Marsha Here's Laura. Lucky knows a thing or three about the family. And we thought British Rail was breaking new ground 10 years ago by referring to passengers as 'customers'. What goes around, comes around. bfn Alan EXTRACT FROM K/NIBB/S DATABASE - 17 October 2001 E&OE John KNIBB Born 1829 Westwood Heath Stoneleigh Baptised 6Dec1829 Stoneleigh - father a Labourer Died 1Qtr1900 Buried Occupation Baker 1858/62 Miller Birmingham 1881 1862 Bankrupt Father William KNIBB Mother Joyce SMITH Married 6Mar1854 Dunchurch, Warwick, England Jane ILES Born c1832 Minchampton Gloucs Baptised Died 1Qtr1918 Buried Occupation Father Mother Children ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- William Denyer KNIBB Born 2Qtr1855 Dunchurch? Baptised 27May1855 Dunchurch, Warwick, England Died 2Qtr1860 Birmingham District Buried Occupation Ada Alice KNIBB Born 2Qtr1856 Dunchurch Baptised 29Jun1856 Dunchurch, Warwick, England Died Buried Occupation Milliner Birmingham 1881 Spouse UNKNOWN John Henry KNIBB Born 4Qtr1858 Baptised 23Jan1859 Saint Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick Died 1Qtr1861 Buried Occupation Charles KNIBB Born 1Qtr1861 Birmingham Baptised 31Mar1861 Saint Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick Died 3Qtr1931 conjecture him Buried Occupation Engraver 1881 Spouse UNKNOWN Mary Jane KNIBB Born 2Qtr1863 Birmingham Baptised Died Buried Occupation Laura Theresa KNIBB Born 1Qtr1867 Birmingham Baptised 17Feb1867 Saint Thomas, Birmingham, Warwick Died Buried Occupation 1881 Census shown as Lavinia T >> USA?? Spouse George JOHNSON NB Baptised as Laura but in Census as Lavinia Laura KNIBB aged 30 on SS Ivernia passenger list aged 30 but 1905? brother A KNIBB Harvard Mass but more than one manifest Albert Edward KNIBB Born 1Qtr1871 Birmingham Baptised Died Buried Occupation NB To USA 23 Mar 1895? 24yrs 2mo as Albert Harvard Mass 1905? see Laura's record > SS Ivernia > Liverpool, England and Queensland, Ireland to Boston > October 18, 1905 > > passenger# 287 Knibb Laura; age 30; sex f; marital s; occupation: Customer; > nationality: England; race: English; last residence: Birmingham; > destination: Boston; name of relative: Brother A. Knibb ,Harvard,Mass > > The full list is at http://istg.rootsweb.com/1900/ivernia19051018.html > > Do Laura & brother A. fit in anywhere? > > Anyone else amused by "occupation: Customer"? >