Glenn Ellsworth Knibbs writes that his father told him Charles Knibbs' parents died on Ellis Island. How could this be if Charles Knibbs, 1819-1886, married in New York in 1852? Ritchie

Ritchie, I think we must bear in mind that Glenn is 81 years old and in his own words "has just started to do some work on the Knibbs family history". His original message on my Guestbook was that he found me whilst "surfing the net". I find that in itself amazing. Glenn clearly knows of Charles Knibbs of Devonshire so I guess it would be interesting to know how he came buy that information. A birth certificate would be an amazing find - I doubt he has that but nevertheless, it's fresh, virgin, unspoilt input from him which could well prove fruitful. He says his father told him that Charles' parents died on Ellis Island and friends split up the four boys. What you wrote in your original message on this topic that "this may well be family lore" could well be right. I remember when I first started, I had loads of family information I'd learned from my father. I had no reason to doubt any of it but pretty soon realised that lots of it was inaccurate. I suspect that Glenn will have little to offer to solve the mystery of Charles, but nevertheless, he will undoubtedly have lots of family information he can share. As soon as he agrees for me to pass his details on, I will do so. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 5:05 PM Subject: Re: [K/NIBB/S] Glenn Ellsworth KNIBBS > Glenn Ellsworth Knibbs writes that his father told him Charles Knibbs' > parents died on Ellis Island. How could this be if Charles Knibbs, > 1819-1886, married in New York in 1852? Ritchie > > > ============================== > 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 >