Alan I knew about Knibb Rd. Len was my Uncle and Wayne is my cousin's son. Another cousin is still a fruit farmer in Stanthorpe today. I have most of the family details and spoke to another cousin last month when she visited England. There is a Knibb's Hill in Fenny Compton leading to Daniel Knibbs farm. Muriel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 7:41 PM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Ho ho. Ho... > ....lidays are here again! > > To get into the Christmas spirit, I'll start with a pizza order request that > Harriet took at work last night, 'deep pan, crisp and even'. > > No snow here though, as in the carol - indeed we've still got some leaves on > one tree in the garden. > > >From a warmer climate still, Dr Wayne KNIBB in Australia who I found by > surfing the net, has given me Knibb's Road to add to our list. Named after > after Len and Mary Knibb in Stanthorpe (in fact just outside Stanthorpe, > Queensland in a district called Whisky Gully). He tells me that these > KNIBB's were orchardists and may have produced some wine but no whisky! What > do you think of that, Muriel? He has promised to fill out his/your tree by > speaking to all relatives at the next family gathering. > > Don's transcription of the Woodstock KNIBBS has helped solve many a mystery > for Trevor KNIBBS. I've told Don that a number of the 'unplaced' K/NIBB/S > are allocated to trees [some unverified and unclaimed] within the database. > I do try to inform everyone directly who has an interest in a 'found' name > from a parish register but I'm all too conscious that I may slip up on > occasions. His unplaced entries, coming from the Oxfordshire parish > registers as they do, don't contain conjectures and will help anyone > researching a particular name, occupation or location. The entries generally > pre-date the K/NIBB/S GRO lists that are available from me, so should prove > to be jolly useful. > > Some progress if not success for Jim. Remember we were looking for the > correct George KNIBBS marriage at Brackley. Well, the purchase of Cecil > Gilbert's birth certificate has revealed that his real father was then called > by another name. Who thinks this game's easy? > > Graham NIBBS from the States has sent me a couple of old letters from family > containing details about his ancestors illustrious lives. All very nautical, > with service on numerous ships both in peacetime and at war. > Representatives seem to have been present at every major Canal opening in the > last century eg Suez, Kiel and the Manchester Ship. There were royal > connections to which should go down well with the List's very own > harbourmaster, Brian NIBBS, who met Prince Philip this year. > > Marsha has sent me some more US census extractions which will help enormously > in piecing together the transatlantic K/NIBB/S. > > Audrey has told me about a KNIBBS Road in Billingborough, Lincolnshire where > a number of KNIBBS lived, Unfortunately for her, Audrey is the latest to > have caught a computer virus. As we are a relatively small list, I don't > unsubscribe anyone automatically for such [because no one will be infected > via the list] but I do need to remind you not to open any email attachment > nor click on any html coding in an email that you are not 100% sure about. > At the present time be very wary of anything from a list member [or anyone > else] whose address line begins with an underscore [ _ ] or if an attachment > has more than one dot [ . ] in its title. > > And finally, many thanx for all Christmas cards and greetings and may I in > turn wish everyone a truly Happy Christmas. We have family visiting and I > guess my time on this machine may be somewhat rationed from the end of the > week, so peace should reign. Now, I'm going to enact an annual tradition and > watch the film 'Wonderful Life' which I love for its sheer escapism. What do > you do? > > bfn > > Alan > > PS I always feel sorry for those with Birthdays at this time of the year - > for a start the selection of cards in the shops is greatly reduced and I > reckon that they miss out on separate presents. So a special greeting to Jo > HEAD whose birthday it is on the 18th. > > > ============================== > 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 >