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 >