Henry HENDRA
(-)
Elizabeth OATS
(-)
William CURTIS of Ventonleague
(Abt 1782-1864)
Mary KING
(1785-1855)
Christopher Thomas HENDRA
(1804-1882)
Elizabeth King CURTIS
(Abt 1806-1879)
Caroline HENDRA
(1848-1926)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Alfred KNOWELDEN

  • Caroline KNOWELDEN+
  • Jemima KNOWELDEN
  • Ada KNOWELDEN
  • Clara KNOWELDEN
  • Alfred KNOWELDEN+
  • Jessie Elizabeth KNOWELDEN+
  • Lillian KNOWELDEN
  • Sarah KNOWELDEN+
  • Thomas Edwin KNOWELDEN
  • May KNOWELDEN
  • Eleanor Edith KNOWELDEN

Caroline HENDRA

  • Born: 10 May 1848, Limehouse, London, England 1
  • Married: 27 Oct 1867, St. John, Limehouse, Middlesex, England 2
  • Died: 10 Aug 1926, Kingston, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada 3

  Research Notes:

Except on the day she was married when Caroline stated she was 19 years old, she otherwise understated her age by a couple of years.

In 1881 Caroline Knowlden (30) of Stepney, seaman's wife, was living 25 Cordelia St., Bromley. With her were children: Caroline (12) of Poplar, scholar, Jemima (10) of Poplar, scholar, Ada (9) of Limehouse, scholar, Clara (7) of Bromley, scholar, Alfred (5) of Bromley, Jessy (1) of Bromley.

In 1891 Eleanor [sic] Knowelden (40) of Limehouse and husband Alfred Knowelden (44), labourer in iron yard, were living at 25 Cordelia St., Bromley. With them were children (born in Bromley): Ada (19), machinist, Clara (17), machinist, Alfred (15), stoker in saw mills, Jessie (11), scholar, Lillie (9), scholar, Sarah (7), scholar, Thomas E (5), May (2), Eleanor (5 mo).

In 1901 Caroline Knowelden (51) of Limehouse, married, was living at 25 Cordelia St., Bromley, London. With her were children (born in Bromley): Thomas (15), sawyer mill's hand, May (13), Nellie (8).

In 1911 Carolien Knowelden (60) of Limehouse (mother of 13 children 3 deceased) and husband of 43 years Alfred Knowelden (64) of Southwark, boiler cutter, were living at 25 Cordelia St., Bromley. With them were children (born in Bromley): Thomas (25), boiler cutter, May (22), cigar box finisher, Edith (17), rice packer.

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On 21 Apr 1920 Caroline Knowelden, aged 69, and husband Alfred Knowelden, aged 73, clerk, departed Liverpool England for Quebec Canada aboard the vessel Corsican. 4

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Caroline Knowelden, of 67 John Street, resident of Ontario, Canada for 6 years, housewife, daughter of Christopher Hendra (born in England) and Lizzie Curtis (born in England), wife of Alfred Knowelden, died aged 76 years. 3 Caroline's age was closer to 78 years.

  Marriage Information:

Caroline married Alfred KNOWELDEN, son of Thomas KNOWELDEN and Ursula BENNETT, on 27 Oct 1867 in St. John, Limehouse, Middlesex, England. (Alfred KNOWELDEN was born on 26 Jun 1846 in Southwark, London, Middlesex, England and died on 14 Feb 1930 in Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston Twp, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada.)

  Marriage Notes:

Alfred Knowelden, full age, bachelor, boiler maker, of Catherine Street, son of Thomas Knowelden, fitter, and
Caroline Hendra, 19, spinster, of Catherine Street, daughter of Christopher Hendra, moulder

Married after Banns

Witnesses: George Quinton, Angelina Hendra

Sources


1 England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008, Stepney district, 2nd Quarter, vol. 2, p. 490.

2 Limehouse St. John Parish Registers, Marriages, p. 242, no. 483.

3 Canada, Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947, record no. 347.

4 Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960.


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