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)
George Watson Knowles (1837)
(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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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
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:
George Knowles (1954)
Linda Knowles (1955)
Phillip Knowles (1956)
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
Place of Birth: 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:
Place Deceased: Stephen Knowles (2010)
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Me:
George Knowles
Date of Birth: 24 July 1954
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire.
Occupation: Army - Security
Mothers name: Joan Knowles (1935)
Fathers name: George William Knowles (1930)
Siblings:
Half-Brother - Stephen Knowles (1953)
Linda Knowles (1955)
Phillip Knowles (1956)
Married: Bachelor
Children: None
Date Deceased: ….
Place Deceased: ….
The Knowles Family Tree
(Details)
Sister:
Linda Knowles
Date of Birth: 15 Sep 1955
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire.
Occupation: Bank Service Support Adviser
Mothers Name: Joan Knowles (1935)
Fathers Name: George William Knowles (1930)
Siblings:
Half-Brother - Stephen Knowles (1953)
George Knowles (1954)
Phillip Knowles (1956)
Married: John Stephen Cook - 30th May 1975
Children:
Lee Cook (1975)
Kathryn Cook (1977)
Date Deceased: ….
Place Deceased: ….
Brother:
Phillip Knowles
Date of Birth: 25 July 1956
Place of Birth: Oldham, Lancashire.
Occupation: Tesco Stores
Mothers name: Joan Knowles (1935)
Fathers name: George William Knowles (1930)
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)
George Knowles
(2010)
Linda Knowles
(2010)
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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: ????
Married: Stephen Knowles - 10th June 1999
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:
Children:
Date Deceased: ….
Place 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: ….
Place Deceased: ….
Niece:
Kathryn Marie Cook
Date of Birth: 17 Dec 1977
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
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United
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: ….
Place Deceased: ….
John Stephen Cook
(approx - 2009)
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Grand Niece
Angel Cook
Date of Birth: 05 Dec 2006
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United
Kingdom
Occupation: ???
Mothers Name: Jutharat May (1984)
Fathers Name: Lee Michael Cook (1975)
Siblings: ???
Married: ….
Children: ….
Date Deceased: ….
Place 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: ….
Place 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
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Mother's Name: Annie Rodgers (????)
Father’s Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910)
Date Deceased: ????
Date Deceased: ????
Aunty
Edith Edwards
Date of Birth: 1940-1 ?
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
Mother's Name: Annie Rodgers (????)
Father’s Name: Joseph Eaton Edwards (1910)
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:
George William Knowles (1930)
Date Deceased: ????
Place Deceased: ????
Grandmother:
Alice Moore
Date of Birth: 25 Jul 1908
Place of Birth: Oldham, England, United Kingdom
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:
George William Knowles (1930)
Date Deceased: Mar 1995
Place Deceased: Bolton, Lancashire
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The Knowles Family - Extended
(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
Occupation: At School
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
Household & Family Members:
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)
George Watson Knowles (1901)
Date Deceased: ????
Place 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.
Occupation: At School
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
Household & Family Members:
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:
George Watson Knowles (1901)
Date Deceased: 1951 (age 77)
Place Deceased: Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Great Grandmother:
Great Grandfather:
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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.
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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)
~
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)
Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 11)
~
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
Household & Family Members:
Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 21)
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
Household & Family Members:
Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 31)
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
Household & Family Members:
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,
Penistone, Yorkshire
Occupation: Engine Driver in Woollen Mill
Household & Family Members:
Charles Gummerson (Himself - age 51)
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,
Penistone, Yorkshire
Occupation: Engine Driver in Woollen Mill
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: ????
Place Deceased: ????
Great Great-Grandmother: