Ruth Elizabeth KNIGHT Mo PRIDDIS

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Believe William Knight appears  in 1901 census ref 5334 56 29--Royal Navy At Sea and in Ports Abroad

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[jonwarrn]

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

[softly softly]

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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[Ladyhawk]

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

[Comberton]

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.

[Ladyhawk]

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

[Ladyhawk]

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

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Info only, William's parent's William John & Elizabeth + his sister Susannah are living in Ely in 1921 census.

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[LizzieL]

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