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KNOWLES, Thomas
1860 - Aft 1911 (> 52 years) Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1822 - 1902 (80 years)-
Name KNOWLES, Thomas Birth 1860 Farnham Registration District, Surrey 
Gender Male Death Aft 1911 Person ID I7076 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father KNOWLES, Thomas, b. 1823, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 1871, Aldershot, Hampshire, England (Age 48 years) Mother MILES, Ann, b. 1822, Aldershot, Hampshire, England d. 1902, East Grinstead, Sussex, England (Age 80 years) Marriage 2 Oct 1843 Aldershot, Hampshire, England Family ID F590 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family GEAR, Annie Jane, b. Cerne Abbas, Dorset, England d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1887 Wandsworth Registration District, London Family ID F2593 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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THOMAS KNOWLES 1860-
The birth of Thomas KNOWLES was registered in 1860.
(GRO Farnham 2a 75 June Q 1860)
From the 1861 census of Miles Cottages, Aldershot, Hampshire:
Thomas KNOWLES, head, married, aged 38, agricultural labourer, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Ann KNOWLES, wife, aged 38, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Robert KNOWLES, son, aged 17, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Lucy KNOWLES, daughter, aged 5, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Isabella KNOLES [sic], aged 3, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
*Thomas KNOLES [sic], aged 9 months, born at Aldershot, Hampshire.
(RG9/430/145/11)
NOTE: Their 10 year old daughter Ann KNOWLES was living at Miles Cottages with her grandmother Mary MILES, widow.
(RG9/430/145/12)
The 1871 census of Webster's Cottage, Aldershot, taken on 2 April 1871:
Ann KNOWLS [sic], widow, aged 48, washerwoman, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
*Thomas Knowls, aged 11, born at Aldershot;
Henery Knowls, aged 9, born at Aldershot;
Ada Knowls, aged 4, born at Aldershot.
(RG10/817/15/25)
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From the 1881 census of Alexandra Road, Aldershot, Hampshire:
William CURTIS, head, aged 29, baker and confectioner, born at Brighton, Sussex;
Lucy CURTIS, wife, aged 24, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Lucy CURTIS, daughter, aged 6, scholar, born at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham;
Mary CURTIS, daughter, aged 4, born at Middlesborough, Yorkshire;
Annie CURTIS, daughter, aged 1, born at Lincoln;
Samuel CURTIS, brother, aged 19, unmarried, baker, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
*Thomas KNOWLES, brother-in-law, unmarried, aged 20, butcher, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Ada Jane KNOWLES, sister-in-law, aged 15, domestic servant, born at Badshot Lea, Surrey.
(RG11/781/18/29)
Thomas KNOWLES and Annie Jane GEAR married in 1887.
(GRO March Q 1887 Wandsworth 1d 715)
Their daughter Florence Annie KNOWLES was born in 1887.
(GRO December Q 1887 Pancras 1b 21)
Their son Alfred Thomas KNOWLES was born in 1889.
(GRO December 1889 Pancras 1b 14)
The 1891 census of 20 Princess Road, St. Pancras, London:
*Thomas KNOWLES, head, married, aged 30, butcher, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Annie J. KNOWLES, wife, aged 27 [?], born at Cerne Abbas, Dorset;
Florence A. KNOWLES, daughter, aged 5, born at London St. Pancras;
Alfred T. KNOWLES, son, aged 1, born at London St. Pancras.
(RG12/118/98/49)
From the 1901 census of 20 Princess Road, St. Pancras, London:
*Thomas KNOWLES, head, aged 40, butcher, worker, born at Aldershot, Hampshire;
Annie J. KNOWLES, wife, aged 39, at home, born at Coneabbas [sic], Dorset;
Florence A. KNOWLES, daughter, aged 13, at home, born at St. Pancras, London;
Alfred T. KNOWLES, son, aged 11, at home, born at St. Pancras, London;
Winifred F. KNOWLES, daughter, aged 8, at home, born at St. Pancras, London.
Harry HOCKER, boarder, single, aged 20, butcher, born at Paddington, London;
William E. ALDERSON, boarder, single, aged 22, school master, born at Birch, Essex;
Ernest J. MOODY, boarder, aged 23, single, bricklayer, born at Bierton, Buckinghamshire;
Daniel NEALE, boarder, aged 27, single, school master, born at Eastney, Hampshire.
(RG13/133/23/38)
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