Hi don. I received this from alan, Let me introduce myself. My name is tina emery, nee Knowles. My great great grandmother was Emma Knibbs (or North, as I now know here). My great grandfather was James Clark Jones, her third child, he married a winifred Jeffrey, who in turn had several children one of which was my grandmother Barbara. I don't know alot about the knibbs/north family, and until now I have been unable to find out more, and I would be extremely grateful for any information that you may have, and if I can help with moving forward from john Francis and cecilia, I would only be too glad to assist you. I have looked at the photo at Blenheim, are they related to John Francis? Tina emery ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Knibbs" <don.knibbs@btinternet.com> To: <KNIBB-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 12:34 AM Subject: [K/NIBB/S] Woodstock KNIBBS > I regret that this isn't 100% KNIBBS > http://knibbs.family.users.btopenworld.com/Photos/Field2.jpg, but is > connected. > > Exactly 102 years ago today, 26th July 1902, the FIELD Magazine in the UK > published a full page article entitled "A New Weed Cutting Machine". It > relates to the trials of a new machine on the 102 acres lake at Blenheim > Palace where it was being used to cut back the weeds. This was necessary to > allow boating, sailing and fishing on the lake, and was an expensive annual > task. The new machine reduced the cost and the time taken to do it. > > There is a photograph of the Machine at work in the lake and the man > standing at the rear and in charge of the machine is Alfred LONGWORTH who > was the husband of Sarah Ann KNIBBS who was born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire > in September 1879, the daughter of William KNIBBS and Ellen Drinkwater. > > I am extremely grateful to Diane Hartland, the granddaughter of Alfred and > Sarah Ann for sharing this with me. If anyone is interested in reading more > of Alfred and Sarah, go to their family page at > http://knibbs.family.users.btopenworld.com/fam419.html > > Don > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >