George Metcalfe married Mary Rhodes at Christ Church, Knottingley, on 5 June 1855. George is recorded as a Waterman/Mariner and over the next 8 years, he and his wife Mary had at least 4 children. Census records confirm that Sarah Ann, Amelia, Lucy and Faith were all born into this marriage while there is . . . → Read More: Curtis and Frederick Metcalfe
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I’ve spent the past couple of days filling in the gaps and having added several hundred new records I’m pleased to say that I have now managed to record all the Knottingley cemetery burials from April 2005 right back to January 1928. This is in addition to those already recorded from 1859 through to . . . → Read More: Burials Database Update Our burials database now comprises details of more than 9,000 burials with more than 7,800 entries from Knottingley cemetery alone. As I’ve already said, this is a useful resource to have available when compiling your family history. Find one member of a family, take note of the grave number, and then search for others . . . → Read More: 9,000+ Burial Records Yesterday, whilst trying to unravel a mystery regarding a separate member of the France family, I encountered a record for Elizabeth Radley, who married Thomas France at Christ Church, Knottingley, on 6th February 1871. The marriage entry transcription I have available to me records that Elizabeth was ‘a Spinster of Full years and the . . . → Read More: Elizabeth RADLEY and Thomas FRANCE Our burials database has been overlooked recently but at times it proves so useful that it really does pay to keep adding to it. Being able to link family members together through their burial records is an asset, and even though our burials database is somewhat crude in design, (being ‘home made’) the ability . . . → Read More: 1928 Knottingley Burials Benjamin Bean, a Farmer of Hensall, Yorkshire, married Elizabeth Senior of Darrington, Yorkshire, at St Botolph Church, Knottingley, on the 8th March 1849. Elizabeth was the daughter of John and Sarah Senior. The 1861 census records Benjamin and Elizabeth Bean residing at Hensall along with their 15 year-old niece Sarah Ann Steel, and later, . . . → Read More: A ‘Senioer’ Moment! Initially, the Knottingley Family History Database family tree comprised individual records for George Robert Wood and Robert Wood as sons of Richard Wood and his wife Hannah (nee Stacey) A form submitted to the IGI by a member of the LDS church (Batch No: 7617726, Sheet 20, Source Call No.: 1058652) records the baptism . . . → Read More: George Robert WOOD (1834-1926) |
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