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	Congratulations to Helen and Clive Lee KNIBBS on the birth of their son Cameran Thomas on 16th September, 2009, a baby brother for Jonathan and Jessica.
	Thanks to the efforts of June KAVANAGH, we now have another daughter born c.1921 to Charles Frederick Thomas KNIBBS and Mariette Elisabeth Lucie LEVILLAIN.
	Thanks Kitty KRISTER from Australia for her help with information about the families descended from Joseph KNIBBS/Harriet DAVIES
	With thanks to her daughter Daphne, we now know that Iris Vera KNIBBS b.1912 at Edmonton, Essex, emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia.
	Thanks to Antoinette MARTIN for helping to bring the family of Edward Charles KNIBBS b.1919 in Brentford District, Essex, England up to date. Edward emigrated to New Zealand in 1959.
	Have managed to find details of the Notice of Freedom issued to Thomas KNIBBS b.1796, Charlbury, Oxfordshire. We believe it was this Thomas who was deported to Australia for a 7 year sentence in 1824.
	A photograph added of Frances KNIBBS b.1850 at St George in the East, London, England, courtesy of Daphne Finch.
	A marriage identified between Margaret E S KNIBBS b.1917 at Brentford District, Middlesex and her stepfather's grandson, Eric Raymond VENISON.
	Thanks to Jonathan Webster for help with the following family group from Egham/Bishopsgate, Surrey: A photograph added of Charlotte Fanny KNIBBS, b.1871 at Stepney, London, England. An additional child found for Joseph KNIBBS/Mary Ann LILLY, b.c.1848 at Bishopsgate Egham, Surrey. A second husband and an additional child found for their daughter Frances KNIBBS b.1846 at Bishopsgate. She married James SMITH in 1885. Additional children found for Charlotte Fanny KNIBBS (daughter of Frances above) b.1871 at Mile End, London. Charlotte married John WEBSTER Dates of death found for Charlotte and John WEBSTER and some of their children Have added a copy of the Passenger List showing Emily KNIBBS (a granddaughter of Joseph KNIBBS/Mary Ann LILLY) traveling from London to the USA as Mrs E K HOARE in January 1894. Well done and thanks to Jonathan for finding a poster from Aug 1867, showing Elizabeth Knibbs (aka Lizzie Lemure) from Egham, Surrey during her time in the theatre.
	Found a step daughter, Margery WALSH, for Thomas E KNIBBS b.1854 at Liverpool, Lancashire.
	Have recognised that Sydney Edwin KNIBBS b. 1893 in London served in the Middlesex Regiment during WWI and was killed in action at Ypres in 1917.
	Thanks to Pippa GREGORY for providing details of the arrival in Plymouth, Devonshire, of William Garrett KNIBBS and his wife Elsie aboard the Dutch ship Simon Bolivar, from Curaçao in the Caribbean. Found details of a Patent applied for and awarded to William Garrett KNIBBS for a device designed to hermetically seal metal containers containing food.
	Found three additional grandchildren for Ann KNIBBS b.1929 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. Ann followed her brother John to Wisconsin, America in 1860 and married George BRASHIER. The grandchildren belonged to her daughter Alice Amelia (Brashier) McCARTNEY Date of death found for Catherine Fanny BRASHIER b.1856, the daughter of Ann (Brashier) KNIBBS above.
	Date found for the death of George Henry ALBURY, the husband of Harriet Jane KNIBBS b.1843 at Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
	Dates and places of birth and death found for Emma NORTH b.1865 in Buckinghamshire. Emma was the daughter of John Francis KNIBBS b.1847 at Deddington, Oxfordshire.
	Three sons (including one set of twins) found for Amy Olive KNIBBS b.1899 at Seaforth, Lancashire. Amy married James HANKIN.
	A wife and three children found for Charles Eric KNIBBS b.1921 in Windsor District. He married Florence SUTCLIFFE.
	I believe I've managed to identify the names of the two children lost by Edgar KNIBBS b.1854 in New York, and his wife Mary HOFFMEISTER. They had a son named George born in about September 1887 and another named Edward born in August 1880. They both died in infancy.
	A little information added about Blanch Lilian KNIBBS and her husband James Arthur JORDAN. Blanch was born in Jul 1894 in Windsor, Berkshire. Thanks to their great-grandson Richard HUNT for the information shared with us.
	Dates of Birth and death found for Mercia Agnes G KNIBBS b. 1905 in Windsor, Berkshire. She married Reginald P BULGER.

1/08/2009	Congratulations to Emma Victoria PARKER (nee KNIBBS) and her husband Simon on the birth of their daughter Sophie Elizabeth on 2nd April, 2009.
1/08/2009	Dates and locations added for William KNIBBS b.1879 at Braunston, Northamptonshire, his siblings and descendants with thanks to his grand-daughter Sue BRUCE.
1/08/2009	A second marriage found for Ellen Amelia KNIBBS (nee Babbage). She married Mark NOBLE in London in 1918.
1/08/2009	Have added the details for when Edward Charles KNIBBS and his wife Louise emigrated to New Zealand in 1959/1960. Many thanks to their son Brian for helping with the updates to this part of the family.
1/08/2009	Found date of birth for Elizabeth KNIBBS b. 1877 at Mile End, London. Elizabeth married Charles BUTTNER and they emigrated to Australia.
1/08/2009	A photograph added of the entire crew of the Submarine E8 in 1915/16 during it's time as past of the Baltic Fleet. One of the crew was Amos Charles KNIBBS b.1883 at Windsor, Berkshire, but at this stage I haven't been able to identify which one.
1/08/2009	Another daughter, Agnes KNIBBS, found for Amos KNIBBS b.1883 at Old Windsor, Berkshire plus her marriage and two children. She married Percy GARDINER.
1/08/2009	Marriage and a son found for Amos's second daughter Violet Minnie KNIBBS. She married Victor GREER in 1931.
1/08/2009	A second Christian name found for Emily KNIBBS b.1900 in Wortley District, Yorkshire, d. of Henry Philip KNIBBS. Also, town of birth for Emily and her siblings. Birthplace found for Emily (Walton) KNIBBS, wife of Henry Philip KNIBBS above.
1/08/2009	Found details of the public house called the California Arms in Belmont, Surrey that was run by my grandfathers 1st cousin Hanna WRIGHT and her husband Pelton GIBBONS at the turn of the 19th century. Found details of the Post Office in Belmont, Surrey that was run by another of my grandfather's 1st cousins, Mary Ann WRIGHT and her husband William Henry BRAIN. Have updated the extract from Howard Ernest ROBERTS' address book to include the details of his 2nd cousin, Gracie GIBBONS, daughter of Hannah WRIGHT/Pelton GIBBONS of the California Arms pub at Belmont, Surrey, mentioned above. Howard Ernest ROBERTS was the son of Ann KNIBBS, the 1st cousin of Hannah and Mary Ann WRIGHT. Ann Emigrated to Connecticut USA with her parents in 1857.
1/08/2009	Found two sons for Lily Matilda KNIBBS b.1911 Portsmouth District and her husband Ivor NICHOLLS
1/08/2009	A few updates added to some of the notes for descendants of Robert KNIBBS/Ruth SMITH from Swerford, Oxfordshire and later, Glamorganshire, Wales and Durham, England. Thanks for David JENKINS for all the help.
1/08/2009	Have added draft details for the following Royal Navy ratings: - Richard KNIBBS b.1869 at Mile End, London. - William James KNIBBS b.1873 in Windsor, Berkshire. - Henry George KNIBBS b.1879 in Old Windsor, Berkshire. - Alfred John KNIBBS b. 1881 in Windsor, Berkshire. - Amos Charles KNIBBS b.1883 in Old Windsor, Berkshire. - Thomas Frederick KNIBBS b.1885 in Old Windsor, Berkshire. - Thomas Evan KNIBBS b.1886 in Liverpool, Lancashire. - Victor Charles KNIBBS b.1887 in Windsor, Berkshire. - Sydney Ernest KNIBBS b.1892 in Windsor, Berkshire. - Thomas Charles KNIBBS b.1898 in Kings Cross London. - George Allen KNIBBS b.1898 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire. - Harry Charles KNIBBS b.1900 in Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
1/08/2009	The marriage date found for Arthur Reginald KNIBBS and Florence Norton OAKESHOTT in Cape Province, South Africa. Also, the pet name of 'Girlie' was used in the family for Florence.
1/08/2009	Three additional children found for Catherine Ann KNIBBS b.1870 at Eton, Buckinghamshire, and her husband James Thomas HESTER
1/08/2009	Found the marriage for Ann KNIBBS b.1876 in Hull, Yorkshire to George ABLETT in 1893. Anna married using the name Sarah Ann KNIBBS. Found the deaths for Anna KNIBBS parents, Mary KNIBBS b.1837 in Dublin, Ireland and Henry KNIBBS b.1837 at Windsor, Berkshire. Also, her brother Henry KNIBBS, b.1878 in Hull, Yorkshire, and her sister Mary KNIBBS b.1875, also in Hull.
1/08/2009	A second husband found for Ann Maria WILLIAMS who's husband George KNIBBS b.1842 at Old Windsor, Berkshire, died in 1893. Ann married Charles Thomas MANSFIELD at Windsor.

27/05/2009	Congratulations also to Deborah KNIBBS on her marriage to Michael STEWART on 19 April 2009.
27/05/2009	Congratulations to Pippa GREGORY on her marriage on 21 May 2009. I know she's now Mrs. REID - she didn't tell me the bridegroom's name!

27/05/2009	Mary Ann (PARTELL) KNIBBS from Buffalo, New York, passed away on 21 March, 2009. The beloved wife of Ronald KNIBBS Sr., mother to Deborah, Malinda, Ronald Jr., Kim, Susan, Vickie and Robert, loving grandmother to 12 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren
27/05/2009	In memory of Colin John RAPLEY, oldest son of my dad's cousin, Florence Ann KNIBBS from Clifton, Oxfordshire. Colin died on Saturday 11 April after a long illness. Colin, the father of Timothy and Duncan, was predeceased by his wife Nicola.
27/05/2009	Sadly, I've learned of the death of Rose Lydia KNIBBS on 17 April 2009 in Birmingham. Our thoughts go especially to Harold, her husband of 68 years, and to all the family members.

27/05/2009	Added a photograph of Arthur Reginald KNIBBS b.1892 at King William's Town, Cape Province, South Africa.
27/05/2009	Added a link to the Photo Gallery of Jenny BALSON, a granddaughter of Arthur Reginald KNIBBS above.
27/05/2009	Found the date when Hilda May KNIBBS married in King Williams Town, also the full name of her husband Oswald Barraud.
27/05/2009	Added a photograph of the Memorial at Old Windsor Village Hall, Berkshire, England, remembering the in remembrance of Henry and William KNIBBS who came from that village.
27/05/2009	Added a photograph of William HALL, the husband of Anne KNIBBS b.1834 at Old Windsor, Berkshire, England.
27/05/2009	Found month for when Emily KNIBBS b.1863 at Mile End, London was born, and her husband Edward HOARE were born. Also dates and locations for their three children.
27/05/2009	Date of death found for Eliza Ann KNIBBS (nee WASTELL), the wife of Walter KNIBBS b.1855 in London, England.
27/05/2009	A husband and two children found for Alice May KNIBBS b.1884 in St Giles, London. She married Thomas James SIDNEY in 1908.
27/05/2009	A husband found for Maud Constance KNIBBS b.1887 at Shoredich, London. She married Reuben Jessop WASHINGTON/
27/05/2009	Victoria Gladys KNIBBS died in Oct 1992 at Reading & Wokingham, Berkshire, England. She was the wife of George FINUCANE.
27/05/2009	A few details found for Loren John KNIBBS b.1926 at Illinois, USA, and his wife Colleen Jordan. Also, a link added to The Treviño Family Tree which Is where I learned these new facts.
27/05/2009	A second husband found for Ann KNIBBS b.1856 at Egham, Surrey, the widow of George KNIBBS. She married Charles Thomas MANSFIELD.
27/05/2009	A husband and daughter found for Emily KNIBBS b.1880 at Wheelock, Cheshire. She married Bertie Christopher RYDER.
27/05/2009	A husband found for Elsie Knibbs b.1895 at Wheelock, Cheshire. She married Albert B GUNN.
27/05/2009	A wife found for Kenneth KNIBBS b.1903 at Betchton, Cheshire. He married Kate DUNN.
27/05/2009	A second wife found for Humphrey KNIBBS b.1844 at Swerford, Oxfordshire. He married Elizabeth LINDSEY in 1905.
27/05/2009	A husband found for Frances Louise KNIBBS b.1884 at Michigan, USA. She married Lyle Wentworth PORTER.
27/05/2009	Date of birth found for Elizabeth KNIBBS b.1877 at Mile End, London. Elizabeth married Charles George BUTTNER and they emigrated to Australia.
27/05/2009	Marriage, three children and two grandchildren found for Ernest Alfred KNIBBS b.1873 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. He married Florence Ethel BUTLER. Thanks yet again to Alan Jackson and the K/NIBB/S One Name Study
27/05/2009	A photo added of the Old Rose Public House in Ratcliffe Highway, Stepney, London where Francis KNIBBS b.1793 in Deddington, Oxfordshire was the publican in 1839.
27/05/2009	Found details of a burglery that took place at the Prince of Wales beer house in Feb 1892, when Henry Theodore KNIBBS was the landlord.
27/05/2009	The family of Albert J KNIBBS b.1915 in Eton District has been brought up to date with help from his grandson, Craig KNIBBS.

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