FAMILY HISTORY: KNOTT

THE FAMILY OF JOHN KNOTT

CENSUS INFORMATION:

 

1841 CENSUS OF PLUMSTEAD, KENT, ENGLAND:
NAME: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BORN IN THE COUNTY?
John Knott M 25 M. S. No
Maria Knott F 25 F. S. No
NOTES:
1: Living at Shooters Hill, Plumstead, Kent. (H.O.107-484 book 19, folio 34, page 4)
2: Their daughter Harriet Rebecca is not listed. This may have been an omission or she may have been staying with relatives on the night of the census.
3: The abbreviations for the occupations are believed to mean Male Servant and Female Servant. John and Maria were living and working at a school.
4: John & Maria were living at Shooters Hill when their son John was born in July 1841.
5: In the 1841 Census the age of anyone over 15 was rounded down to the nearest multiple of 5.
6: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

Maria (Meeks) Knott died in 1849 and John Knott married Sarah Ann Harrison in 1850. By the night of the 1851 Census they had had their first child together.

 

1851 CENSUS OF ST BOTOLPH, ALDGATE, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Knott Head Married M 36 Labourer Woburn, Bedfordshire
Sarah Knott Wife Married F 23 - Middlesex
Harriet Knott Daughter - F 11 - Whitechapel, Middlesex
John Knott Son - M 9 - Kent
Rachel Knott Daughter - F 4 - Whitechapel, Middlesex
Maria Knott Daughter - F 2 - Whitechapel, Middlesex
Mary Knott Daughter - F 2 mos - Whitechapel, Middlesex
Elizabeth Patterson Visitor - F 14 - Whitechapel, Middlesex
NOTES:
1: Living at 41 Cartwright Street, Goodman's Fields, St Botolph. (H.O.107-1546, folio 594, page 45)
2: An Elizabeth Patterson was a witness to the marriage of John and his second wife Sarah Harrison the previous year but would a 13 year old child be allowed to witness a marriage? Perhaps this Elizabeth Patterson is a relative of the other Elizabeth Patterson.
3: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

1861 CENSUS OF ST GEORGE-IN-THE-EAST, TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
John Knott Head Married M 46 Labourer Woburn, Bedfordshire
Sarah A Knott Wife Married F 33 - Whitechapel, Middlesex
John G Knott Son - M 19 Stoker Plumstead, Kent
Maria A Knott Daughter - F 13 Scholar Whitechapel, Middlesex
Mary Ann Knott Daughter - F 10 Scholar Aldgate, Middlesex
William J Knott Son - M 7 Scholar Aldgate, Middlesex
Rosina Knott Daughter - F 5 Scholar Aldgate, Middlesex
NOTES:
1: Living at 3 Matthew's Court, St George-in-the-East, Tower Hamlets. (RG9-281, folio 162, page 25)
2: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

John and Sarah Ann's daughters Harriet and Rachel were not at home on the night of the 1861 Census and I found the following two girls listed working a live-in servants about 3 miles away in the St Luke area of East London. The fact that they worked in different houses on the same street is curious. Although their ages are slightly off, this may actually be John and Sarah Ann's daughters:

 

1861 CENSUS OF ST LUKE'S, FINSBURY, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Harriet Knott Servant Unmarried F 17 - St Luke's
NOTES:
1: Living at 74 City Road, St Luke's, Finsbury. (RG9-208, folio 155, page 14)
2: Harriet was living as a servant for William Watson and his family.
3: Harriet's actual age would have been about 22 years.
4: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

1861 CENSUS OF ST LUKE'S, FINSBURY, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Rachel Knott Servant Unmarried F 16 House Servant St Luke's
NOTES:
1: Living at 305 City Road, St Luke's, Finsbury. (RG9-208, folio 102, page 18)
2: Rachel was living as a servant for Frederick Timannus and his family.
3: Rachel's real age was about 14 years. She may have fibbed about her age to get work.
4: The handwriting in this entry was very poor and Rachel's surname was indexed as Mett, while the head of household's surname was indexed as Limanni.
5: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

John Knott died on 13 October 1868 and by the time of the 1871 Census Sarah Ann Knott, was sharing a house with her daughter.

 

1871 CENSUS OF ST BOTOLPH WITHOUT ALDGATE, TOWER HAMLETS, LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Sarah A Knott Head Widow F 45 Mangler London, Middlesex
William Knott Son Unmarried M 17 Brewer's Assistant London, Middlesex
Rosina Knott Daughter Unmarried F 15 Mangler London, Middlesex
NOTES:
1: Living at 2a Cartwright Street, St Botolph without Aldgate, Tower Hamlets. (RG10-524, folio 71, page 23)
2: Sarah Knott was sharing the house with her married daughter Mary Ann (Knott) Stacey.
3: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

I have not been able to find Sarah Ann Knott in the 1881 Census, This may be due to a transcription error - or perhaps she was missed off the Census altogether. She was not listed with her daughter Mary Ann Stacey.

 

1891 CENSUS OF PLAISTOW, WEST HAM, GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME: RELATION: CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Sarah Ann Knott Mother-in-Law Widow F 63 - Whitechapel, Middlesex
NOTES:
1: Living at 600 Barking Road, Plaistow, West Ham. (RG12-1323, folio 56, page 10)
2: Sarah Knott was living with her married daughter Mary Ann (Knott) Stacey.
3: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 

1901 CENSUS OF PLAISTOW, WEST HAM, GREATER LONDON, ENGLAND:
NAME:

RELATION:

CONDITION: SEX: AGE: OCCUPATION: BIRTHPLACE:
Sarah A Knott Mother-in-Law Widow F 73 - Whitechapel, London
NOTES:
1: Living at 26 Salman Road, Plaistow, West Ham. (RG13-1574, folio 101, page 54)
2: Sarah Knott was living with her married daughter Mary Ann (Knott) Stacey.
3: This is the last Census entry for Sarah Ann Knott. She died later in 1901, aged 73 years.
4: The above information is taken from scanned images at www.ancestry.co.uk.

 


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