Henry Robert KNIBBS, son of William KNIBBS and Rebecca SHIRLEY , was born 07 March 1896 in Clifton, Oxfordshire, England. He married Ethel Florence SANDERS bet. July and September, 1919 in Coventry District, Coventry, England. He died 25 January 1988 in Coventry District, Warwickshire, England. Ethel Florence SANDERS was born 25 February 1898. She died bet. October and December, 1978 in Coventry District, Coventry, England.


Children of Henry Robert KNIBBS and Ethel Florence SANDERS are:
1. Edna May KNIBBS, b. 26 June 1920 See Thomas E DIXON & Edna May KNIBBS OR Edward Thomas Robert SIDWELL & Edna May KNIBBS
2. Alan Raymond KNIBBS, b. Private See Alan Raymond KNIBBS & Edith Ethel WILSON

Marriage Notes for Henry Robert KNIBBS\Ethel Florence SANDERS:


Notes for Henry Robert KNIBBS:

Also known as: /Harry/

I believe Harry is the same as Henry as he is listed in the 1901 census return.
Henry Knitts 5 Clifton Oxon Warwick Coventry
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A family story told by Henry was that one of his brothers was drowned and he was blamed for it. He was collecting him from school and they were playing with a paper aeroplane when his brother fell into the canal. We believe this will have been his younger brother Ernest who died aged about 4 years.
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I was told by Ann Rosalind (Knibbs) Mann, his granddaughter, that in his latter years Henry always loved to visit a farm in Ryton and would go to the Barras Market on a Monday to collect the old vegetables for the cattle. He drove an old Austin Cambridge right up until the latter half of 1987 when it was no longer road worthy. It was after that time he seemed to give up on life.

As a child Ann used to go to Rugby market with him on a Monday. He kept pigs at Brandon until he suffered a serious bout of shingles and during this illness, he sadly lost them all to swine fever.

Sources for Henry Robert KNIBBS:

  1. Letter from Sarah Ethel re Amy Elizabeth's estate.,
  2. 1901 British Census, 1901 British Census gives him as Henry 
  3. Oxford & Northants Methodist Listing - Brackley Register 1837-1903, gave actual birth date 
  4. Personal Contact with Ann Mann,

Notes for Ethel Florence SANDERS:

Sources for Ethel Florence SANDERS:

  1. Personal Contact with Ann Mann,
  2. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983