George Knowsley                    

Born 1752

Hull, Yorkshire, England

George Knowsley was the son of Thomas Knowsley and Susanna Robinson, who were married 10 April 1746 at Holy Trinity, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.  George married Ann SILBECK on 12 October 1775 at St Mary, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.  Their known children are:

Mary Ann Knowsley born 1778 in Hull, Yorkshire

Sally Knowsley born 1780 in Hull, Yorkshire

Thomas Knowsley born 1783 in Hull, Yorkshire

George Knowsley born 1785 in Wighill Park, Yorkshire

Edward Knowsley born 1789 in Cottingham, Yorkshire

George Knowsley (1752) died in 1809.  In 1806 he bought a house with 118 acres, later called Ivy House Farm. The property was sold to Thomas Swann in 1810.

                    George Knowsley                   

Born Circa 1785

Wighill Park, Yorkshire, England

George Knowsley married Ann NOBLE on the 28 October 1811 at North Frodingham, Yorkshire.  George was a farmer and a miller.  George and Ann's children were:

Elizabeth Knowsley born 10 August 1811 at Sigglesthorne/Seaton, Yorkshire.  Elizabeth did not marry, and she was deaf.  Elizabeth died in 1890 at Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Ann Knowsley born circa 1813 at Frodingham, Yorkshire.  Ann married John THORNTON on 31 October 1840 at Driffield, Yorkshire.

Mary Knowsley born 31 July 1814 at North Frodingham, Yorkshire.  Mary died on the 19 September 1831, Wansford, Yorkshire.  She was 17 years old.

Ellen Knowsley born circa 1817.  Ellen's son Edward was born in 1848, at Pickering, Yorkshire.  Ellen died on the 16 March 1853 at Bridlington, Yorkshire.

Henrietta Knowsley born 14 March 1819 at Nafferton, Yorkshire.

Robert Knowsley born 18 November 1820 at Wansford, Yorkshire.

George Knowsley born 29 April 1823 at Wansford, Yorkshire.

James Edward Knowsley born 20 June 1829 at Nafferton.  James died on the 23 October 1830, Wansford, Yorkshire, aged 17 months.

George Knowsley died on the 24 March 1875 at Bridlington and is buried in the Priory Church Yard, Bridlington, with his wife Ann, who died on the 06 January 1865.

1841 Census - Wansford, Fosten, Nafferton, Yorkshire:

1851 Census - Prospect Street, Bridlington, Yorkshire:

1861 Census - Bridlington Road, Bridlington Quay, Yorkshire:

1871 Census - 8 Grundell Terrace, Bridlington, Yorkshire:

1881 Census - Nelson Street, 8 Grundell Terrace, Hilderthorpe, Yorkshire:

                    Robert Knowsley                   

Baptised 18 November 1820

Nafferton, Yorkshire, England

Robert was the son of George Knowsley and Ann Noble.  He married Eliza Ann KNIGHT in 1849 at Axbridge, Somerset, England.  Eliza was born circa 1831 at Barwell, Somerset, England.  Robert and Eliza's children were:

Robert Chapman Tappenden Knowsley born 1851 at Banwell, Somerset, England

Mary Eliza Knowsley born 1862 at Leeds, Yorkshire, England

Annie Henrietta Gertrude Knowsley born 1864, at Honiton, Devonshire, England

Florence Leonora Knowsley born circa 1867, at Hull, Yorkshire, England

1851 Census - West Street, Banwell, Somerset:

1861 Census - Corn Mill, Wansford, Yorkshire:

1871 Census - 179 Regent Street, Holy Trinity, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire:

1881 Census - 86 Regent Street, Kingston Upon Hull, Yorkshire:

Robert Knowsley died aged 60 on the 24 May 1881 at Hull, Yorkshire.  His wife Eliza Ann Knowsley nee Knight died aged 82 in 1913 at Axbridge, Somerset.

            George Knowsley           

Born 1823

Wansford, Yorkshire, England

George Knowsley married Mary WELLS on the 16 June 1846 in the Parish of Harpham, Yorkshire.  The Officiating Minister was H. Legand, and witnesses were George Harper and Jane Taylor.

George and Mary's children were all born at Bridlington, Yorkshire:

George Robert Knowsley born 29 November 1846

James Edward Knowsley born 07 January 1849

John William Knowsley born 9 May 1850

Ann Knowsley born 06 January 1852.  Ann married John ROBINSON on 28 February 1872, at Bridlington.

Mary Knowsley born 28 May 1854

Joseph Knowsley born 28 May 1854

Frederick Knowsley born 18 May 1856

Henrietta Knowsley born 03 April 1858

Jabez Knowsley born 11 March 1860

Isabella Knowsley born 26 January 1862

Arabella Knowsley born 15 January 1865

Elizabeth Knowsley born 24 February 1867

Samuel Wells Knowsley born 08 August 1869

1851 Census - King Street, Bridlington, Yorkshire:

1861 Census - 2 Armstrong's Buildings, Hilderthorpe, Yorkshire:

1871 Census - Hilderthorpe, Yorkshire:

1881 Census - Nelson Street, 6 Grundell Terrace, Hilderthorpe, Yorkshire:

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