Is Harriet the daughter of Yjomas and Matilda/ Do you know where she was married and where they settled and the family are now? Thanks for the info. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 6:06 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Burns night > Anyone eating haggis tonight besides us? Not that we have many Scot's > K/NIBB/S. > > I have recently been contacted by the descendant of a MURPHY/KNIBB marriage > and wonder if there's some Irish blood there but, if so, it has been thinned > by several generations of Englishmen. Yes, Muriel it's your Harriet KNIBB > who was the bride. > > The Kettering Operatic Society Secretary doesn't seem keen to stage 'Knibb - > The Musical' but Brian SMITH has hopefully persuaded the headmistress of a > local school to stage a performance. > > I've received an acknowledgement from the office of Colin POWELL in my latest > efforts to find a Patron to lead the celebrations for William KNIBB's > bicentenary in 2003. The General's grandparents came from Jamaica which is > why I decided to approach him. > > The Rev C E RANDELL who married Susan KNIBB, a relation of William's remaIns > a mystery. Checking the RANDELL surname forum for a response to a message I > had left there, my eye caught sight of RENDELL's at West Coker. That's where > Michele's 3x great grandmother was born on 29th February 1816. She received > a letter from the King when she reached 100, yet only having clocked up 25 > Birthdays. Centenarians now 'two a penny' judging from the statistics > released by the Palace today. > > Thanx to Bob, the 1901 investigations are underway. Do remember that I have > the 1891 London Census on CD Rom if for an address found in 1901 it might be > worth checking the occupants 10 years previously. > > I'll leave you now for the haggis - to be shared amogst 23 at the last count. > None of them relatives. Who's got a family reunion lined up and what new > K/NIBB/S info can be gleaned from anyone attending? > > bfn > > Alan > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

To all Listers Whilst going through the 1851 Census index for Lambeth London /Church District , for Cathy Cliffe. I came accross an entry as follows. Lambeth Work House Ann Knibbs Aged 44 Occupation Charwoman listed as inmate Pauper. I cannot find an entry of her birth so assume she married into the family. Hope this is of some use. PS. (Don I wondered if this could be the unknown Ann who married Francis Knibbs in the London area ? ) Regards Bob Knibbs

Dear Alan, Was interested to see your message re Burns Night, as I have an almost identical connection with Robert Burns on each side of the family, though no blood relationship as far as I know. My mother's great-uncle Rev. William Bannerman, who came to NZ in the early days of the Otago settlement, married Jane Burns, daughter of Rev. Thomas Burns, a nephew of the poet; and my father's great-aunt Caroline Bullard married one Robert Burns who was descended from an uncle of his namesake, and, I am told, was very like him in character. However, I did not celebrate the 25th January by eating haggis! Regards, Roderick Drummond >Anyone eating haggis tonight besides us? Not that we have many Scot's >K/NIBB/S. > >I have recently been contacted by the descendant of a MURPHY/KNIBB marriage >and wonder if there's some Irish blood there but, if so, it has been thinned >by several generations of Englishmen. Yes, Muriel it's your Harriet KNIBB >who was the bride. > >The Kettering Operatic Society Secretary doesn't seem keen to stage 'Knibb - >The Musical' but Brian SMITH has hopefully persuaded the headmistress of a >local school to stage a performance. > >I've received an acknowledgement from the office of Colin POWELL in my latest >efforts to find a Patron to lead the celebrations for William KNIBB's >bicentenary in 2003. The General's grandparents came from Jamaica which is >why I decided to approach him. > >The Rev C E RANDELL who married Susan KNIBB, a relation of William's remaIns >a mystery. Checking the RANDELL surname forum for a response to a message I >had left there, my eye caught sight of RENDELL's at West Coker. That's where >Michele's 3x great grandmother was born on 29th February 1816. She received >a letter from the King when she reached 100, yet only having clocked up 25 >Birthdays. Centenarians now 'two a penny' judging from the statistics >released by the Palace today. > >Thanx to Bob, the 1901 investigations are underway. Do remember that I have >the 1891 London Census on CD Rom if for an address found in 1901 it might be >worth checking the occupants 10 years previously. > >I'll leave you now for the haggis - to be shared amogst 23 at the last count. > None of them relatives. Who's got a family reunion lined up and what new >K/NIBB/S info can be gleaned from anyone attending? > >bfn > >Alan > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > __________________________________________________ Advertise with ZFREE - to find out more click below http://www.zfree.co.nz/about-us/advert.html

Alan/Bob, Just got round to checking out the details of the John Knibbs found by Bob in the 1901 census. If indeed he was 55 years old and born in Deddington (as he clearly said he was) then there is little doubt that he is John Francis Knibbs bap. Jan 3 1847. I've checked the Deddington PR Transcript and John wasn't that common a name. Prior to 1847, the next John was baptised in 1816. There were no other Johns baptised there between 1847 and 1901. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 8:35 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] (Deddington John) > Don/Bob > > In 1881, John was at Dalton in Furness in the Ulverstone District. Cecilia > died there as a KNIBB in 1922, so I presu,e that's where the family were > mining iron ore in 1901. I can't find John's death in the GRO indices which > might help to identify him. > > However, I think you are correct, Don, in identifying John Francis. His > mother died in Buckingham from where Cecilia came and indeed married John > there in 1868. Another hint is that a grandson was called John Francis. A > family grouping from the database appears below. However I don't know which > grandson belonged to which son. There was a George and also a George A, a > Charles and Jane in addition to the said John Francis, a couple of whom died > in infancy. > > > bfn > > Alan > > > John Francis KNIBBS > Born 1Qtr1847 Deddington > Baptised 3Jan1847 > Died a1901 > Buried > Occupation Iron Ore Borer Dalton in Furness 1881 > Father Francis KNIBBS > Mother Mary Ann SYKES > 57 Steel Street + Caroline Elizabeth b 04q1878? > > Married 3Qtr1868 Buckingham District > > Cecilia UNKNOWN > Born c1845 Bucks > Baptised > Died 1Qtr1921 > Buried > Occupation > Father > Mother > > Children > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > -- > > Emma KNIBBS > Born c1865 Bucks > Baptised > Died > Buried > Occupation with Wm John HALL 1881 at Quainton? > > Frederick John KNIBBS > Born 2Qtr1869 Buckinghamshire > Baptised > Died > Buried > Occupation Scholar Dalton in Furness 1881 > Spouse UNKNOWN > > John KNIBBS > Born 2Qtr1874 Askam > Baptised > Died 2Qtr1934 > Buried > Occupation Iron Ore Miner 1901 > > William KNIBBS > Born 4Qtr1875 Askam > Baptised > Died > Buried > Occupation > Spouse UNKNOWN > > Joseph KNIBBS > Born 3Qtr1878 > Baptised > Died 1Qtr1880 > Buried > Occupation > > Clara KNIBBS > Born 1881 Askam > Baptised > Died > Buried > Occupation 2mo in 1881 > > George KNIBBS > Born 1Qtr1886 > Baptised > Died 1Qtr1954 > Buried > Occupation General labourer 1901 > > > > Many thanks for taking the time to look at Deddington and for passing the > > information on. > > > > I don't know for sure if I have a connection with the John Knibbs you found > > at Deddington - I don't seem to have a marriage to Cecelia. The best match I > > can come up with is John Frances Knibbs, b. Jan 1847 at Deddington, son of > > Frances Knibbs and Mary Ann Sykes. I have no details for him other than his > > baptism, so clearly, he must have moved off somewhere. I see that Cecelia is > > from Bucks so he could have moved there if indeed it is him. I also see that > > John and his son were iron ore miners so I'm also trying to figure out where > > Iron Ore was mined in those days - I wasn't aware of iron mining in > > Oxfordshire. > > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Anyone eating haggis tonight besides us? Not that we have many Scot's K/NIBB/S. I have recently been contacted by the descendant of a MURPHY/KNIBB marriage and wonder if there's some Irish blood there but, if so, it has been thinned by several generations of Englishmen. Yes, Muriel it's your Harriet KNIBB who was the bride. The Kettering Operatic Society Secretary doesn't seem keen to stage 'Knibb - The Musical' but Brian SMITH has hopefully persuaded the headmistress of a local school to stage a performance. I've received an acknowledgement from the office of Colin POWELL in my latest efforts to find a Patron to lead the celebrations for William KNIBB's bicentenary in 2003. The General's grandparents came from Jamaica which is why I decided to approach him. The Rev C E RANDELL who married Susan KNIBB, a relation of William's remaIns a mystery. Checking the RANDELL surname forum for a response to a message I had left there, my eye caught sight of RENDELL's at West Coker. That's where Michele's 3x great grandmother was born on 29th February 1816. She received a letter from the King when she reached 100, yet only having clocked up 25 Birthdays. Centenarians now 'two a penny' judging from the statistics released by the Palace today. Thanx to Bob, the 1901 investigations are underway. Do remember that I have the 1891 London Census on CD Rom if for an address found in 1901 it might be worth checking the occupants 10 years previously. I'll leave you now for the haggis - to be shared amogst 23 at the last count. None of them relatives. Who's got a family reunion lined up and what new K/NIBB/S info can be gleaned from anyone attending? bfn Alan

Robin I had picked these up from somewhere but didn't know if they were all together at the same address on the census. The references you give suggest otherwise but Ann and James may well be brother and sister. Does the CD Rom reveal her marital status and also Jane's? bfn Alan > I have just bought indexes on CD Rom to both the 1851 and 1891 Census for > Dorset. I regret K/NIBB/S are a bit thin on the ground, the only entries I > have found so far are in 1851 as follows:- > > Name Age Born Occupation Birthplace Census > Parish > Piece no > Jane KNIB 46 1805 Housekeeper Long Combe,Oxon Motcombe 1851 > f13 > Ann KNIBB 25 1826 Governess London, Mx Blandford Forum > 1853 f296 > James KNIBB 16 1835 Bookseller London, Mx Weymouth & > 1857 f262 > > > Melcombe > > No KNIBB/S in 1891 and no NIBB/S either in 1851 or 1891 I'm afraid. I may > have not mastered the search strategy yet so will report if any more turn > up! > > If you have Dorset ancestors of a different surname I will be happy to > search > these on request. > > Robin Knibb > >

Don/Bob In 1881, John was at Dalton in Furness in the Ulverstone District. Cecilia died there as a KNIBB in 1922, so I presu,e that's where the family were mining iron ore in 1901. I can't find John's death in the GRO indices which might help to identify him. However, I think you are correct, Don, in identifying John Francis. His mother died in Buckingham from where Cecilia came and indeed married John there in 1868. Another hint is that a grandson was called John Francis. A family grouping from the database appears below. However I don't know which grandson belonged to which son. There was a George and also a George A, a Charles and Jane in addition to the said John Francis, a couple of whom died in infancy. bfn Alan John Francis KNIBBS Born 1Qtr1847 Deddington Baptised 3Jan1847 Died a1901 Buried Occupation Iron Ore Borer Dalton in Furness 1881 Father Francis KNIBBS Mother Mary Ann SYKES 57 Steel Street + Caroline Elizabeth b 04q1878? Married 3Qtr1868 Buckingham District Cecilia UNKNOWN Born c1845 Bucks Baptised Died 1Qtr1921 Buried Occupation Father Mother Children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Emma KNIBBS Born c1865 Bucks Baptised Died Buried Occupation with Wm John HALL 1881 at Quainton? Frederick John KNIBBS Born 2Qtr1869 Buckinghamshire Baptised Died Buried Occupation Scholar Dalton in Furness 1881 Spouse UNKNOWN John KNIBBS Born 2Qtr1874 Askam Baptised Died 2Qtr1934 Buried Occupation Iron Ore Miner 1901 William KNIBBS Born 4Qtr1875 Askam Baptised Died Buried Occupation Spouse UNKNOWN Joseph KNIBBS Born 3Qtr1878 Baptised Died 1Qtr1880 Buried Occupation Clara KNIBBS Born 1881 Askam Baptised Died Buried Occupation 2mo in 1881 George KNIBBS Born 1Qtr1886 Baptised Died 1Qtr1954 Buried Occupation General labourer 1901 > Many thanks for taking the time to look at Deddington and for passing the > information on. > > I don't know for sure if I have a connection with the John Knibbs you found > at Deddington - I don't seem to have a marriage to Cecelia. The best match I > can come up with is John Frances Knibbs, b. Jan 1847 at Deddington, son of > Frances Knibbs and Mary Ann Sykes. I have no details for him other than his > baptism, so clearly, he must have moved off somewhere. I see that Cecelia is > from Bucks so he could have moved there if indeed it is him. I also see that > John and his son were iron ore miners so I'm also trying to figure out where > Iron Ore was mined in those days - I wasn't aware of iron mining in > Oxfordshire. > >

Bob > Further I have come accross one entry of interest in the > Henry section. > > St lukes District London St Matthews Parish City Rd London > > Henry Knibbs b St Lukes aged 64 Captain of Canal Boat ( Named Ebony ) > Henry Knibbs Son b Warwick Aged 18 ( Son ) Boatman. > > (I think this is one for you Alan ). > Well, you had me scratching my head with these two. At first I thought there may be a connection with Don's Edward and Fanny BERRY. They were a canal boat family and had a Henry bc1839. However, I now incline towards the family shown below to whom I've added the Henry found by Bob. Whereas his birth District was Daventry, boat people moved around a lot and he may well have been born in Warwick - see siblings birthplaces. Braunston was in the Daventry District. There is a website for boat people which was mentioned here some long time ago. Looking at the names, I can well imagine a connection with Edward and Fanny, although Thomas and Martha BARFOOT married in London. So Bob, you might have found one of yours anyway. bfn Alan Henry KNIBBS Born 4Qtr1843 London Baptised 19May1844 Saint Mary-St. Marylebone Road Died Buried Occupation Captain of a boat / Hemel Hempstead 1881 Father Thomas KNIBBS Mother Martha BARFOOT Married 4Nov1872 Sparkbrook Warwicks Rosannah DIMMOCK Born c1854 Stoke Prior Worcs Baptised Died 1Qtr1903 Buried Occupation Father Mother Children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Thomas Henry KNIBBS Born 2Qtr1874 Ratford Warwicks Baptised Died Buried Occupation Edward KNIBBS Born 2Qtr1876 Braunston Baptised Died 2Qtr1941 Buried Occupation Fanny KNIBBS Born 2Qtr1877 Braunston Baptised Died Buried Occupation William KNIBBS Born 24Nov1879 Braunston Baptised Died 2Qtr1969 Buried Occupation Henry KNIBBS Born 3Qtr1882 Warwick [Daventry District] Baptised Died Buried Occupation James Arthur KNIBBS Born 19Mar1885 Braunston Baptised Died 4Qtr1963 Buried Occupation Cross Lane Braunston later Iselworth Spouse Olive STOKES Plus Sarah Ann b 1886? & brother Thomas? and ?? Alfred Henry b1889, Florrie, Herbert Charles 1892, George Edward 1893, George Edwin 1893, Edith Annie 1894

Bob, Many thanks for taking the time to look at Deddington and for passing the information on. I don't know for sure if I have a connection with the John Knibbs you found at Deddington - I don't seem to have a marriage to Cecelia. The best match I can come up with is John Frances Knibbs, b. Jan 1847 at Deddington, son of Frances Knibbs and Mary Ann Sykes. I have no details for him other than his baptism, so clearly, he must have moved off somewhere. I see that Cecelia is from Bucks so he could have moved there if indeed it is him. I also see that John and his son were iron ore miners so I'm also trying to figure out where Iron Ore was mined in those days - I wasn't aware of iron mining in Oxfordshire. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:25 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] (no subject) > > Alan and fellow listers > > I was able to visit the FRC today and have conducted a > session on the 1901 Census . > > Due to time/Money constraints and only being allowed > an hour on the machine . ( Getting used to their printing > system cost me 15 minuites ). I have managed to obtain > the following . > > Index listings of all John / Henry / William Knibbs. > > If any one needs to research these particular names > I can confirm them on these lists. > > I have traced my family i.e. > Henry Knibbs m Emma Briscoe > living at 72 Clark St Mile End Old Town. > Unfortunately no surprises there. > > Further I have come accross one entry of interest in the > Henry section. > > St lukes District London St Matthews Parish City Rd London > > Henry Knibbs b St Lukes aged 64 Captain of Canal Boat ( Named Ebony ) > Henry Knibbs Son b Warwick Aged 18 ( Son ) Boatman. > > (I think this is one for you Alan ). > > Don > > Whilst going through I called up Deddington > > There are only two Knibbs listed in that area > John and James Knibbs. > I could only get details of John (Aged 55 ) b Deddington, Iron Ore Miner > m Cecilia ( a 47) b Bucks > sons > John ( a 27 ) Iron Ore Miner > and George ( a 15 ) General Labourer > > I hope this helps / I have a copy of the entry here / so do not > purchase from the PRO. > > Cathy > > I tried to find an Index for Lambeth at both the FRC and London > Metropolitan Libraries to no avail. I hope to check the SOG on > Thursday. Will keep you posted > > Regards to all > > Bob Knibbs > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I have just seen my email on the above that I sent and the columns of data have got scrambled in transmission. If they don't make sense please contact me and I will try to clarify. Why is life so difficult!!!! Robin Knibb

I have just bought indexes on CD Rom to both the 1851 and 1891 Census for Dorset. I regret K/NIBB/S are a bit thin on the ground, the only entries I have found so far are in 1851 as follows:- Name Age Born Occupation Birthplace Census Parish Piece no Jane KNIB 46 1805 Housekeeper Long Combe,Oxon Motcombe 1851 f13 Ann KNIBB 25 1826 Governess London, Mx Blandford Forum 1853 f296 James KNIBB 16 1835 Bookseller London, Mx Weymouth & 1857 f262 Melcombe No KNIBB/S in 1891 and no NIBB/S either in 1851 or 1891 I'm afraid. I may have not mastered the search strategy yet so will report if any more turn up! If you have Dorset ancestors of a different surname I will be happy to search these on request. Robin Knibb

Bob, Thanks so much for looking. I appreciate your time. Cathy ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> > Alan and fellow listers > > I was able to visit the FRC today and have conducted a > session on the 1901 Census . > > > Cathy > > I tried to find an Index for Lambeth at both the FRC and London > Metropolitan Libraries to no avail. I hope to check the SOG on > Thursday. Will keep you posted > > Regards to all > > Bob Knibbs > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Alan and fellow listers I was able to visit the FRC today and have conducted a session on the 1901 Census . Due to time/Money constraints and only being allowed an hour on the machine . ( Getting used to their printing system cost me 15 minuites ). I have managed to obtain the following . Index listings of all John / Henry / William Knibbs. If any one needs to research these particular names I can confirm them on these lists. I have traced my family i.e. Henry Knibbs m Emma Briscoe living at 72 Clark St Mile End Old Town. Unfortunately no surprises there. Further I have come accross one entry of interest in the Henry section. St lukes District London St Matthews Parish City Rd London Henry Knibbs b St Lukes aged 64 Captain of Canal Boat ( Named Ebony ) Henry Knibbs Son b Warwick Aged 18 ( Son ) Boatman. (I think this is one for you Alan ). Don Whilst going through I called up Deddington There are only two Knibbs listed in that area John and James Knibbs. I could only get details of John (Aged 55 ) b Deddington, Iron Ore Miner m Cecilia ( a 47) b Bucks sons John ( a 27 ) Iron Ore Miner and George ( a 15 ) General Labourer I hope this helps / I have a copy of the entry here / so do not purchase from the PRO. Cathy I tried to find an Index for Lambeth at both the FRC and London Metropolitan Libraries to no avail. I hope to check the SOG on Thursday. Will keep you posted Regards to all Bob Knibbs

Not sure if anyone has any interests there, but I found a good site with lots of records relating to British Columbia at http://genealogy.about.com/cs/bcrecords/ . It contains several searchable databases of births, marriages, deaths, cemetery records etc. You have to delve into several layers of data to find some of it but I found it extremely worthwhile. I had a fair amount of data I'd gleaned from the LDS IGI about one particular line of my Knibbs and wasn't sure I could trust it. I learned from the IGI that Emily Knibbs was born in Plumstead, Kent in Nov 1853, the daughter of George Edwin Clark Knibbs. She apparently married a Richard Holloway at Plumstead. The next record I have is that they had two sons born in Buffalo, New York - William James Knibbs Holloway (b. Aug 1881) and Richard George Holloway (b. Jun 1883). The IGI then shows Richard the husband and Richard the son both being buried at Vancouver, British Columbia. I was extremely pleased yesterday when I found reference to this family unit in the database mentioned above, which supported the IGI data. I found the death of an Emily HOLLOWAY in Jun 1927 aged 75 years and a cemetery record for "HOLLOWAY Emily Knibbs" at Vancouver. I was concerned that the death record may have been a different Emily, but the cemetery record showing her maiden name confirmed it was the right one. I found the death of her husband Richard and her son Richard at Vancouver, with dates that tied in with the original data from the IGI. There were several other Holloways all buried in the same cemetery under the same reference number so they may well be siblings of William and Richard. I also found a marriage for her older son William James in Vancouver, so I'm sure, if I wanted to delve further into the HOLLOWAYS there was a great deal more to learn. Don

Along the lines of professional reminiscences... From 1978 to 1982 I worked in the drafting room of the University of Illinois Physical Plant. We used to field all sorts of interesting phone inquires: "How many bricks are in the stadium?" (Answer: "Enough." Stadium was built in 1919. We had the plans, but not the materials orders.) We should have kept a notebook & published. As a result of a federal energy survey I spent several weeks (in winter, no less) doing a task I referred to as "counting bricks". The govt. wanted info on the dimensions of all the University buildings. For the newer ones this was no problem - get out the plans & fill in the form. But for the older (mostly Georgian) buildings, sometimes all we had was floor plans. So I'd print myself a floor plan, and go out and count the courses of bricks on all the sides to determine the height of the buildings. (I had to measure a few sample courses first.) Need I mention I was the most recent hire in the office? No, I never "counted" the stadium. It wasn't enclosed space so wasn't included in the energy survey. And some days were spent doing a task I called "counting radiators". Again in the older, less well documented buildings, I'd take along a floor plan, try to figure out what the original interior divisions were, and then find all the original cast iron radiators in a particular space. I'd measure height, width, and depth of each type of radiator, then count all the tubes. Back in the office, my boss would get out his old radiator manufacturer's handbooks, and we'd try to figure out which ones were which. Then the engineers could figure out how much heat was originally being provided, and size the new (replacement) baseboard radiators accordingly. Then there was the laborer's union foreman, who would inevitably arrive at 4:30 on a Friday afternoon, moaning: "Lou, I've got a hundred and fifty feet of rod down a hole and I can't find it!" Translated, he was telling my boss that he was trying to find a sewer blockage in the oldest part of the campus. He'd put his probe down a manhole that he thought was on the line that was the probable source, but when the next manhole was opened (less than 150 feet away) - no probe. He actually had assisted the University Surveyor in mapping many of those lines as a young laborer, but obviously over the years his memories had faded. So we would get out the surveyor's field books & prove to him that manholes A & B were on separate lines, and that he really needed to look under this one over here... -- *Marsha L. Ensminger __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with [email protected]! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

Sorry folks, but nothing much of general K/NIBB/S interest to report. I haven't written any books (congratulations Alex!) or found any exciting web pages. I did find some information on a Knibbs nurse in New York, who'd been suspended and fined for failing in her duties, but that was all. It's quite amazing how some of this data gets onto the internet - the offence she's committed seemed so petty. The greatest happening is that we have now established a connection between Cathy Cliff's John Knibbs and my line in Oxfordshire. I've believed for a long time that there was a connection but we couldn't find it. I think it was by chance (or possibly recommendation from Alan) that I looked in Woodstock PR's for some of my line. I found several Knibbs there and published them on the "Unplaced Knibbs" page of my web site. I was very interested in a James and John Knibbs I'd found in the Woodstock data, both of whom appeared to be saddlers who just suddenly appeared there. Just up the road in Deddington, there was a John and James (of about the same age, from a family of saddle makers) who had disappeared. Were they the same ones? Simultaneously, Cathy was searching through my "Unplaced Knibbs" and found her long lost John Knibbs amongst the Woodstock data. Anyway, to cut a long story short, adding all the bits of data together for baptism and burial dates and ages, Cathy's John turned out to be the son of the John I was interested in so hey presto - we found the connection. They all linked back to Richard Knibbs and Sarah Bignell in Deddington. Don

> It suddenly dawned on me how many tales I had to tell, some funny, some > poignant, some sad etc. so I began 'putting finger to keyboard'. The > official > title will probably be 'My life as a Claims Manager'. > > Our Wayleave Officer at work [the man who went out seeking consents for gas mains to be laid across private land] should have done the same. His tales were hilarious. There were a couple of incidents, not involving him but in a similar vein, that also amused me. We needed to get consent as quickly as we could for a gas main across a particular field. Our local land agent established the name of the landowner whom he happened to know, as a local bigwig, was away on business in the States, so he contacted the wife at home asking that he get in contact as soon as he returned. What's it about she said? On being told, she replied that he must be mistaken as her husband didn't own any land in that area. It transpired that, unbeknownst to his wife, he had bought the smallholding to house his mistress and her horse. Our land agent didn't half coppit when he got back. Another involved our staff photographer. He was given the opportunity to ride in the helicopter used for surveying pipeline routes to check for any signs of encroachments/obstructions. He persuaded the pilot to fly over his village nearby and proceeded to take aerial shots which he immediately developed himself on returning to his department at work. That evening he went to his local pub showing off the photos only to be confronted by one chap who questioned him very closely as to when they had been taken. That day, he said, about 3.30pm as evidenced by the school bus parked up at the school entrance - at which the fellow stormed out. His wife had been having an affair which she had sworn had ended months beforehand. The photos revealed that the lover's car was parked in the driveway that very day. Oops! Back to K/NIBB/S. bfn Alan

> Alex (another Knibbs author!) > All I need is the ISBN and you'll be added to the 'hall of fame'. Congratulations. bfn Alan

Hi Alan (+ others), I do have some news ... As some of you may know, I've been working as a Personal Injury Claims Manager for the last 5 years ... and today, I heard from a publisher who is keen to produce my book for me!! It suddenly dawned on me how many tales I had to tell, some funny, some poignant, some sad etc. so I began 'putting finger to keyboard'. The official title will probably be 'My life as a Claims Manager'. I understand that it takes a few months to complete the publishing component, but if anyone is interested or wants further information ... you know where I am. Kind regards, Alex (another Knibbs author!)

Marsha > This one may be familiar to most of you, but it's new to me: > http://www.londonancestor.com > New to me and yielded (No.1828, Sunday, April 10, 1831) From Friday's London Gazette. Parnerships dissolved C. Knibb and R. Bourne, Birmingham, drapers KENT'S DIRECTORY 1794 London, Westminster & Borough of Southwark Knibbs Tho., Wine & Porter Mercht., 24, Bishopsgate within Many thanx bfn Alan