John Edward KNIBBS, son of John KNIBBS and Susannah PERRY , was born bef. 11 July 1813 in Deddington, Oxfordshire, England. He died bef. 1881. Ann PREDEY was born abt. 1822 in Highleaden, Gloucestershire, England. She died bet. October and December, 1899 in West Derby District, Lancashire, England.


Children of John Edward KNIBBS and Ann PREDEY are:
1. John Edward KNIBBS, b. abt. 01 June 1850
2. Emily KNIBBS, b. abt. 1859
3. Thomas Edward KNIBBS, b. bet. April and June, 1854 See Thomas Edward KNIBBS & Catherine Ann JONES OR Thomas Edward KNIBBS & Lilian Mary WALSH
4. Elizabeth Hannah KNIBBS, b. bet. January and March, 1852 See Frank MANDY & Elizabeth Hannah KNIBBS
5. Eliza Emily KNIBBS, b. bet. October and December, 1857 See William J CLARK & Eliza Emily KNIBBS

Notes for John Edward KNIBBS:


I'm not 100% sure that John Edward was the son of John and Susannah Knibbs, although it seems highly likely that he was. In all the census records between 1851 and 1871 it's listed that he was born in Deddington at around 1815. There is no record of a John Knibbs being born there in 1815, but the only John born at around that time was John, the son of John Knibbs and his wife Susannah Perry. He was baptised on 11 July 1813.
For the time being, I have kept my original record of John Knibbs being married to Mary Ann Hall at Enstone, and have added John Edward Knibbs as a different person. However, I am beginning to reach the conclusion that John Knibbs and John Edward Knibbs are the same person, and that maybe the marriage to Ann Predey was a second marriage.......not yet sure.
 
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We can see John Knibbs and his wife living in the parish of Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire at the time of the 1841 census:
John Knibbs 30 Saddler (born Oxfordshire)
Mary Knibbs 30 (born Oxfordshire)
William Knibbs 1 (born Oxfordshire)
Hannah Hall 25 Ind (born Oxfordshire)

I'm not sure who Hannah was but am guessing that it was quite possibly a sister of Mary.
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Sadly, John Knibbs and Mary Ann Hall seemed to disappear from Oxfordshire after 1841. It's interesting to note that the first child we can see being born to John Edward Knibbs and his wife Ann Predey was their son John Edward who was born in 1850, when John Edward would have been 36 years old.
So.......was this perhaps a second marriage for him? Did he and Mary Ann Hall move to Liverpool plerhaps? Did he become a widower and remary?

Ann Predey was quite a few years younger than John, so she couldn't have married until 1838 at the very earliest, when she would have reached the age of 16, so an earlier marriage to Mary Ann Hall is quite possible.

Sources for John Edward KNIBBS:

  1. 1851 UK Census,
  2. 1871 British Census,
  3. 1881 British Census,
  4. Oxfordshire Parish Register - Deddington,

Notes for Ann PREDEY:

Also known as: /Belinda/

We can see ann living with her daughter Elizabeth Hannah and her husband at the time of the 1881 census. She was identified as a widow, aged 62, and a dressmaker.

Ann died aged 77 years. Her death was registered as Belinda Knibbs.

Sources for Ann PREDEY:

  1. 1851 UK Census,
  2. FreeBMD,
  3. .Ancestry.com, England & Wales, Death Index: 1837-1983 
  4. 1881 British Census,

Notes for John Edward KNIBBS:

John Edward died at 2 Titchfield Street, Liverpool.

Sources for John Edward KNIBBS:

  1. 1851 UK Census,
  2. FreeBMD, gives June quarter 
  3. Death Certificate,

Notes for Emily KNIBBS:

Sources for Emily KNIBBS:

  1. 1871 British Census,