Walter KNIBBS, son of Robert KNIBBS and Elizabeth MARKHAM , was born 18 January 1879 in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England. He married Ruth ALLEN 31 January 1920 in Deddington, Oxfordshire, England. He died bet. January and March, 1959 in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England. Ruth ALLEN was born bet. April and June, 1882 in Deddington, Oxfordshire, England. She died bet. October and December, 1948 in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England.


Children of Walter KNIBBS and Ruth ALLEN are:
1. Alfred John KNIBBS, b. 01 March 1924 See Alfred John KNIBBS & Doreen M REMMER
2. Florence Anne KNIBBS, b. 05 April 1922 See Robert Noel RAPLEY & Florence Anne KNIBBS

Marriage Notes for Walter KNIBBS\Ruth ALLEN:

Witnesses to the marriage were Walter's sister Amy Knibbs and brother Ernest.

Notes for Walter KNIBBS:


A picture of Walter in later years in the backyard of his house at Clifton.
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I understand from Walter's niece Barbara Stacey that Walter always attended the Sunday service at the little Chapel at Clifton and that he lived in Clifton all of his life.
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The Knibbs' long association with the village of Clifton ended with Walter's death in 1959. His grandson Colin Rapley was the last family member to have been born at Clifton. He moved with his parents to live at Witney at the end of 1945 when his father returned from war.

Colin tells me that Walter and his wife Ruth are both buried at the Deddington Churchyard.
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Walter is seen as aged 22 years and living in the civil parish of Deddington at the 1901 census with his widowed mother Elizabeth, and his brother Ernest:
Elizabeth Knibbs Wid 52 Oxford Middle Aston
Walter Knibbs Son 22 General Labourer Oxford Clifton
Ernets Knibbs Son 12 Oxford Clifton

Sources for Walter KNIBBS:

  1. Living memory of me, Don Knibbs,
  2. GRO England & Wales, GRO England & Wales gives 1Qtr1879 
  3. 1891 Census for Woodstock District,
  4. 1891 British Census,
  5. Oxford & Northants Methodist Listing - Brackley Register 1837-1903, gave his actual birth date. 
  6. Personal Contact with Colin Rapley of Clifton,
  7. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 
  8. 1901 British Census,
  9. 1911 British Census,

Notes for Ruth ALLEN:

Ruth was the daughter of Joseph Allen, a Stone Mason
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I believe it is Ruth who appears in the 1901 census living at Putney in London, working as a Sewing Maid.
Ruth Allen 19 Oxon Deddington London Putney Sewing Maid
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It is quite probably her buried at St Peter & St Paul's church Deddington, Oxfordshire, England, Plot 6S 12

Sources for Ruth ALLEN:

  1. Personal Contact with Barbara Stacey,
  2. 1901 British Census,
  3. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 gave Banbury District 
  4. Personal Contact with Colin Rapley of Clifton,

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