Ernest Thomas KNIBBS, son of Robert KNIBBS and Elizabeth MARKHAM , was born 27 October 1888 in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England. He married Amelia Euphemia TYRRELL 22 September 1915 in Bicester, Oxfordshire, England. He died bet. January and March, 1927 in Banbury District, Oxfordshire, England. Amelia Euphemia TYRRELL was born bet. October and December, 1892 in Bicester District, Oxfordshire, England. She died bet. April and June, 1947 in Banbury District, Oxfordshire, England.


Children of Ernest Thomas KNIBBS and Amelia Euphemia TYRRELL are:
1. Robert John KNIBBS, b. 20 August 1916 See Robert John KNIBBS & Nellie Christina BOWERS
2. Constance Betty KNIBBS, b. Private See Herbert H WATKINS & Constance Betty KNIBBS
3. Evelyn Joan KNIBBS, b. Private See Donald P NEWMAN & Evelyn Joan KNIBBS

Marriage Notes for Ernest Thomas KNIBBS\Amelia Euphemia TYRRELL:



Click photo to enlarge. It is a conjecture that Ernest and Millicent married at Bicester, Oxfordshire. The wedding photographs were all produced by James & Son of Bicester, so the conclusion is, that is where the wedding took place.



Click to enlarge. The best man, standing behind Ernest, is his older brother Walter.

To the left of the photograph, the older seated lady is Elizabeth (Markham) KNIBBS, his mother. I assume that the two girls between Ernest and Elizabeth are his two sisters Amy and Sarah, with Sarah's two children Irene and Amy STACEY sat in the left foreground.
In the back row, 4th from the left is Sarah Ethel Knibbs' husband Louis Stacey, and on his left is Edgar Gardner, the friend of Amy Elizabeth Knibbs.


Notes for Ernest Thomas KNIBBS:

Ernest is seen to be 12 years old, living in the civil parish of Deddington at the 1901 census.



Ernest is known to have worked for the Great Western Railway, and I believe it was at Banbury station. The above photograph was one of my father's and I can only imagine somewhere amongst the crowd of staff is Ernest.

I know from his niece Barbara that Ernest died of pneumonia. My cousin Jacky remembers her mother telling her of one of the brothers who worked for the railways and died quite young. Apparently he got soaked through to the skin in a storm, got pneumonia and died from it. That must have been Ernest.

Sources for Ernest Thomas KNIBBS:

  1. Oxfordshire Parish Register - Deddington,
  2. GRO England & Wales, GRO England & Wales gives him as Ernest Thomas Knibbs 
  3. FindMyPast.com, FindMyPast.com gave middle name of Thomas 
  4. 1891 British Census,
  5. Personal Contact with Barbara Stacey,
  6. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 
  7. 1911 British Census,

Notes for Amelia Euphemia TYRRELL:

Amelia died aged 54 years.

The only Amelia Tyrrell I can see of the right age at the 1901 census was:
Amelia Tyrrell 8 Hants Eastleigh Southampton Eastleigh
Amelia Tyrrell 36 Gloucester Cheltenham Southampton Eastleigh

However, FreeBMD has it that she was born in the Bicester District of Oxfordshire, England.

Sources for Amelia Euphemia TYRRELL:

  1. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983