The Knowles Family Tree (Overview )
George Watson Knowles (1837) (Details - Pg10) George Gummerson ((1799) (Details - Pg) Sarah Ann “Cropley” Knowles (1837) (Details - Pg10) Sarah “Fountain” Gummerson (1798) (Details - Pg 11) George Henry Knowles (1872) (Details - Pg 9) Charles Gummerson (1840) Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson (1873) (Details - Pg 11) (Details - Pg 9)
Jane Shore (1842) George Watson Knowles (1901) (Details - Pg 12) (Details - Pg 8)
Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910) Alice Moore (1908) (Details - Pg 7) (Details - Pg 8)
Annie Rodgers (????) George William Knowles (1930) (Details - Pg 7) (Details - Pg 2)
Linda Brown (1960) Joan Edwards (1935) (Details - Pg 4) (Details - Pg 2)
John Stephen Cook (1948) Stephen Knowles (1953) (Details - Pg 5) (Details - Pg 2)
Lee Cook (1975) George Knowles (1954) (Details - Pg 5) (Details - Pg 3)
Kathryn Cook (1977) Linda Knowles (1955) (Details - Pg 5) (Details - Pg 3)
Phillip Knowles (1956) Jutharat May (1984) (Details - Pg 3) (Details - Pg 6)
Christopher Knowles (1998) Angel Cook (2006) (Details - Pg 4) (Details - Pg 6) 2 The Knowles Family Tree (Details )
Father:
George William Knowles
Date of Birth: 12 Aug 1930 Place of Birth: The Maternity Home, Greenacres, Oldham. Occupation: Machinist - sheet metal worker Mother: Last known address: 11 Woodstock Street, Oldham Joan Edwards Mothers Name: Alice Moore (1908) Fathers Name: George Watson Knowles (1901) Date of Birth: Apr/May/Jun 1935 Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire. Siblings: ??? Occupation: Cotton Ring Doffer Last known address: 11 Woodstock Street, Old- Married: Joan Edwards - 20 June 1953 ham Divorced: !961 Mothers Name: Annie Rodgers (????) Fathers Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910) Children: Siblings: George Knowles (1954) Linda Knowles (1955) Thomas Clifford Edwards (1936) Phillip Knowles (1956) Pearl Maureen Edwards (1939) Edith Edwards (1940-1???) Date Deceased: Mar 1988 Married: George W. Knowles - 20 June 1953 Place Deceased: Blackpool, Lancashire. Divorced: !961
Children:
Stephen Knowles (born-1953) Half-Brother: George Knowles (born-1954) Linda Knowles (born-1955) Stephen Knowles Phillip Knowles (born-1956)
Date of Birth: 13 August 1953 Date Deceased: 02nd Mar 1964
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire. Place Deceased: West St , Oldham, Lancashire.
Occupation: Driver
Mothers name: Joan Edwards (1935)
Fathers name: ????
Siblings:
George Knowles (born-1954) Linda Knowles (born-1955) Phillip Knowles (born-1956)
Married: Linda Brown
Children:
Christopher Knowles
Date Deceased: Stephen Knowles ( 2010 ) Place Deceased: 3 The Knowles Family Tree (Details )
Me:
George Knowles
Date of Birth: 24 July 1954
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire.
Occupation: Army - Security George Knowles Linda Knowles Mothers name: Joan Knowles (1935) (2010) (2010)
Fathers name: George William Knowles (1930)
Siblings:
Half-Brother - Stephen Knowles (1953) Sister: Linda Knowles (1955) Phillip Knowles (1956) Linda Knowles
Married: Bachelor Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1955
Children: None Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire.
Date Deceased : …. Occupation: Bank Service Support Adviser
Place Deceased : …. Mothers Name: Joan Knowles (1935)
Fathers Name: George William Knowles (1930)
Siblings:
Brother: Half-Brother - Stephen Knowles (1953) George Knowles (1954) Phillip Knowles Phillip Knowles (1956)
Date of Birth: 25 July 1956 Married: John Stephen Cook - 30th May 1975
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire. Children:
Occupation: Tesco Stores Lee Cook (1975) Kathryn Cook (1977) Mothers name: Joan Knowles (1935) Date Deceased : …. Fathers name: George William Knowles (1930) Place Deceased : …. Siblings:
Half-Brother - Stephen Knowles (1953) George Knowles (1954) Linda Knowles (1955)
Married: Live-in Partnership
Children: None
Date Deceased : ….
Place Deceased : …. Phillip Knowles (2010) 4 The Knowles Family Tree (Details )
Sister-in-Law:
Linda Knowles (nee Brown)
Date of Birth: 07 Dec 1960
Place of Birth: Birkhamstead, Herts
Occupation: ????
Mothers Name: ????
Fathers Name: ????
Siblings: ???? Linda Knowles (nee Brown) Married: Stephen Knowles - 10th June 1999 (approx - 1998) Children:
Christopher Knowles
Date Deceased : …. Place Deceased : ….
Nephew
Christopher Knowles
Date of Birth: 22nd May 1998
Place of Birth: Birkhamstead, Herts
Occupation: At School
Mothers Name: Linda Brown
Fathers Name: Stephen Knowles
Siblings:
Married:
Christopher Knowles Children: (approx - 2009) Date Deceased : …. Place Deceased : …. 5 The Knowles (Cook) Family Tree (Details )
Brother-in-Law: Nephew:
John Stephen Cook Lee Michael Cook
Date of Birth: 06 Jun 1948 Date of Birth: 30 Apr 1975
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Place of Birth: Gladstone, Queensland, Kingdom Australia
Occupation: Construction/Plasterer Occupation: Construction Site Management
Mothers Name: Mary Langan (????) Mothers Name: Linda Knowles (1955)
Fathers Name: William Cook (????) Fathers Name: John Stephen Cook (1948)
Siblings: Siblings:
Sister: Mary Cook Kathryn Marie Cook (1977) Sister: Sheila Cook Married: Jutharat May ???? Married: Linda Knowles - 30 May 1975 Children: Children: Angel Cook (05 Dec 2006) Lee Michael Cook (1975) Kathryn Marie Cook (1977) Date Deceased: ….
Date Deceased: …. Place Deceased: ….
Place Deceased: ….
Niece:
Kathryn Marie Cook
Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1977
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Occupation: ????
John Stephen Cook Mothers Name: Linda Knowles (1955) (approx - 2009) Fathers Name: John Stephen Cook (1948)
Siblings:
Lee Michael Cook (born - 05 Dec 2006)
Married: Live in Partnership
Children:
Date Deceased: …. Lee Michael Cook Kathryn Marie Cook (approx - 2001) (approx - 2001) Place Deceased: …. 6 The Knowles (Cook) Family Tree (Details )
Niece-in-Law: Grand Niece
Jutharat May Angel Cook
Date of Birth: 03 Jan 1984 Date of Birth: 05 Dec 2006
Place of Birth: Loas, Thailand Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United
Occupation: Kingdom
Mothers Name: (????) Occupation: ???
Fathers Name: (????) Mothers Name: Jutharat May (1984)
Siblings: (????) Fathers Name: Lee Michael Cook (1975)
Married: Lee Michael Cook (????) Siblings: ???
Children: Married: ….
Angel Cook (2006) Children: ….
Date Deceased: …. Date Deceased: ….
Place Deceased: …. Place Deceased: ….
Jutharat May Angel Cook (approx - 1984) (approx - 2009) 7 The Knowles (Edwards) Family Tree (Details )
Uncle Grandfather Thomas Clifford Edwards Joseph Eaton Edwards Date of Birth: 1936 Date of Birth: 30 Feb 1910 Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Place of Birth: Chorlton, Lancashire Mother's Name: Annie Rodgers (????) Mothers Name: ???? Father’s Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910) Fathers Name: ???? Date Deceased: Oct 2001 Siblings: ??? Place Deceased: Oldham, Lancashire Married: Annie Rodgers - 1934 Middleton, (back to overview) Lancashire
Children:
Joan Edwards (born-1935) Thomas Clifford Edwards (born-1936) Aunty Pearl Maureen Edwards (born-1939) Edith Edwards (born-1940-1???) Pearl Maureen Edwards Date Deceased: Oct 2001 Date of Birth: 1939 Place Deceased: East Lancashire. Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Mother's Name: Annie Rodgers (????)
Father’s Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910) Grandmother Date Deceased: ???? Annie Rodgers Date Deceased: ???? Date of Birth: 01 Mar 1909
Place of Birth : Wortley near Leeds, Yorkshire
Mothers Name: Ingram????
Aunty Fathers Name: ????
Edith Edwards Siblings: ???
Date of Birth: 1940-1 ? Married: Joseph Eaton Edwards - 1934 at St Marks in Chadderton, Lancashire Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom Children: Mother's Name: Annie Rodgers (????) Joan Edwards (born-1935) Father’s Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910) Thomas Clifford Edwards (born-1936) Pearl Maureen Edwards (born-1939) Married: Peter Scott (1971) Edith Edwards (born-1940-1???)
Date Deceased: ???? Date Deceased: 1973
Date Deceased: ???? Place Deceased: Oldham, Lancashire. 8 The Knowles Family - Extended (Details )
Grandfather:
George Watson Knowles Grandmother: Date of Birth: 21st Oct 1901 Alice Moore Place of Birth: 80 Horsedge Street, Oldham, Lancashire Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1908
Occupation: Theatre Attendant Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Last known address: 163 Godson Street, Oldham. Occupation: ????
Mothers Name: Sarah Elizabeth (Gummerson) Last known address: 163 Godson Street, Oldham Knowles (1873) Mothers Name: Shuttleworth Fathers Name: George Henry Knowles (1873 ) Fathers Name: George Moore (1880) Siblings: Siblings: ??? Samuel W. Knowles (1881) Married: George Watson Knowles in 1929 at Hilda M. Knowles (1883) Coldhurst Holy Trinity Church, Oldham.
Children: Married: Alice Moore in 1929 at Coldhurst Holy
Trinity Church, Oldham. George William Knowles (1930) Children: Date Deceased: Mar 1995 George William Knowles (1930) Place Deceased: Bolton, Lancashire Date Deceased: ????
Place Deceased: ???? 9 The Knowles Family - Extended (Details )
Great Grandfather:
George Henry Knowles George Watson Knowles (Father, age 54) Elizabeth Knowles (Mother, age 49) Date of Birth: Dec 1872 George Henry Knowles (Himself - age 18) Place of Birth: Hutton, Yorkshire, England Samuel W Knowles (age 10) Mothers Name: Elizabeth (1841) Hilda M Knowles (age 8) Fathers Name: George Watson Knowles (1837) ~ Last known address: 37 Middleton Road, Oldham Married: Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson 22 Aug 1900 at ~ St John The Baptist Church, Penistone 1881 Census ~ Street Address: 1901 Census 62 Montfort St, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, Street Address: 78 Horsedge Street, Oldham, England. Lancashire Occupation: At School Occupation: Theatrical Manager Household & Family Members: Household & Family Members: George Watson Knowles (Father, age 44) Annie Jackson (Widow, age 32) Elizabeth Knowles (Mother, age 40) George Henry Knowles (Himself a boarder, age 28) George Henry Knowles (Himself - age 8) Sarah E Knowles (boarder, age 28) Samuel W. Knowles (age 9mth) Eileen Gummerson (age 6) ~ ~ 1891 Census Children: Street Address: 2 Downing Square, Penistone, George Watson Knowles (1901) Yorkshire, England. Occupation: Hammer-man in Steel Works Date Deceased: 1951 (age 77) Household & Family Members: Place Deceased: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Great Grandmother:
Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson Household & Family Members: Herself (age 18) Date of Birth: Mar 1873 Charles Gummerson (Father,age51) Place of Birth: Monk Bretton Yorkshire (near Jane Gummerson (Mother, age 49) Barnsley) Charles Gummerson (Brother, age 24) Mothers Name: Jane Shore (1842) Lillian Gummerson (Sister, age 20) Fathers Name: Charles Gummerson (1840) Minnie Gummerson (Sister, age 16) Last known address: 37 Middleton Road, Oldham Ethel F Gummerson (Sister, age 13) ~ ~ 1881 Census Married: Charles Gummerson 22 Aug 1900 at St John Street Address: 15 High St, Monk Bretton, Barnsley, The Baptist Church, Penistone South Yorkshire ~ Occupation: At School 1901 Census Household & Family Members: Street Address: 76 Horsedge Street, Oldham, Herself (age 08) Lancashire Jane Gummerson (Mother, age 39) Occupation: Theatrical Manager John Gummerson 18 Household & Family Members: Leonora Alberta Gummerson 16 Annie Jackson (Widow, age 32) Charles Gummerson 13 George Henry Knowles (boarder, age 28) Lillian Gummerson 10 Sarah E Knowles (boarder, age 28) Minnie Gummerson 06 Eileen Gummerson (Daughter, age 6) Ethel F Gummerson 03 ~ ~ Children: 1891 Census Eileen Gummerson (1895, father unknown) Street Address: 52 Low Bottom, Thurlstone, George Watson Knowles (1901) Penistone, Yorkshire Occupation: Scribbler in Woollen Mill Date Deceased: ???? Place Deceased: ???? 10 The Knowles Family - Extended (Details )
Great Great-Grandfather:
George Watson Knowles
Date of Birth: 1837 Place of Birth: Campsall, Yorkshire, England Mothers Name: Fathers Name: ~ Married: Sarah Ann Cropley (1859 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) ~ 1861 Census Street Address: 127 Highthorn, Swinton, Yorks Occupation: Plumber, Glazer and Grocers Shop Household & Family Members: George Watson Knowles (Himself - age 24) Sarah Ann Knowles (Wife - age 24) Mary Ann Cropley (Mother-in-Law - age 60) Nashan Knowles (Apprentice - age 15) ~ Married: Elizabeth Knowles (1868 in Rotherham, Yorkshire) ~ 1871 Census Street Address: 62 Montfort St, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, England. Occupation: Plumber and Gas Fitter Household & Family Members: George Watson Knowles (Himself - age 34) Elizabeth Knowles (Wife - age 30) Florence A Knowles (Daughter - age 1) John Ford (Lodger - age 21) William H Godber (Lodger - age 20) ~ 1881 Census Street Address: 62 Montfort St, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, England Occupation: Plumber and Gas Fitter Household & Family Members: George Watson Knowles (Himself - age 44) Elizabeth Knowles (Wife - age 40) George Henry Knowles (Son - age 8) Samuel W Knowles (Son - age 9 month) ~ Date Deceased: Jul/Aug/Sep 1891
Place Deceased: Wortley, Yorkshire. 11 The Knowles (Gummerson) Family Tree (Details )
Great Great-Grandfather:
Charles Gummerson Jane Gummerson (Wife - age 29) George (Son - age 10) Date of Birth: 8 May 1839 John (Son - age 8) Place of Birth : Darfield, South Yorkshire Leonora (Daughter - age 6) Mothers Name: Sarah Fountain (1798-1867) Charles (Son - age 3) Fathers Name: George Gummerson (1799 – 1851) Lillian (Daughter - age 10 mths) ~ ~ 1851 Census 1881 Census Street Address: Dasley Colliery Street Address: 32 Bank, Thurlstone, Penistone, Occupation: At Home Yorkshire George Gummerson (Father - age 40) Occupation: Engine Driver in Woollen Mill Sarah Gummerson (Mother - age 40) Household & Family Members: John Gummerson (Brother - age 10) Sarah Hawksworth (Head, age 45) Harriot Gummerson (Sister - age 8) John Hawksworth (Son, age 13) Mary Ann Gummerson (Sister - age 6) John Smith (Lodger, age 27) Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 2) Charles Gummerson (Himself a Lodger - age 41) ~ ~ 1851 Census 1891 Census Street Address: 104 Worsbro Dale, Worsbrough, Street Address: Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Street Address: 52 Low Bottom, Thurlstone, Occupation: At Home Penistone, Yorkshire Sarah Gummerson (Mother - age 53) Occupation: Engine Driver in Woollen Mill Mary Ann Gummerson (Sister - age 22) Household & Family Members: John Gummerson (Brother - age 20) Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 51) Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 11) Jane (Wife, age 49) ~ Charles (Son, age 24) Married: Jane Shore 29 Apr 1860 at All Saints, Lillian (Daughter, age 20) Darfield, Yorks Sarah E (Daughter, age 18) ~ Minnie (Daughter, age 16) 1861 Census Ethel F (Daughter, age 13) Street Address: 188 Worsbro Yard, Worsbrough, ~ Barnsley, South Yorkshire. 1891 Census Occupation: Colliery Labourer Street Address: Household & Family Members: Street Address: 40 Plumpton Mills, Thurlstone, Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 21) Penistone, Yorkshire Jane Gummerson (Wife - age 19) Occupation: Engine Driver in Woollen Mill George (Son - age 8 mths) Household & Family Members: ~ Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 61) 1871 Census Jane (Wife, age 59) Street Address: 129 Buxton Bridge, Monk Bretton, Charles (Son, age 34) Barnsley, South Yorkshire Minnie (Daughter, age 26) Occupation: Colliery Engine-Man ~ Household & Family Members: Date Deceased: Oct-Nov-Dec 1908 Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 31) Place Deceased: Barnsley 12 Great Great-Grandmother:
Jane Shore
Date of Birth: 1842
Place of Birth: Ardsley, Yorkshire, England
Occupation:
Mothers Name: Elizabeth Fathers Name: George Shore
Siblings: Thomas Shore (1845) John William Shore (1849)
Married: Charles Gummerson 29 Apr 1860 at All Saints, Darfield, Yorks
Children:
John (1863)
Leonora Alberta Gummerson (1865)
Charles (1868)
Lillian (1871)
Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson (1873)
Minnie (1875)
Ethel (1878)
Date Deceased: ???? Place Deceased: ????
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