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Henry George Knight 1889 – 1956 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1889

Birth Location: Eastbourne, Sussex, England

Death Date: 1956

Death Location: Hastings, Sussex, England

Father: James Knight

Mother: Fanny Carter

Spouse(s): Maud Wheatley

Children(s): Kenneth Knight, Edmund Knight, Ronald Knight, Ellen Knight

According to available records, Henry George Knight was born in 1889 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, the child of James Charles Knight and Fanny Carter. Following those early years, Henry George Knight married Maud Ellen Wheatley, and their family grew to include Kenneth Henry Knight, Edmund George Knight, Ronald Charles Knight and Ellen Elizabeth Knight. In the later years of life, Henry George Knight died in 1956 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

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Parents

James Knight
1846 –
Birth Location: Alverstoke, Hampshire, England
JK
Fanny Carter
1856 –
Birth Location: Willingdon, Sussex, England
FC

Spouses(s)

Maud Wheatley
1883 – 1952
Birth Location: Poole, Dorset, England
MW

Children(s)

Kenneth Knight
1916 – 1987
Birth Location: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
KK
Edmund Knight
1921 – 1987
Birth Location: Isle of Wight, England
EK
Ronald Knight
1921 – 1983
Birth Location: 35 Orange Street, Portsea, Hampshire, England
RK
Ellen Knight
1923 –
Birth Location: Hampshire, England
EK

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 19 Mar 1889
    Event Place: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: S165028777, S165448362, East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers, East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers; Reference: PAR 317/1/3/1

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1889
    Event Place: Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1891 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 771; Folio: 124; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6095881

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Year: 5 Apr 1891
    Event Place: Eastbourne Holy Trinity St Saviour, Sussex, England
    Record Source: S165028777, East Sussex Record Office; Brighton, England; Sussex Parish Registers

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1891
    Event Place: 7 Harts Cottages, Holywell, Eastbourne, Sussex, England
    Record Source: 1891 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891; Class: RG12; Piece: 771; Folio: 124; Page: 13; GSU roll: 6095881

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1956
    Event Place: Hastings, Sussex, England

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