Sidney KNIBBS, son of Henry Theodore BURT and Agnes Ellen BAXTER , was born bet. January and February, 1864 in St George in the East, London, Middlesex, England. He married Alice WASTELL bet. July and September, 1888 in Shoreditch, London, Middlesex, England. He died bet. April and June, 1911 in Marylebone District, London, Middlesex, England. Alice WASTELL, daughter of William WASTELL and Eliza CUSHWAY , was born bet. January and March, 1865 in Bethnall Green, London, Middlesex, England. She died UNKNOWN.


Children of Sidney KNIBBS and Alice WASTELL are:
1. Victoria Gladys KNIBBS, b. bet. January and March, 1901 See George L FINUCANE & Victoria Gladys KNIBBS
2. Florence KNIBBS, b. bet. April and June, 1898
3. Alice KNIBBS, b. bet. January and March, 1889
4. Grace KNIBBS, b. bet. July and September, 1890 See Frank H St. C HAWKINS & Grace KNIBBS
5. Ada KNIBBS, b. abt. 1893
6. Sidney Edwin KNIBBS, b. bet. October and December, 1893

Marriage Notes for Sidney KNIBBS\Alice WASTELL:

Sydney and his brother Walter Knibbs married the sisters Alice and Eliza Wastell.


Notes for Sidney KNIBBS:

Sidney's father, Henry Theodore Knibbs isn't strictly a member of the Knibbs family. His parents were John and Ann BURT so his real name is Henry Theodore BURT. Henry's mother was widowed and then married Francis Knibbs (1793-1856).
Henry married as Henry Theodore BURT but at a later date, he assumed the surname KNIBBS.
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Sidney and his family can be seen in 1891living with his wife Alice and two daughters Alice and Grace at the home of his father, Henry at 9 Little Coram Street, St George, London, Middlesex. The household seems a little mixed and a struggle to understand who is who.
Henry Knibbs Head Widr 63 Beerseller Somersetshire
Sydney Knibbs Son M 26 Manager St George's East
Alice Knibbs Wife M 26 Middlesex
Alice Knibbs Dau 2 Bloomsbury, London
Grace Knibbs Dau 8 Bloomsbury, London
Lizzie Knibbs Wife M 56 Middlesex
Walter Knibbs Son 9 Middlesex
Alice M Dau 6 Bloomsbury, London
Eleanor Knibbs Dau 5 Bloomsbury, London
Frank G Knibbs Son 2 Bloomsbury, London
Herbert Knibbs Son 20 Homerton
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Sidney can be seen in 1901 living at 33 Commercial Road, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex, England, but with no other Knibbs family members, although the census identifies that he is married.
Sydney Knibbs 37 London London Whitechapel Beer Retailer

His wife and children are listed in the census but living at 7 Anam Street, Whitechapel, London, Middlesex. My theory is that Sydney was working a the time of the census whereas his wife and children were at home.
Ling in the house next door (Anam Street) as a boarder was Sydney's brother Alfred:
Alice Knibbs 36 Wife (husband absent) Bethnal Green London
Alice Knibbs 12 Dau Scholar Bloomsbury London
Grace Knibbs 10 Dau Bloomsbury London
Ada Knibbs 8 Dau Bloomsbury London
Sydney E 7 Son Bloomsbury London
Florence Knibbs 2 Dau Plastow London
Victoria G Knibbs 2mnths Dau Whitechapel London
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We can see Sidney and his family in 1911, living at Stepney, London, Middlesex:
Knibbs Sidney M 1864 47
Knibbs Alice F 1865 46
Knibbs Alice F 1889 22
Knibbs Grace F 1891 20
Knibbs Ada F 1893 18
Knibbs Sidney Edwin M 1894 17
Knibbs Florence F 1899 12

Sidney senior died shortly after the 1911 census, aged just 47 years.

Sources for Sidney KNIBBS:

  1. 1881 British Census,
  2. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Birth Index: 1837-1983 
  3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission,
  4. FreeBMD, identified pre-Sep 1917 
  5. 1901 British Census,

Notes for Alice WASTELL:

Sources for Alice WASTELL:

  1. 1891 British Census, 1891 British Census gave her 1st name 
  2. FreeBMD,
  3. 1881 British Census,

Notes for Florence KNIBBS:

Sources for Florence KNIBBS:

  1. 1901 British Census,
  2. FreeBMD, FreeBMD gave West Ham District 

Notes for Alice KNIBBS:

Sources for Alice KNIBBS:

  1. FreeBMD,

Notes for Ada KNIBBS:

Sources for Ada KNIBBS:

  1. 1901 British Census,

Notes for Sidney Edwin KNIBBS:

Sidney enlisted in the army at Hornsey, Middlesex.

In Memory of
Lance Corporal SIDNEY EDWIN KNIBBS

TF/243003, 1st Bn., Middlesex Regiment who died age 24 on 26 September 1917
Son of Alice Knibbs, of 53, Parkhurst Rd., Holloway, London, and the late Sidney Knibbs.

Remembered with honour at Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.

The Tyne Cot Memorial is one of four memorials to the missing in Belgian Flanders which cover the area known as the Ypres Salient.

Sources for Sidney Edwin KNIBBS:

  1. 1901 British Census,
  2. FreeBMD,