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Fanny Eliza Knyvett

mentioned in the record of George Wilson Boileau and Fanny Eliza Knyvett

Name George Wilson Boileau
Spouse's Name Fanny Eliza Knyvett
Event Date 16 Jan 1850
Event Place Lucknow, Bengal, India
Father's Name George Wilson Boileau
Spouse's Father's Name William John Baptist Knyvett

Laura Agnes Knyvett

mentioned in the record of David Robert Lyall and Laura Agnes Knyvett

Name David Robert Lyall
Spouse's Name Laura Agnes Knyvett
Event Date 10 Apr 1866
Event Place Maldah, Bengal, India
Father's Name David Lyall
Spouse's Father's Name William John Baptist Knyvett

Mary Augusta Christie Knyvett

mentioned in the record of Vincent Stuart Robertson and Mary Augusta Christie Knyvett

Name Vincent Stuart Robertson
Spouse's Name Mary Augusta Christie Knyvett
Event Date 09 May 1867
Event Place Arrah, Bengal, India
Father's Name Richard Ignatius Robertson
Spouse's Father's Name William John Baptist Knyvett

Charles Frederick Knyvett

mentioned in the record of Charles Frederick Knyvett and Amy Frances Georgina Braddon

Name Charles Frederick Knyvett
Birth Date 1850
Age 34
Spouse's Name Amy Frances Georgina Braddon
Spouse's Birth Date 1859
Spouse's Age 25
Event Date 16 Dec 1884
Event Place Aligarh, Bengal, India
Father's Name William John Baptist Knyvett
Spouse's Father's Name Edward Nicholas Coventry Braddon
Marital Status Single
Spouse's Marital Status Single

Fanny Agnes Knyvett

India Deaths and Burials

Name Fanny Agnes Knyvett
Gender Female
Burial Date 12 Dec 1879
Burial Place Dehra Dun, Bengal, India
Death Date 10 Dec 1879
Age 70
Birth Date 1809
Occupation None
Race White
Marital Status Widowed
Spouse's Name Mr. Knyvett

William John Baptist Knyvett

India Deaths and Burials

Name William John Baptist Knyvett
Gender Male
Burial Date 08 Jan 1863
Burial Place Dehra, Bengal, India
Death Date 06 Jan 1863
Age 59
Birth Date 1804
Occupation Major General
Marital Status Unknown

Laura Agnes Knyvett

India Births and Baptisms

Name Laura Agnes Knyvett
Gender Female
Christening Date 27 Aug 1844
Christening Place Suckun, Bengal, India
Birth Date 20 Feb 1843
Father's Name William John Baptist Knyvett
Mother's Name Fanny Agnes

All this is very interesting and I'm very grateful.

Signing off now and will 'digest' it tomorrow!

:-D

Hi Nicola

My husband and his brother are the great grandsons of Alexander Knyvett and Louisa Janet. Their son, William, who married Virginia Delacombe, has one child, Godfrey Alexander V Knyvett, my husband's father.
I am unable to shed any light on the probate question, but am pleased to hear that Alexander was held in such high regard It is always nice to hear some personal details about the ancestors being researched.

Hello Chris, welcome to the GR boards. I'm sure Nicola will be in touch with you very soon.

Your contact is what makes these boards so worthwhile - what a good result.

Hello Chris.

I'm really pleased that my ancestor's journal has revealed that your husband's great grandfather was so well thought of. What a lovely little story.

I'm now on a further page of the journal and my ancestor writes: "I went out & called on Mrs. Knyvett, whom I found to be a very pretty, attractive young woman; & saw her bright girls." These must be your William's sisters.

I'll let you know if there are any further snippets.
:-D

Chris: and I've pm'd you, too.
If you know of the descendants of William's sisters Margaret and Beatrice [see my above], then do let them know that their ancestors were regarded as 'bright girls'! The journal entry was dated Saturday 21st December 1889.
:-D

Ooh, more has been revealed in my ancestor's journal!

She writes that in early 1890, "Mrs. K and the children were to sail for England on the Khedive on the 23rd" [January, I think].

The ship's name isn't easy to read and I think that I have transcribed it correctly. But when googling that ship's name, the internet entries are for a vessel very much newer than c.1880's.

Can anyone find the passenger list for this family, please??

More scratching around has at least found the ship!:-

Khedive 1871 1897 sold to Duda, Abdullah & Co, Bombay.

But I'm still searching the for Knyvett family sailing home to England in January 1890 please ........

The passenger lists date from 1878 to 1888 and 1890 to 1960. However, many of the pre-1890 lists were irregularly destroyed by the Board of Trade in 1900. Therefore, there are not many lists included in this database that date from these earlier years.

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (Ancestry)

(above is stated, unfortunately!)


(unless anything relating held at Kew. N.A.)

Chris :)

http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/pando.shtml

(The Fleets
Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company / P&O Line)

Khedive 1871 1897 sold to Duda, Abdullah & Co, Bombay.

edits (I see you have found!)

Hi Nicola

Thank you for the new info. Margaret and Beatrice are William's sisters. Margaret married Francis McNamara in 1910, and things became rather complicated as after Margaret and William both died, their respective spouses - Francis McNamara and Virginia (Delacombe) then married each other! Virginia subsequently died in Kenya and is buried there.