Frederick W. Knight
31st Jan 1879 - 21st Dec 1928
Life History
31st Jan 1879 |
Born in Shakespeare Road |
4th Jul 1908 |
Married Annie Isabel Drewry in Kingston |
7th May 1911 |
Birth of daughter Phyllis Isobella Knight in Kingston |
21st Nov 1912 |
Birth of daughter Margaret Stewart Knight in Brentford, Middlesex |
12th Feb 1914 |
Birth of son Frederick William Knight in Brentford, Middlesex |
1st Mar 1920 |
Birth of daughter Decima May Knight in Richmond |
21st Dec 1928 |
Died |
Notes
Chief engineer at Shelvoke & Drewry.
In the 1881 census, 21, Shakespeare Rd, Lambeth
| Henry Knight | Head | M | 30 | Book Maker Assistant | b. Bermondey, Surrey |
| Herriet Knight | Wife | M | 28 | b. Bermondey, Surrey | |
| Henry Knight | Son | S | 4 | b. Middlesex | |
| Frederick Knight | Son | S | 2 | b. Herne Hill, Surrey | |
| A M A Edward | Visitor (f) | S | 29 | Drapers Assistant | b. Kensington, Surrey |
| M A Sharland | Visitor (f) | S | 10 | Scholar | b. Brixton, Surrey |
| A Knight | Servant (f) | S | 16 | General Servant Domestic | b. Brixton, Surrey |
Curiously Vincent Fava Wood, brother-in-law of Charles S Drewry marries an 'Ellen Sharland' in 1885. However it looks like M A Sharland in the above 1881 census is Mary A Sharland in the following 1871 census:
Mary Sharland In the 1871 census, at Mostyn Road, Lambeth
| John Sharland | Head | 27 | Oilman | b. Surrey, Bermondsey |
| Mary Sharland | Wife | 28 | Oilman's wife | b. Surrey, Bermondsey |
| Harriet E Sharland | Daughter | 2 | b. Surrey, Brixton | |
| Mary A Sharland | Daughter | 0 | b. Surrey, Brixton | |
| Eliza J Hills | Servant | 17 | General Domestic | b. Surrey, Bermondsey |
In the 1891 census, 21, Shakespeare Rd, Lambeth, Brixton
| Henry Knight | Head | M | 42 | Manager to Boot Company | b. Bermondsey, London |
| Harriet Knight | Wife | M | 38 | b. Horsleydown, London | |
| Henry Knight | Son | 14 | Scholar | b. Shoreditch, London | |
| Fred Knight | Son | 12 | Scholar | b. Lambeth, London | |
| Florence Wallis | Servant | S | 18 | General Servant Domestic | b. Clapham, London |
In the 1901 census, 5, Mordant Street, Lambeth:
| Harry Knight | Head | Mar | 50 | Boot Manufacturer | b. Bermondsey, London |
| H'y Knight | Son | S | 24 | Salesman Leather Bags | b. Shoreditch, London |
| Frederick Knight | Son | S | 22 | Clerk Merchants | b. Herne Hill, London |
| Annie Coe | Boarder | Wid | 53 | House Keeper Domestic | b. Marylebone, London |
In the 1911 census, 14, Kingston Lane, Teddington
| Frederick Knight | Head | 32 | Insurance Clerk | b. Herne Hill, Lambeth |
| Annie Isabel Knight | Wife | 29 | Married 2 years | b. Bow E |
| Ena Eliza Harris | Servant | 16 | General Servant Domestic, Single | b. Teddington, Middlesex |
In the 1921 census, at 8, Cedars Road, Barnes, Surrey
| Frederick Knight | Head | 42 yrs 5 m. | Married | Assurance Clerk - Prudential Ass. Co. | b. Herne Hill, Lambeth |
| Annie Isabella Knight | Wife | 40 yrs 11 m. | Married | Home Duties | b. Bow, Middlesex |
| Phyllis Isabella Julia Knight | Daughter | 10 yrs 1 m. | School | b. Teddington, Middlesex | |
| Margaret Stewart Knight | Daughter | 8 yrs 7 m. | School | b. Chiswick, Middlesex | |
| William Frederick Knight | Son | 7 yrs 4 m. | School | b. Chiswick, Middlesex | |
| Decima May Knight | Daughter | 1yr 3 m. | School | b. Chiswick, Middlesex | |
| Henry Knight | Visitor | 71 yrs 2 m. | Widower | Boot Maker (retired) | b. Bermondsey, Middlesex |
| Gertrude Brook | Servant | 23 yrs 8 m. | Single | General Domestic Servant | b. West Lynn, Norfolk |
Frederick Knight died just before his father-in-law Charles Stewart Drewry and is buried in a plot beside Charles and his wife Julia, in the East Sheen Cemetery in Richmond.
Neither plot has a stone or any marking. (See photo in Julia's page.)
GRO
Marriage: Sep 1908, Knight, Frederick, Kingston, 2a 887
Death: Dec 1928, Knight, Frederick, 49, Richmond S., 2a 654