See also

Charles George Knighton (1834-1885)

Individual Events and Attributes

  • Birth:

  • Jun 1834

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  • Address: Green Street, Plymouth, Devon

    As it was normal to baptise a child shortly after birth it is assumed that he was born in late June or early July.

  • Baptism:

  • 30 Jul 1834 (age 0)

  • Parish Church of Charles the Martyr1

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  • Address: Plymouth, Devon

    As his parents names are recorded in the register it is assumed they were there. Who else was present is not known.

  • Present (sibling):

  • 1 Nov 1835 (age 1)

  • Present at Baptism of his brother Jesse

  • Child:

  • 9 Apr 1837 (age 2)

  • Present at Burial of his father George Andrew

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  • Although he was only three years old he was probably there with his mother

  • Present (sibling):

  • 6 Dec 1837 (age 3)

  • Present at Baptism of his sister Fanny Georgina

  • Census (living with mother):

  • 6 Jun 1841 (age 6-7)

  • 1841 Census. Living with mother

  • Census (living with stepfather and mother):

  • 30 Mar 1851 (age 16)

  • 1851 Census - living with stepfather and mother

  • Witness:

  • 17 Oct 1861 (age 27)

  • Charles witnessed the Marriage of Henry Hodge and Fanny Georgina Knighton

  • Census (brother-in-law & sister):

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 36)

  • Census for household

  • Census (living with brother-in-law):

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 46)

  • 1881 Census - living with brother-in-law

  • Death:

  • 1885 (age 50-51)

  • Plymouth, Devon3

Sources

1.

Parish Register for Baptism of Charles George Knighton, Charles the Martyr, Plymouth, Devon, 30 July 1834, Plymouth and West Devon Record Office.

2.

1841 England Census for Household of Mary Knighton in Plymouth, Devon, (Ancestry website). Custom Id: HO107/271, Book 11, Folio 11, Page 6; Charles Knighton age 7 born in Devon probably the son of Mary Knighton. National Archives. Call Number: HO107/271.

3.

England and Wales Death Registration Index, Charles George Knighton, Q4 1885, Plymouth, Vol 5b Page 181, General Register Office.