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KNOWLES, Ada Jane

KNOWLES, Ada Jane

Female 1866 - 1951  (85 years)   Has 15 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name KNOWLES, Ada Jane 
    Birth 1866  Badshot Lea, Surrey Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 4 Jan 1951  Streatham, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7078  Edgoose
    Last Modified 25 Feb 2026 

    Father KNOWLES, Thomas,   b. 1823, Aldershot, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1871, Aldershot, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Mother MILES, Ann,   b. 1822, Aldershot, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902, East Grinstead, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 2 Oct 1843  Aldershot, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F590  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family WIGZELL, Joseph Richard,   b. 1856, Camberwell Registration District, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Mar 1939, Dulwich, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F2594  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Jan 2026 

  • Notes 
    • KNOWLES, Ada Jane (1866-1951)

      The birth of Ada J. KNOWLES was registered in 1866.
      (GRO March Q 1866 [MILES] Farnham 02A 96)

      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)

      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)

      Ada Jane KNOWLES and Joseph Richard WIGZELL were married in 1884.
      (GRO December Q 1884 Hambledon 2a 238)

      The death of Ada J. WIGZELL aged 84 was registered in 1951.
      (GRO March Q 1951 Lambeth 5c 1844)

      "WIGZELL Ada Jane of 44 Beulah Hill London S.E.19 widow died 4 January 1951 at 279 Leigham Court-road Streatham London Administration London
      22 September to Stanley WIGZELL incorporated accountant.
      Effects £ 134 18s. 4d."
      (National Probate Council 1951)


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