The word church can mean two things: a building and a community of
believers. Both have played a significant role in our family history.
This
page is a list of all the churches connected with the Knowles family
and its ancestors. The page is a work in progress, being updated
whenever new information is uncovered.
Alford Wesleyan Chapel, Lincolnshire - here Edward Henry Knowles married Lucy Ann Carrott on 11 March 1901. The church was built in 1866 but has since been sold off and is now a carpet and furniture warehouse.
Toynton All Saints parish church, Lincolnshire - Francis Bogg married Elizabeth Mary Briggs here on 4 June 1861. The church is still in use today.
Withern Parish Church, Lincolnshire - William Carrott married Ann Watson here on 11 March 1861. The church, St Margaret's, closed in 1973 and is now a private house.
Churches outside of Lincolnshire
Roscoe Place Chapel, Leeds - Thomas Bogg
married Sarah Rowson here on 14 September 1891. The building remained
in use until 1974, when it was replaced by Roscoe Methodist Church in
nearby Francis Street.
Water Lane Methodist Church, Wilmslow, Cheshire - Vincent Edward Knowles married Florence Mary Bogg here in 1934.
Friday, 17 January 2014
Thursday, 16 January 2014
The Bogg family line
My paternal grandmother, Florence Mary Bogg, married Vincent Edward Knowles in 1934.
Here is the Bogg family line, as far as we have been able to trace it.
John Bogg (c.1771-1850) married Ann (1771-unknown)
Their children were Mary, Bridget, Samuel, Thomas, Frances, James and Susanh.
Thomas Bogg (1799-1881) married Sarah Ward (1803-1885)
Their children were Samuel, John, Biddy, Thomas, James, Francis, Sarah, William, George, Charles and Mary Ann.
Francis Bogg (1834-1887) married Elizabeth Mary Briggs (1840-1884)
Their children were Bridget, Henry, Elizabeth, Thomas, James and Sarah.
Thomas Bogg (1868-unknown) married Sarah Rowson (1866-unknown)
Their children were Francis Rowson and Florance Mary.
Vincent Edward Knowles (1903-1976) married Florence Mary Bogg (1898-1971)
Their two children were Angela and Vincent Arthur.
Vincent Edward was my grandfather.
The Bogg family, as with the Knowles', were firmly rooted in Lincolnshire until Thomas Bogg (b.1868) relocated to Manchester in his late teens or early twenties.
Here is the Bogg family line, as far as we have been able to trace it.
John Bogg (c.1771-1850) married Ann (1771-unknown)
Their children were Mary, Bridget, Samuel, Thomas, Frances, James and Susanh.
Thomas Bogg (1799-1881) married Sarah Ward (1803-1885)
Their children were Samuel, John, Biddy, Thomas, James, Francis, Sarah, William, George, Charles and Mary Ann.
Francis Bogg (1834-1887) married Elizabeth Mary Briggs (1840-1884)
Their children were Bridget, Henry, Elizabeth, Thomas, James and Sarah.
Thomas Bogg (1868-unknown) married Sarah Rowson (1866-unknown)
Their children were Francis Rowson and Florance Mary.
Vincent Edward Knowles (1903-1976) married Florence Mary Bogg (1898-1971)
Their two children were Angela and Vincent Arthur.
Vincent Edward was my grandfather.
The Bogg family, as with the Knowles', were firmly rooted in Lincolnshire until Thomas Bogg (b.1868) relocated to Manchester in his late teens or early twenties.
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Lucy Ann Carrott (1878-1952)
It's something of a family joke that we're descended from Boggs and Carrotts.
Florence Mary Bogg was my paternal grandmother. Lucy Ann Carrott entered the family a generation earlier, as my paternal great-grandmother. (That is, Florence Mary married my grandfather while Lucy Ann was his mother).
Lucy Ann Carrott was born on 31 July 1878 in Withern, Lincolnshire. What we know about her life is drawn entirely from the records in the national archives - census returns along with birth and marriage certificates.
Her parents were William and Ann Carrott. William Carrott had married Ann Watson on 11 March 1861 in Aby, Lincolnshire. They had an incredible 12 children, with Lucy Ann coming second to last in 1878.
Withern is a small village with population of 457 in 1881, when Lucy Ann was aged two. The family lived on Peter's Lane and were still there ten years later, in 1891.
A decade later, on census night 1901, Lucy Ann was a married woman living in Stickford, Lincolnshire, with her new husband, Edward Henry Knowles.
They had married just a few weeks earlier on 21 February, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Alford. Stickford is about 15 miles south west of Withern, where her parents continued to live, at least until 1911.
Edward Henry and Lucy Ann had three children: Vincent Edward (my grandfather, b.1903), Evelyn and Leonard Cornelius.
The 1911 census shows Edward Henry and Lucy Ann living, with their children, in Stickford. It is this census that reveals their having four children, but only three were living by 1911.
Beyond this date I have no information about Lucy Ann Carrott, other than she died in 1952. She outlived her husband by around three years, he having died in 1949.
Both are buried in Hundleby church yard, their grave marked by a simple low stone.
Florence Mary Bogg was my paternal grandmother. Lucy Ann Carrott entered the family a generation earlier, as my paternal great-grandmother. (That is, Florence Mary married my grandfather while Lucy Ann was his mother).
Lucy Ann Carrott was born on 31 July 1878 in Withern, Lincolnshire. What we know about her life is drawn entirely from the records in the national archives - census returns along with birth and marriage certificates.
Her parents were William and Ann Carrott. William Carrott had married Ann Watson on 11 March 1861 in Aby, Lincolnshire. They had an incredible 12 children, with Lucy Ann coming second to last in 1878.
Withern is a small village with population of 457 in 1881, when Lucy Ann was aged two. The family lived on Peter's Lane and were still there ten years later, in 1891.
A decade later, on census night 1901, Lucy Ann was a married woman living in Stickford, Lincolnshire, with her new husband, Edward Henry Knowles.
They had married just a few weeks earlier on 21 February, in the Wesleyan Chapel, Alford. Stickford is about 15 miles south west of Withern, where her parents continued to live, at least until 1911.
Edward Henry and Lucy Ann had three children: Vincent Edward (my grandfather, b.1903), Evelyn and Leonard Cornelius.
The 1911 census shows Edward Henry and Lucy Ann living, with their children, in Stickford. It is this census that reveals their having four children, but only three were living by 1911.
Beyond this date I have no information about Lucy Ann Carrott, other than she died in 1952. She outlived her husband by around three years, he having died in 1949.
Both are buried in Hundleby church yard, their grave marked by a simple low stone.
Tuesday, 14 January 2014
Thomas Bogg (1868-1936)
Thomas Bogg, my great-grandfather, was born on 25 January 1868 in Toynton All Saints, a small village in Lincolnshire.
His parents were Francis Bogg and Elizabeth Mary Briggs, who had married in 1861, also in Toynton All Saints. Thomas was their fourth child, after Bridget, Henry and Elizabeth. After him came Sarah.
Just three years later, in 1871, the census shows that Francis and his family had moved to Thornton le Fen, about ten miles south west of Toynton All Saints.
In 1881 the 13 year old Thomas Bogg had moved again, and is recorded as living in Sibsey with his parents and siblings, four miles east of Thornton le Fen.
Two significant changes occurred between 1881 and 1891. Thomas moved from Lincolnshire to the Manchester area and he became a butcher. I have no idea what motivated either of these changes, nor whether they were linked.
Thomas Bogg married Sarah Rowson on 14 September 1891 at the Roscoeplace Chapel in Leeds. Aged 23, the marriage certificate states he was a butcher and lived at 177 Stretford Road, Manchester. On the census taken earlier that same year the head of the household is shown as Benjamin Atkinson, also a butcher, who was married to Thomas' sister, Bridget.
His bride's address is given as 34 Tramway Street, Leeds. However, on the night of the 1891 census, just six months previously, she is recorded as also being at 177 Stretford Road. The census records show that the Tramway Street address was the home of her married sister.
In 1911 Thomas Bogg and Sarah were living at 48 Alexandra Road in Moss Side, Manchester. He was still a butcher, aged 43, with two children, Frank Rowson and Florence Mary.
Thomas Bogg is listed in trade directories for the 1920s. In 1929 his name appears in Kelly's directory for Manchester and Salford, at 62 Burton Road, West Didsbury.
By 1934 Thomas Bogg has retired to Wilmslow, according to the newspaper article describing his daughter's marriage to my grandfather, Vincent Edward Knowles.
On 15 August 1936, aged 68, Thomas Bogg died at 189 Church Road, Saint Anne's on the Sea, Lancashire, according to probate records. However, his home at the time was 'East Keal', Knutsford Road in Wilmslow. He had named his house after a Lincolnshire village close to where he was born.
His parents were Francis Bogg and Elizabeth Mary Briggs, who had married in 1861, also in Toynton All Saints. Thomas was their fourth child, after Bridget, Henry and Elizabeth. After him came Sarah.
Just three years later, in 1871, the census shows that Francis and his family had moved to Thornton le Fen, about ten miles south west of Toynton All Saints.
In 1881 the 13 year old Thomas Bogg had moved again, and is recorded as living in Sibsey with his parents and siblings, four miles east of Thornton le Fen.
Two significant changes occurred between 1881 and 1891. Thomas moved from Lincolnshire to the Manchester area and he became a butcher. I have no idea what motivated either of these changes, nor whether they were linked.
Thomas Bogg married Sarah Rowson on 14 September 1891 at the Roscoeplace Chapel in Leeds. Aged 23, the marriage certificate states he was a butcher and lived at 177 Stretford Road, Manchester. On the census taken earlier that same year the head of the household is shown as Benjamin Atkinson, also a butcher, who was married to Thomas' sister, Bridget.
His bride's address is given as 34 Tramway Street, Leeds. However, on the night of the 1891 census, just six months previously, she is recorded as also being at 177 Stretford Road. The census records show that the Tramway Street address was the home of her married sister.
In 1911 Thomas Bogg and Sarah were living at 48 Alexandra Road in Moss Side, Manchester. He was still a butcher, aged 43, with two children, Frank Rowson and Florence Mary.
Thomas Bogg is listed in trade directories for the 1920s. In 1929 his name appears in Kelly's directory for Manchester and Salford, at 62 Burton Road, West Didsbury.
By 1934 Thomas Bogg has retired to Wilmslow, according to the newspaper article describing his daughter's marriage to my grandfather, Vincent Edward Knowles.
On 15 August 1936, aged 68, Thomas Bogg died at 189 Church Road, Saint Anne's on the Sea, Lancashire, according to probate records. However, his home at the time was 'East Keal', Knutsford Road in Wilmslow. He had named his house after a Lincolnshire village close to where he was born.
Monday, 13 January 2014
Florence Mary Bogg (1898-1971)
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| Florence Mary on her wedding day 1934 |
The single image I have is of an old lady with a vacant expression, sitting silently in her special chair, in the dining room of my grandparent's home in Market Weighton, East Yorkshire. This memory must date from around 1970, when I was five years old.
She was unwell - I believe she had suffered a stroke and was unable to do anything for herself. She died in 1971.
Florence Mary Bogg was born in 1898, the daughter of Thomas Bogg and Sarah . Her father was a butcher and lived in Moss Side in Manchester when she was born.
I have no idea how my grandfather, Vincent Edward Knowles of Lincolnshire, encountered a girl from Manchester in an age when travel was less common than it is now. But he did and they married in 1934, when she was aged 36. The wedding took place in Wilmslow, Cheshire, as this was where Thomas Bogg had retired to.
Florence Mary was the mother to two children: Angela (b.1935) and Vincent Arthur (b.1939).
Sunday, 12 January 2014
Saturday, 11 January 2014
Edward Henry Knowles (1874-1949)
Edward Henry Knowles was born on 26 Februay 1874 in Partney, Lincolnshire. He was the eldest of Edward and Martha Knowles' four children, and the only boy.
Unlike his father and grandfather, Edward Henry did not go into farming. His occupation is described as 'grocer' on his marriage certificate, dated 21 February 1901, when he wed Lucy Ann Carrott.
However, his position is perhaps more accurately described on the census that took place just a few weeks later, where his role is marked as 'grocer's assistant'. A decade later, in 1911, the next census describes him as a 'shop assistant' in the grocery business.
Edward Henry remained in the retail trade for most of his life. A newspaper article from 1958 (nine years after his death) states that he ran a grocery business in Lower Market Place, Spilsby. The same article also refers to him as a 'well-known Methodist local preacher'.
The marriage to Lucy Ann produced three children: Vincent Edward (b.1903), Evelyn (b.1906) and Leonard Cornelius (b.1910).
Edward Henry also lived to see the arrival and early years of his only two grandchildren, Angela (b.1935) and Vincent Arthur (b.1939), the children of Vincent Edward and his wife, Florence Mary Bogg.
Edward Henry
lived his entire life in Lincolnshire. The records place him at West
Keal in 1881 and 1891 and then a mile further south, in Stickford, in
1901 and 1911.
He died in 1949 and is buried at Hundleby parish church, five miles south of West Keal and just over two miles from his birthplace, Partney.
The grave is marked with simple small stone bearing the words: In memoriam Edward Henry Knowles 1874-1949 till the day dawn and his wife Lucy Ann 1878-1952.
Unfortunately, the lighting on the stone when the photo was taken makes it hard to read the text.
Unlike his father and grandfather, Edward Henry did not go into farming. His occupation is described as 'grocer' on his marriage certificate, dated 21 February 1901, when he wed Lucy Ann Carrott.
However, his position is perhaps more accurately described on the census that took place just a few weeks later, where his role is marked as 'grocer's assistant'. A decade later, in 1911, the next census describes him as a 'shop assistant' in the grocery business.
Edward Henry remained in the retail trade for most of his life. A newspaper article from 1958 (nine years after his death) states that he ran a grocery business in Lower Market Place, Spilsby. The same article also refers to him as a 'well-known Methodist local preacher'.
The marriage to Lucy Ann produced three children: Vincent Edward (b.1903), Evelyn (b.1906) and Leonard Cornelius (b.1910).
Edward Henry also lived to see the arrival and early years of his only two grandchildren, Angela (b.1935) and Vincent Arthur (b.1939), the children of Vincent Edward and his wife, Florence Mary Bogg.
Edward Henry
lived his entire life in Lincolnshire. The records place him at West
Keal in 1881 and 1891 and then a mile further south, in Stickford, in
1901 and 1911.He died in 1949 and is buried at Hundleby parish church, five miles south of West Keal and just over two miles from his birthplace, Partney.
The grave is marked with simple small stone bearing the words: In memoriam Edward Henry Knowles 1874-1949 till the day dawn and his wife Lucy Ann 1878-1952.
Unfortunately, the lighting on the stone when the photo was taken makes it hard to read the text.
Friday, 10 January 2014
The Knowles family line
There are many ways of looking at a family tree. Here's a list of the direct Knowles' family line to my grandfather's generation.
John Knowles married Mary Adam, probably around 1775.
Their children included John, Edward and William.
Their son Edward Knowles (1776-1847) married Mary Allis (1785-1841)
They had at least six children: Jane, Robert, Edward, Charlotte, George and Eliza.
Robert Knowles (1814-1895) married Martha Ely (1821-1889)
Their eight children were Edward, Betsy, George, Lucy, Robert, William, John and Jane.
Edward Knowles (1844-1919) married Martha Gill (1846-1884)
Their four children were Edward, Annie, Elizabeth and Louisa.
Edward Henry Knowles (1874-1949) married Lucy Ann Carrott (1878-1952)
Their three children were Vincent, Evelyn and Leonard.
Vincent Edward Knowles (1903-1976) married Florence Mary Bogg (1898-1971)
Their two children were Angela and Vincent Arthur.
Vincent Edward was my grandfather.
This family line has been researched using census returns, birth certificates, marriage certificates and baptism records.
John Knowles married Mary Adam, probably around 1775.
Their children included John, Edward and William.
Their son Edward Knowles (1776-1847) married Mary Allis (1785-1841)
They had at least six children: Jane, Robert, Edward, Charlotte, George and Eliza.
Robert Knowles (1814-1895) married Martha Ely (1821-1889)
Their eight children were Edward, Betsy, George, Lucy, Robert, William, John and Jane.
Edward Knowles (1844-1919) married Martha Gill (1846-1884)
Their four children were Edward, Annie, Elizabeth and Louisa.
Edward Henry Knowles (1874-1949) married Lucy Ann Carrott (1878-1952)
Their three children were Vincent, Evelyn and Leonard.
Vincent Edward Knowles (1903-1976) married Florence Mary Bogg (1898-1971)
Their two children were Angela and Vincent Arthur.
Vincent Edward was my grandfather.
This family line has been researched using census returns, birth certificates, marriage certificates and baptism records.
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Vincent Edward Knowles (1903-1976)
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| Vincent Edward Knowles from his passport 1974 |
My grandmother died in 1971 when I was aged just six. My only memory of her is a silent, vacant figure sitting in a corner of a dark room in her home. She had suffered a stroke, I believe, and was a complete invalid.
We never lived near to my grandfather for the few years in which my life overlapped his. Briefly, in the early 1970s, we lived in Beverley, only 11 miles from Market Weighton, East Yorkshire, but we did not have a car and our visits to him were by bus.
I have faint memories of his second wedding, in 1975, to Florence (I do not know her surname). This led to him moving to Billericay, Essex, where he spent the last year of his life.
Click here to see photos of Vincent Edward Knowles.
Here's a summary of my grandfather's history, as I know it.
Vincent Edward Knowles (1903-1976)
Early years
Vincent Edward was born on 31 August, 1903 in Stickford, Lincolnshire, the son of Edward Henry Knowles and Lucy Ann Carrott.
(Of course, she was Lucy Ann Knowles by that time, but I'll generally refer to married women by their maiden surname, because it helps to explain the connections in the family tree).
The Knowles family had lived in same area of Lincolnshire for generations. Vincent Edward is registered on the 1911 census, aged 7, in Stickford, Lincolnshire.
Click here to see a Google map for Stickford.
Family and employment
He trained as a cabinet maker and then became a Methodist Minister. What led him to choose a life in the church I do not know, although his family had been Methodists for some generations.
Vincent Edward married Florence Mary Bogg in Wilmslow, Cheshire, in 1934. They had two children, Angela (born 1935) and Vincent Arthur (born 1939).
Later years
For many years my grandfather lived in Market Weighton, south Yorkshire. In 1975 he married for a second time, to Florence.
Vincent Edward died in Billericay, Essex, on 17 December 1976.
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