James WAITE was born abt. 1841 in South Newington, Oxfordshire, England. He married Dinah KNIBBS 12 October 1864 in Swerford, Oxfordshire, England. He died UNKNOWN. Dinah KNIBBS, daughter of Joseph KNIBBS and Elizabeth WEBB , was born bet. January and March, 1847 in Swerford, Oxfordshire, England. She died bef. 20 March 1869.


Children of James WAITE and Dinah KNIBBS are:
1. Joseph Frederick WAITE, b. 28 April 1866

Marriage Notes for James WAITE\Dinah KNIBBS:

Witnesses to the marriage were George Nash and Louisa Knibbs, Dinah's younger sister.

James is listed as a 23 year old bachelor from South Newington whereas Dinah is listed as an 18 year old spinster as of Swerford parish. No record of Dinah's baptism at Swerford. The GRO shows that she was born in the Chipping Norton District.

There is no sign at Swerford of any children being baptised from this marriage. However, Dinah died at the age of 23 years, so it is quite probably that there weren't any.


Notes for James WAITE:

James' father was Richard Waite, a labourer.

The following obituary is for James' older brother George who emigrated to Canada in 1858.

Newspaper, Dutton Advance, Dutton, Ontario, November 26 1903, page 5:
An old resident of Iona passed away on Thursday in the person of Mr George Waite, after an illness of two weeks with a complication of diseases, age 71 years. The deceased was born in England and came to Canada 45 years ago and for several years lived in St Thomas. Afterwards he purchased a farm at Port Talbot where he resided until he moved to Iona 21 years ago. His wife survives as well as a family of 2 sons and 2 daughters. Joseph, MCR foreman, Edgar Mills; Mrs Kenny, Leamington; George and Miss Sarah, Iona. He is also survived by three brothers and one sister - John of Port Talbot, Samuel of Ruscombe, James in England and Mrs Pratt, Port Talbot. The
funeral took place on Sunday to the Burwell Park Cemetery and was well attended. The services were conducted by Rev C.C. Anderson.

Mrs Pratt mentioned as George's, and therefore James' sister in the above obituary is the ggGrandmother of Carol Van Harn in Ontario who gave me this information. Mrs Pratt (nee Martha Waite 1834-1908, d/o Richard and Mary, born in South Newington, Oxfordshire) is reported to have had 22 siblings.

Sources for James WAITE:

  1. Oxfordshire Parish Register - Swerford,

Notes for Dinah KNIBBS:

No baptism record in the Swerford PR transcript for Dinah but identified in the marriage register as daughter of Joseph. Her age at marriage would indicate that she is indeed the son of Joseph Knibbs and Elizabeth.

Sources for Dinah KNIBBS:

  1. Oxfordshire Parish Register - Swerford, Oxfordshire Parish Register - Swerford. Marriage at age 18 
  2. GRO England & Wales,
  3. 1861 British Census,
  4. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 

Notes for Joseph Frederick WAITE:

Sources for Joseph Frederick WAITE:

  1. Personal Contact with Carol Van Harn, a WAITE Descendant,