference: 1873  D Quarter in TICEHURST  Volume 02B  Page 87
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: KGarrad on Tuesday 19 August 25 19:41 BST (UK)
Hi Carole
thanks very much for your very prompt reply.   Yes I saw the other birth on GRO.   I have also checked free bmd for a marriage with no luck at all.    I don't have access to the census forums at all.    I believe he died in WW1 which I need his first names to research

Harry

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Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Mabel Bagshawe on Tuesday 19 August 25 19:49 BST (UK)
Given censuses suggest the mother Maud was born in Gibraltar, is it possible they married overseas?
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Comberton on Tuesday 19 August 25 19:50 BST (UK)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/782133/william-knight/
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: CaroleW on Tuesday 19 August 25 19:52 BST (UK)
You don't need a forum to access the censuses.  All English & Welsh censuses 1841 to 1911 are free on Family Search

https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/list?cqs=england+census
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 19 August 25 20:22 BST (UK)
Believe William Knight appears  in 1901 census ref 5334 56 29--Royal Navy At Sea and in Ports Abroad

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Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: jonwarrn on Tuesday 19 August 25 20:24 BST (UK)
mother Maud was born in Gibraltar

Birth registration is on FamilySearch
Born 20 October 1881
Father Mathew Priddis, Bombardier Royal Artillery
Mother Ruth Terry Priddis (usually meaning here that Terry = maiden name)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN3-S323-C
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: softly softly on Tuesday 19 August 25 21:01 BST (UK)
mother Maud was born in Gibraltar

Birth registration is on FamilySearch
Born 20 October 1881
Father Mathew Priddis, Bombardier Royal Artillery
Mother Ruth Terry Priddis (usually meaning here that Terry = maiden name)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN3-S323-C

Maud appears with same dob in 1939 war register.

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Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Ladyhawk on Tuesday 19 August 25 21:30 BST (UK)
mother Maud was born in Gibraltar

Birth registration is on FamilySearch
Born 20 October 1881
Father Mathew Priddis, Bombardier Royal Artillery
Mother Ruth Terry Priddis (usually meaning here that Terry = maiden name)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSN3-S323-C

Marriage of Matthew & Ruth Terry transcribed on familysearch & freeREG
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGNN-BM97?lang=en
https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/5f2824cdf493fd1ef3f2f651/ruth-terry-mathew-pridies-marriage-kent-dover-1869-12-21?locale=en

Married 21 Dec 1869 St James Church, Dover Kent
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Comberton on Tuesday 19 August 25 22:04 BST (UK)
Maybe Maud/Nellie was already married.

1903 Caterham, Surrey
George Payne 21 and Nellie Priddis 22, her father Matthew, a clerk. (matches 1921 occ)

Late marriage to William Knight as Maud E Payne 1915 in Ely.

Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Ladyhawk on Tuesday 19 August 25 22:33 BST (UK)
Father William Knight born c 1876 Bodiam, Sussex.

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added, 1881 census suggests earlier birth

KNIGHT, WILLIAM       mmn LADE 
GRO Reference: 1873  D Quarter in TICEHURST  Volume 02B  Page 87

There’s this baptism

William Knight Birth 21 Sep
Baptism 2 Nov 1873 Bodiam, Sussex
Father   William John Knight, gardener Mother   Elisabeth

1881 census

William Knight Age   7
Relationship to Head   Son
Where born   Bodiam, Sussex
Street Address   Vicarage Lodge
Piece   1046 Folio   101 Page number   9
William John Knight 42 Head Westcott Dorking, Surrey, Head Gardener Domestic
Elizabeth Knight 33 Wife
Alice Knight 5 Daughter
Sussanah Knight 1 Daughter

Marriage 7 May 1872 Parish Church Bodiam, Sussex

William John Knight f/a,  gardener  Father William Knight, carpenter
Elisabeth Lade  f/a father James, bailiff
Witnesses James & Sarah Lade

Elizabeth Lade
Baptism 9 Jan 1848 Wartling, Sussex
Father James Lade, labourer Mother   Ann



Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Ladyhawk on Tuesday 19 August 25 22:45 BST (UK)
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/782133/william-knight/

William Knight
Rank   Sergeant
Record Type   Military
Death Date   28 Apr 1917
Service Number   9748
Corps, Regiment or Unit   7 Batts:suffolk
Title   WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
Description   Other Ranks Died Knight H-Knipe W
Reference Number   11/W/37756
Next of Kin (Name)   Relation to Soldier
Maud Ellen Knight Widow Birth 20 Oct 1881
Nellie Florence Knight Child Birth 14 Oct 1910
Ruth Elizabeth Knight Child Birth 21 Jul 1912
(Born before wedlock)
William Knight Child Birth 30 Sep 1917
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: softly softly on Wednesday 20 August 25 08:19 BST (UK)
Info only, William's parent's William John & Elizabeth + his sister Susannah are living in Ely in 1921 census.

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Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: LizzieL on Wednesday 20 August 25 08:31 BST (UK)
Info only, William's parent's William John & Elizabeth + his sister Susannah are living in Ely in 1921 census.

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That location fits with the address of William snr given on the CWGC entry. I wondered about that given that the Knights were from Bodiam
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: BW252 on Wednesday 20 August 25 09:45 BST (UK)
The address 2 Bull Lane, Ely is confirmed as Mauds address by her Granddaughter
Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: softly softly on Wednesday 20 August 25 14:49 BST (UK)
Maybe Maud/Nellie was already married.

1903 Caterham, Surrey
George Payne 21 and Nellie Priddis 22, her father Matthew, a clerk. (matches 1921 occ)

Late marriage to William Knight as Maud E Payne 1915 in Ely.

The image of this marriage available on Ancestry--they have her name as Nellie GRIDDIS

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Title: Re: Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS
Post by: Comberton on Wednesday 20 August 25 15:03 BST (UK)
Strange P's from the Rector

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