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The Knowles Family Tree

(Overview)

Alice Moore (1908)

(Details - Pg 8)

George William Knowles (1930)

(Details - Pg 2)

George Watson Knowles (1901)

(Details - Pg 8)

Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson (1873)

(Details - Pg 9)

George Henry Knowles (1872)

(Details - Pg 9)

Annie Rodgers (????)

(Details - Pg 7)

Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910)

(Details - Pg 7)

Jane Shore (1842)

(Details - Pg 12)

Charles Gummerson (1840)

(Details - Pg 11)


(Details - Pg10)

Sarah Ann “Cropley” Knowles

(1837)

(Details - Pg10) Sarah “Fountain” Gummerson

(1798)

(Details - Pg 11)

George Gummerson ((1799)

(Details - Pg)

John Stephen Cook (1948)

(Details - Pg 5)

Kathryn Cook (1977)

(Details - Pg 5)

Angel Cook (2006)

(Details - Pg 6)

Lee Cook (1975)

(Details - Pg 5)

Jutharat May (1984)

(Details - Pg 6)

Linda Brown (1960)

(Details - Pg 4)

Stephen Knowles (1953)

(Details - Pg 2)

George Knowles (1954)

(Details - Pg 3)

Linda Knowles (1955)

(Details - Pg 3)

Phillip Knowles (1956)

(Details - Pg 3)

Joan Edwards (1935)

(Details - Pg 2)

Christopher Knowles (1998)

(Details - Pg 4)

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(Details)

Father:

George William Knowles

Date of Birth: 12 Aug 1930

Place of Birth: The Maternity Home, Greenacres,

Oldham.

Occupation: Machinist - sheet metal worker

Last known address: 11 Woodstock Street,

Oldham

Mothers Name: Alice Moore (1908)

Fathers Name: George Watson Knowles (1901)

Siblings: ???

Married: Joan Edwards - 20 June 1953

Divorced: !961

Children:




Date Deceased: Mar 1988

Place Deceased: Blackpool, Lancashire.

Mother:

Joan Edwards

Date of Birth: Apr/May/Jun 1935

Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire.

Occupation: Cotton Ring Doffer

Last known address: 11 Woodstock Street, Old-

ham

Mothers Name: Annie Rodgers (????)

Fathers Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910)

Siblings:

Thomas Clifford Edwards (1936)

Pearl Maureen Edwards (1939)

Edith Edwards (1940-1???)

Married: George W. Knowles - 20 June 1953

Divorced: !961

Children:

Stephen Knowles (born-1953)

George Knowles (born-1954)

Linda Knowles (born-1955)

Phillip Knowles (born-1956)

Date Deceased: 02nd Mar 1964

Place Deceased: West St, Oldham, Lancashire.

Half-Brother:

Stephen Knowles

Date of Birth: 13 August 1953


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:

Place Deceased: Stephen Knowles (2010)

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Me:

George Knowles

Date of Birth: 24 July 1954


Occupation: Army - Security

Mothers name: Joan Knowles (1935)

Fathers name: George William Knowles (1930)

Siblings:

Half-Brother - Stephen Knowles (1953)



Married: Bachelor

Children: None

Date Deceased: ….

Place Deceased: ….


(Details)

Sister:

Linda Knowles

Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1955


Occupation: Bank Service Support Adviser

Mothers Name: Joan Knowles (1935)

Fathers Name: George William Knowles (1930)

Siblings:




Married: John Stephen Cook - 30th May 1975

Children:

Lee Cook (1975)

Kathryn Cook (1977)

Date Deceased: ….


Brother:

Phillip Knowles

Date of Birth: 25 July 1956


Occupation: Tesco Stores

Mothers name: Joan Knowles (1935)

Fathers name: George William Knowles (1930)

Siblings:




Married: Live-in Partnership

Children: None

Date Deceased: ….

Place Deceased: …. Phillip Knowles (2010)

George Knowles

(2010)

Linda Knowles

(2010)

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(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: ????

Married: Stephen Knowles - 10th June 1999

Children:

Christopher Knowles

Date 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:

Children:

Date Deceased: ….


Linda Knowles (nee Brown)

(approx - 1998)

Christopher Knowles (approx - 2009)

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The Knowles (Cook) Family Tree

(Details)

Nephew:

Lee Michael Cook

Date of Birth: 30 Apr 1975

Place of Birth: Gladstone, Queensland,

Australia

Occupation: Construction Site Management

Mothers Name: Linda Knowles (1955)

Fathers Name: John Stephen Cook (1948)

Siblings:

Kathryn Marie Cook (1977)

Married: Jutharat May ????

Children:

Angel Cook (05 Dec 2006)

Date Deceased: ….


Niece:

Kathryn Marie Cook


Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United

Kingdom

Occupation: ????

Mothers Name: Linda Knowles (1955)

Fathers Name: John Stephen Cook (1948)

Siblings:

Lee Michael Cook (born - 05 Dec 2006)

Married: Live in Partnership

Children:

Date Deceased: ….

Place Deceased: …. Kathryn Marie Cook

(approx - 2001) Lee Michael Cook

(approx - 2001)

Brother-in-Law:

John Stephen Cook

Date of Birth: 06 Jun 1948


Kingdom

Occupation: Construction/Plasterer

Mothers Name: Mary Langan (????)

Fathers Name: William Cook (????)

Siblings:

Sister: Mary Cook

Sister: Sheila Cook

Married: Linda Knowles - 30 May 1975

Children:

Lee Michael Cook (1975)

Kathryn Marie Cook (1977)

Date Deceased: ….


John Stephen Cook

(approx - 2009)

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Grand Niece

Angel Cook



Kingdom

Occupation: ???

Mothers Name: Jutharat May (1984)

Fathers Name: Lee Michael Cook (1975)

Siblings: ???

Married: ….

Children: ….

Date Deceased: ….


The Knowles (Cook) Family Tree

(Details)

Angel Cook

(approx - 2009)

Niece-in-Law:

Jutharat May

Date of Birth: 03 Jan 1984

Place of Birth: Loas, Thailand

Occupation:

Mothers Name: (????)

Fathers Name: (????)

Siblings: (????)

Married: Lee Michael Cook (????)

Children:

Angel Cook (2006)

Date Deceased: ….


Jutharat May

(approx - 1984)

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The Knowles (Edwards) Family Tree

(Details)

Uncle

Thomas Clifford Edwards

Date of Birth: 1936

Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom

Mother's Name: Annie Rodgers (????)

Father’s Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910)

Date Deceased: Oct 2001

Place Deceased: Oldham, Lancashire

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Aunty

Pearl Maureen Edwards

Date of Birth: 1939




Date Deceased: ????

Date Deceased: ????

Aunty

Edith Edwards

Date of Birth: 1940-1 ?




Married: Peter Scott (1971)

Date Deceased: ????

Date Deceased: ????

Grandfather

Joseph Eaton Edwards

Date of Birth: 30 Feb 1910

Place of Birth: Chorlton, Lancashire

Mothers Name: ????

Fathers Name: ????

Siblings: ???

Married: Annie Rodgers - 1934 Middleton,

Lancashire

Children:

Joan Edwards (born-1935)

Thomas Clifford Edwards (born-1936)

Pearl Maureen Edwards (born-1939)

Edith Edwards (born-1940-1???)

Date Deceased: Oct 2001

Place Deceased: East Lancashire.

Grandmother

Annie Rodgers

Date of Birth: 01 Mar 1909

Place of Birth: Wortley near Leeds, Yorkshire

Mothers Name: Ingram????

Fathers Name: ????

Siblings: ???

Married: Joseph Eaton Edwards - 1934 at St

Marks in Chadderton, Lancashire

Children:

Joan Edwards (born-1935)

Thomas Clifford Edwards (born-1936)

Pearl Maureen Edwards (born-1939)

Edith Edwards (born-1940-1???)

Date Deceased: 1973

Place Deceased: Oldham, Lancashire.

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The Knowles Family - Extended

(Details)

Grandfather:

George Watson Knowles

Date of Birth: 21st Oct 1901

Place of Birth: 80 Horsedge Street, Oldham,

Lancashire

Occupation: Theatre Attendant

Last known address: 163 Godson Street, Oldham.

Mothers Name: Sarah Elizabeth (Gummerson)

Knowles (1873)

Fathers Name: George Henry Knowles (1873 )

Siblings:

Samuel W. Knowles (1881)

Hilda M. Knowles (1883)

Married: Alice Moore in 1929 at Coldhurst Holy

Trinity Church, Oldham.

Children:


Date Deceased: ????

Place Deceased: ????

Grandmother:

Alice Moore

Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1908


Occupation: ????

Last known address: 163 Godson Street, Oldham

Mothers Name: Shuttleworth

Fathers Name: George Moore (1880)

Siblings: ???

Married: George Watson Knowles in 1929 at

Coldhurst Holy Trinity Church, Oldham.

Children:


Date Deceased: Mar 1995

Place Deceased: Bolton, Lancashire

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(Details)

Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson

Date of Birth: Mar 1873

Place of Birth: Monk Bretton Yorkshire (near

Barnsley)

Mothers Name: Jane Shore (1842)

Fathers Name: Charles Gummerson (1840)

Last known address: 37 Middleton Road, Oldham

~

1881 Census

Street Address: 15 High St, Monk Bretton, Barnsley,

South Yorkshire


Household & Family Members: Herself (age 08)

Jane Gummerson (Mother, age 39)

John Gummerson 18

Leonora Alberta Gummerson 16

Charles Gummerson 13

Lillian Gummerson 10

Minnie Gummerson 06

Ethel F Gummerson 03

~

1891 Census

Street Address: 52 Low Bottom, Thurlstone,

Penistone, Yorkshire

Occupation: Scribbler in Woollen Mill

Household & Family Members:

Herself (age 18)

Charles Gummerson (Father,age51)

Jane Gummerson (Mother, age 49)

Charles Gummerson (Brother, age 24)

Lillian Gummerson (Sister, age 20)

Minnie Gummerson (Sister, age 16)

Ethel F Gummerson (Sister, age 13)

~

Married: Charles Gummerson 22 Aug 1900 at St John

The Baptist Church, Penistone

~

1901 Census

Street Address: 76 Horsedge Street, Oldham,

Lancashire

Occupation: Theatrical Manager


Annie Jackson (Widow, age 32)

George Henry Knowles (boarder, age 28)

Sarah E Knowles (boarder, age 28)

Eileen Gummerson (Daughter, age 6)

~

Children:

Eileen Gummerson (1895, father unknown)


Date Deceased: ????


George Henry Knowles

Date of Birth: Dec 1872

Place of Birth: Hutton, Yorkshire, England

Mothers Name: Elizabeth (1841)

Fathers Name: George Watson Knowles (1837)

Last known address: 37 Middleton Road, Oldham

~

1881 Census

Street Address:

62 Montfort St, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire,

England.


Household & Family Members: George Watson Knowles (Father, age 44)

Elizabeth Knowles (Mother, age 40)

George Henry Knowles (Himself - age 8)

Samuel W. Knowles (age 9mth)

~

1891 Census

Street Address: 2 Downing Square, Penistone,

Yorkshire, England.

Occupation: Hammer-man in Steel Works


George Watson Knowles (Father, age 54)

Elizabeth Knowles (Mother, age 49)

George Henry Knowles (Himself - age 18)

Samuel W Knowles (age 10)

Hilda M Knowles (age 8)

~

Married: Sarah Elizabeth Gummerson 22 Aug 1900 at

St John The Baptist Church, Penistone

~

1901 Census

Street Address: 78 Horsedge Street, Oldham,

Lancashire

Occupation: Theatrical Manager

Household & Family Members: Annie Jackson (Widow, age 32)

George Henry Knowles (Himself a boarder, age 28)

Sarah E Knowles (boarder, age 28)

Eileen Gummerson (age 6)

~

Children:


Date Deceased: 1951 (age 77)

Place Deceased: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England

Great Grandmother:

Great Grandfather:

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(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


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



Elizabeth Knowles (Wife - age 30)

Florence A Knowles (Daughter - age 1)

John Ford (Lodger - age 21)

William H Godber (Lodger - age 20)

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1881 Census

Street Address:

62 Montfort St, Brightside Bierlow, Yorkshire, England

Occupation: Plumber and Gas Fitter



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.

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The Knowles (Gummerson) Family Tree

(Details)

Great Great-Grandfather:

Charles Gummerson

Date of Birth: 8 May 1839

Place of Birth: Darfield, South Yorkshire

Mothers Name: Sarah Fountain (1798-1867)

Fathers Name: George Gummerson (1799 – 1851)

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1851 Census

Street Address: Dasley Colliery

Occupation: At Home

George Gummerson (Father - age 40)

Sarah Gummerson (Mother - age 40)

John Gummerson (Brother - age 10)

Harriot Gummerson (Sister - age 8)

Mary Ann Gummerson (Sister - age 6)

Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 2)

~

1851 Census

Street Address: 104 Worsbro Dale, Worsbrough,

Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Occupation: At Home

Sarah Gummerson (Mother - age 53)

Mary Ann Gummerson (Sister - age 22)

John Gummerson (Brother - age 20)


~

Married: Jane Shore 29 Apr 1860 at All Saints,

Darfield, Yorks ~

1861 Census

Street Address: 188 Worsbro Yard, Worsbrough,

Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

Occupation: Colliery Labourer



Jane Gummerson (Wife - age 19)

George (Son - age 8 mths) ~

1871 Census

Street Address: 129 Buxton Bridge, Monk Bretton,

Barnsley, South Yorkshire

Occupation: Colliery Engine-Man



Jane Gummerson (Wife - age 29)

George (Son - age 10)

John (Son - age 8)

Leonora (Daughter - age 6)

Charles (Son - age 3)

Lillian (Daughter - age 10 mths)

~

1881 Census

Street Address: 32 Bank, Thurlstone, Penistone,

Yorkshire

Occupation: Engine Driver in Woollen Mill


Sarah Hawksworth (Head, age 45)

John Hawksworth (Son, age 13)

John Smith (Lodger, age 27)

Charles Gummerson (Himself a Lodger - age 41)

~

1891 Census

Street Address:

Street Address: 52 Low Bottom, Thurlstone,





Jane (Wife, age 49)

Charles (Son, age 24)

Lillian (Daughter, age 20)

Sarah E (Daughter, age 18)

Minnie (Daughter, age 16)

Ethel F (Daughter, age 13) ~

1891 Census

Street Address:

Street Address: 40 Plumpton Mills, Thurlstone,



Household & Family Members: Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 61)

Jane (Wife, age 59)

Charles (Son, age 34)

Minnie (Daughter, age 26)

~

Date Deceased: Oct-Nov-Dec 1908

Place Deceased: Barnsley

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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: ????


Great Great-Grandmother:

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