See James' marriage recorded in his mum's Bible

James appears in the 1901 census aged 32, living at New Street, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire with his wife Sarah:
James KNIBBS, 32, Shoemaker, Oxon Deddington
Sarah A KNIBBS, 35, Oxon, Banbury
Arthur W KNIBBS, 9, nephew, London Chelsea
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James appears in the 1911 census living at New Street, Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire:
James Knibbs Head Married M 42 Bootmaker Clifton Deddington Oxon
Sarah Ann Knibbs Wife Married 16 F 45 Banbury Oxon
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Barbara also told me that James was a kind man. If he knew that someone could ill-afford to pay for his shoes to be repaired, James would mend them for free.

Barbara tells me:
James and Sarah Ann lived in a simple cottage in Hempton, Oxfordshire, England, with a little workshop just yards from his home. James also had a great interest in the chapel. He died broken-hearted within a few weeks of his wife dying.
James made a will at the solicitors in Deddington, leaving all his belongings to his brothers and sisters or their children.

See Executor's Statement re James' Will and testament

Barbara can remember their furniture being laid out on the grass outside their house and sold to quite a crowd of villagers. She remembers that her mother bought a milk jug which, when I spoke with Barbara in 2001, was still in her possession.
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It's interesting to see from James' Last Will and testament that he left a small sum of money to three of his brother William's children (Winnie Tennant, Arthur William Knibbs, Evelyn Grenau) and two of his brother Ernest's children (Betty Watkins and Joan Newman)
He also left the same amount to a man named Bernard David Lines, but no-one knows for sure who he was. Barbara thinks that he was probably a nephew of Sarah Ann, but she wasn't really sure.
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I have in my possession an old family Bible that I remember my father bringing home after his father, George Levi Knibbs died. On the front cover it says "Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge 1698". Inside the front cover is written Smith, Binder. Feb 1834. Whilst the words are clearly printed onto the paper, the dates look as if they were stamped separately so I am presuming this is the date when the Bible was completed ready for sale.

If you go to the following web page, and click onto the image of the page itself, it flips over and you will see written on the reverse, reference to James' marriage to Sarah.

Please view the pages from Hannah's Bible

Inside the front cover is written in very neat handwriting:
Hannah Markham
Middle Aston
Oxfordshire
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Above Hannah's name there are some other names and dates: which I suspect are related to Hannah's side of the family:
James brother died
11th April 1851
Sarah his wife died
9th Feby 1850
Emma their Daughter died
6th Nov 1838
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On the opposite page is written in very different writing
J Knibbs
Married Feb 15 1895

Georges baby born august 11 phylliss evelin

J Knibbs is Hannah's grandson James. George is another of her grandsons. Phylliss Eveline would have been her great-granddaughter who was born in 1904, and probably after Hannah herself had died.
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We can see james and his wife in 1911, living at Shipston on Stour:
Knibbs SARAH ANN F 1866 45 Shipston on Stour Warwickshire
Knibbs JAMES M 1869 42 Shipston on Stour Warwickshire

Sarah Ann can be seen before she married James, living at New Street Co-op Stores, Deddington, Oxford, England with her parents and grandmother in 1881:
Joseph CASEBROOK Head M Male 30 Boddicote, Oxford, England Grocer (Co-operative Stores)
Sarah CASEBROOK Wife M Female 26 Oxhill, Warwick, England
Sarah A. CASEBROOK Niece Female 15 Banbury, Oxford, England Scholar
Mary A. SUMMERTON Mother In Law M Female 65 Wroxton, Oxford, England Watchmakers Wife