Getting back to these KNOTT's and where the children Henry 22, John 19, Emma 16, had disappeared to in 1861.
Here is a bit of background I posted previously:-
1817 Christening at Cleobury Mortimer of Henry Mayne KNOTT - parents Richard and Harriet.
1838 - Marriage at Wolverhampton of Henry Mayne KNOTT and Mary Ann ROGERS.
1841 Census - HO107/1195/4/16/25 Address: Bromsgrove Worcestershire
Henry KNOTT 20 - cooper - N
Mary 25 N
- birthplace?
Henry 3 N -
this is who I think later became George Henry Williams b.c1839
John 3 mo Y
Labright COX 50 - nail mr -Y
Emma COX 12 Y
1851 Census
HO107/1985 208 4
Stottesden, Shropshire Village
Henry Knott, head, 33, Cooper, b. Cleobury Mortimer
Mary Ann, wife, 30, b. Radnor Llandrinden?
Henry, son, 12, at home errand boy, b. Salop Ludlow - later known as GHWilliams
John, son, 9, scholar, b. Worcester Bromsgrove (I think)
Emma, dau, 6, scholar, b. Cleobury Mortimer
1855 - Marriage of Henry Mayne KNOTT to Martha DODD
1861 Bridgnorth census.
RG9/1849 1+ Enum. District 1. Folio 12B. Sch 103.
33 High Street, Bridgnorth.
Henry M KNOTT, Head, Mar, 40, Cooper, Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire.
Martha KNOTT, Wife, Mar, 30, Bewdley, Worcs.
In the same property as a REEDE or REESE family.
In the Bridgnorth Municipal cemetery is the burial of Martha KNOTT, age 44, wife of Henry. Buried 16 Sept 1866. Grave No. 1306 Unconsecrated ground.
SO WHERE WERE ALL THE CHILDREN IN 1861? Henry Jnr aka GHWilliams would be 22, John 19 and Emma 16.
Question 1:-
1851 - has Mary Ann KNOTT nee Rogers is in the Census
1855 - Mary Ann's husband marries again - is there a death record for Mary Ann KNOTT between 1851 - 1855?
Question 2:-
1851 - is the last time the children Henry (later known as GHWilliams), John and Emma are seen with their parents.
Could their mother Mary Ann have still been alive and the children are with her? Has she returned to her birthplace, family in Wales (presuming that is where she is from? Has she remarried to a WILLIAMS and this is where the Williams name connects to the family?
Question 3:-
1866 - Henry Snr's 2nd wife Martha is buried in unconsecrated ground. Could this mean that Henry Snr. had married Martha when not divorced from Mary Ann?
In 1865 Henry Jnr, now known as George Henry WILLIAMS, marries Jane PALMER in Deerhurst Gloucester and names his first four children born between 1867 - 1877 with the WILLIAMS surname. His last child born 1884 is born KNOTT.
Any unravelling, thoughts and ideas welcome
Sashar
