Mary Ann KNIGHTON

[Cumbey]

I'm puzzled ... as usual. I'm looking at my wife's forebears; Knighton is one of them. In the 1861 census, John Knighton is living at Eliot Bank, Sydenham Hill with his wife and family:

John Knighton           58
Anne Sarah Knighton   45
Jno Wm Knighton   19
Mary Ann Knighton   8
Cecilia Knighton         4

Yesterday I came across this:

Name:   Mary Ann Knighton
Record Type:   Burial
Age:   56
Estimated birth year:   abt 1814
Death Date:   abt 1870
Burial Date:   11 Apr 1870
Burial Place:   Christ Church with St Paul, Forest Hill, England
Parish or Poor Law Union:   Christ Church with St Paul, Forest Hill
Borough:   Lewisham
Register Type:   Parish Register

Her abode is given as Eliot Bank, Sydenham. I find it hard to believe that she is not related somehow - but I can't find any Mary Ann Knightons of her age. I'd be grateful if anyone could shed light on my bafflement.

Thanks,

Sid

[Cumbey]

I should add that this Mary Ann is buried in the same cemetery as John Knighton (1802-1869).

Sid

[groom]

Who was John Knighton's father? There is a Mary Ann Knighton, daughter of Giles and Elizabeth Knighton in the 1851 and 1861 census living in Westminster. I can't see her in 1871.

[groom]

1841 St Martin in The Fields

Giles Knighton   55  Tailor
Eliza Knighton   55
Mary Ann Knighton   25
John Knighton   15
George Ana Knighton   14
Mary Ann Mann   6

[Cumbey]

John Knighton married his second wife, Anne Sarah Hart, 30 Mar 1850, St Andrew, Holborn; the marriage record has his father as William Knighton - I haven't found any other reference to him.

Thank you,

Sid

[groom]

Seems strange that on the 1851 and 1861 John doesn't seem to know where he was born, just says England.

[Cumbey]

Indeed ... I have found the Knightons to be v secretive about their roots and their comings and goings.

[louisa maud]

1871 siblings all seem to be living together  in Lambeth , John's wife shown as Eliza aged 36 together with Mary A 18  Minnie 14, I believe she is Sarah Cecilia

1881 3 Knighton females in one family as servants
Sarah Cecilia(prev as Cecilia) 24
Marianne 28
Charlotte 18

Louisa Maud

[Cumbey]

You can see (I think) what I've found on Ancestry - family tree Poulton II. And yes, what you say is right. (Being baptised Sarah Cecilia and calling yourself Minnie is to be discouraged, I'd say.)

Sid