Born Shoreditch/Hackney to a Woolen broker. Married a shoemaker
1839 Fanny Knight was baptised 22/12/1839 in Haggeston to Ann Lang & John Knight, he a Woollen Broker . Address Maidstone Street

1841C. Fanny Knight is living Maidstone Street, St Leonards Shoreditch . Entry too faint to determine John's occupation
| John | Knight | Male | 40 | 1801 | - | |
| Ann | Knight | Female | 30 | 1811 | - | |
| John | Knight | Male | 8 | 1833 | Middlesex, England | |
| Mary | Knight | Female | 5 | 1836 | Middlesex, England | |
| Fanny | Knight | Female | 1 | 1840 | Middlesex, England |
1845 .Her father, John Knight, of Maidstone Street, aged 50, is buried on 30/1/1845 in St Mary Haggeston

1845 .Her Mother,Ann Knight, of Maidstone Street, aged 34, is buried on 13/4/1845 in St Mary Haggeston
1851C. Fanny Knight, 12, orphan, is living 1 Esplanade, St Andrew Plymouth with her elder sister in the family of an aunt & uncle ( her parents had married in Plymouth in 1831. A long detective search on Elizabeth could yield a background for Ann Lang! Elizabeth only 40 in 1861C, thus born 1821?- baptism to John & Grace was 1820! Elizabeth Lang married Joseph Francis Collins E Stonehouse Jun 1846. So at least I have ascertained that Elizabeth & Ann were almost certainly sisters. And, Ann Lang was baptised on 4/4/1810 to John & Grace Lang in Maker Cornwall )
| Joseph | Collins | Head | Married | Male | 30 | 1821 | Builder & Carpenter | Devon, England | |
| Elizabeth | Collins | Wife | Married | Female | 37 | 1814 | Lodging House Keeper | Portsea, Hampshire, England | |
| Lucy | Collins | Daughter | Unmarried | Female | 2 | 1849 | - | Devon, England | |
| Francis | Collins | Son | Unmarried | Male | 1 | 1850 | - | Devon, England | |
| Elizabeth | Knight | Niece | Unmarried | Female | 15 | 1836 | Orphan | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Fanny | Knight | Niece | Unmarried | Female | 12 | 1839 | Orphan | London, Middlesex, England | |
| Kate | Louis | Lodger | Widow | Female | 38 | 1813 | Annuitant | - | |
| William | Louis | Lodger | Unmarried | Male | 16 | 1835 | Scholar | - | |
| Katherine | Louis | Lodger | Unmarried | Female | 14 | 1837 | Scholar |
1861C. I cannot find her. Likely a servant & mistranscribed. Have searched extensively on Ancestry using wild cards
1861. Fanny Frances Knight married George Henry James , shoemaker, Pancras Sep 1861 . In St Pancras Church on 25/8/1861. His father George James, shoe maker; hers John Knight, dead.

1876. Elizabeth Ellen James was born to George Henry and Fanny on 7/9/1876. She was baptised on 19/11/1876 at Holy Trinity, Paddington, her father a Bootmaker, address 226 Edgware Road

1881C. George H James, 40, Manager Boot Shop, is living with his wife, Fanny, & 6 children, at 226 Edgware Road, Marylebone
| George H | James | Head | Married | Male | 40 | 1841 | Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England | Manager Boot Shop | |
| Fanny F | James | Wife | Married | Female | 40 | 1841 | Hackney, Middlesex, England | - | |
| Alexander G | James | Son | Single | Male | 18 | 1863 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | Clicker Boot Shop | |
| Fanny E | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 16 | 1865 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | Dressmaker Apprentice | |
| Agnes A | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 13 | 1868 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | Scholar | |
| George J | James | Son | Single | Male | 6 | 1875 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | Scholar | |
| Eliza E | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 4 | 1877 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | - | |
| Mary M | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 2 | 1879 | Marylebone, Middlesex, England |
1891C .George H James, 50, Manager Boot Establishment, is living with his wife, Fanny, & 4 children, in Harrow Road, Paddington
| George H | James | Head | Married | Male | 50 | 1841 | London, Middlesex, England | Manager Of Boot Establishment | |
| Fanny F | James | Wife | Married | Female | 49 | 1842 | England | - | |
| George J | James | Son | Single | Male | 18 | 1873 | London, Middlesex, England | Boot Salesman | |
| Elizabeth | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 14 | 1877 | London, Middlesex, England | Stationer | |
| Mary M | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 11 | 1880 | London, Middlesex, England | Scholar | |
| William E | James | Son | Single | Male | 8 | 1883 | London, Middlesex, England | Scholar | |
| William G | Parsons | - | Single | Male | 0 | 1891 |
1899. George Henry James dies Paddington Mar 1899. He died on 1/3/1899, of 470 Harrow Road, Paddington, leaving ~£308. Probate to Fanny Frances James, widow.
1901C. Fanny James, 61, living on own means, is living at 34 Ilderton Road, Rotherhithe
| Fanny | James | Head | Widow | Female | 61 | 1840 | Shoreditch, Middlesex, England | Living On Own Means | |
| Mary | James | Daughter | Single | Female | 22 | 1879 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | Boot Saleswoman | |
| William | James | Son | Single | Male | 18 | 1883 | Paddington, Middlesex, England | Boot Salesman |
1911C. Fanny James, 72, private means, is living with the family of her daughter Agnes at 9 Ordnance Road, St Johns Wood, Marylebone
| Thomas Percy | Baldwin | Head | Married | Male | 43 | 1868 | Chelsea London | Navy Pensioner Park Keeper Royal Park | |
| Agnes Ann | Baldwin | Wife | Married | Female | 43 | 1868 | Paddington London | - | |
| Harry George James | Baldwin | Son | - | Male | 14 | 1897 | Telscombe Sussex | School | |
| Fanny Francis | James | Mother In Law | Widow | Female | 72 | 1839 | Hackney London | Private's Means |
1914. Fanny F James, 72, dies Marylebone Sep 1914 . No Probate