Fanny Frances Knight 1839- 1914

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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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