Searching for parents born Plumstead

[nessieinspain]

Hello and a very Merry Xmas to you all.

I am trying to find the birth of James Knight according to the 1881 census a Butcher by trade born c.1855 Plumstead Kent.

He married Edith Hooker born c.1857 in Stopham Sussex.  They married in Hove, Sussex on 26/03/1876.

I have found Ediths ancestors butI am stuck on James. They had a son James Henry Knight born 1880 Brighton.

I have found a Henry Knight living in Plumstead in 1851 with a son James born c.1853 but can't be sure as I don't have the names of any of James' siblings...if he had any..

Any help greatly appreciated

Emma in Spain

[lizdb]

Who does James state as his father(name and occupation) on his marriage cert?
I see you have an exact date - so looks like you have thecert.

[nessieinspain]

Sorry found the marriage on the IGI but no further details of James 

[lizdb]

It would be worth getting the marriage cert then - to help ensure that you find the right JAmes on censuses before his marriage.
I would iamgine that a name like James Knight could have several possibiliites
As you have said yourself, you have found one that looks possible, but have no info to check against. If you have James dad's name and occ from his marriage cert, that would rule in or out the one you found.

[Necromancer]

Plumstead was in the Lewisham Regn District until 1868 ... so how about this chap ? (there are others in Greenwich & Dartford, but this seems right)

James Knight
4Q (Dec) 1853  
Lewisham  
Volume 1d  
Page 583



As Liz says, if you have the marriage Cert, can you quote Fathers name & occupation - oh, and any witnesses ?

whoops, just seen your response ...

[nessieinspain]

Thank you,

I am a bit loathe to spend money on this one as it is for my sister in laws Mum & I have already spent a fortune doing our tree. I have managed to get Edith Crumpler's family back to 1822 George Crumpler c.1822 Harbridge Hampshire so I will get in touch with them first before forking out anything. As we all know it can be an expensive hobby lol

Emma in Spain

[Necromancer]

Think this will sort it ...

James with folks - and already a butcher ..

1871 - RG10/783; Folio: 7; Page: 8; - Woolwich St Mary (Arsenal area)
29, Hare Street
 
Henry Knight 45  Head Cheesemonger Lambeth
Eliza Knight 42  Wife Berks, Hagbourne
Joseph Knight 19  son Shopman Woolwich
James Knight 17  son Butcher Plumstead
Emma Knight 10  dau Woolwich
Arthur Knight 7  son do
Alice Knight 5  dau do
Leonard Knight 3  son do

Annie Stade 20  Servant Berks, Hagbourne

[nessieinspain]

Blimey  Thank you!  I thought that was it for this line!

I was just putting up Xmas decorations & came back to an early present! 

[Necromancer]

Looking at the 4 Elizas in Hagbourne in the 1841 Census (Day, Dearlove, Grimshaw & Shepherd)

this might be the marriage ..

Marriages Sep 1850 
   
Knight  Henry     St. Geo Southk  v4 p515    to  Shepherd  Eliza     

They were in Woolwich in 1851, no kids yet ....