Francis Vivian Knapp of Kilmaurs
- Born: Abt 1820, Town, Camborne, Cornwall
- Christened: 6 Jan 1820, Camborne, Cornwall 3
- Married: 12 Apr 1853, East Stonehouse St. George, Devon, England 1 2
- Died: 11 Aug 1886, 3 Elderslie Row, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland 4
- Buried: 13 Aug 1886, Kilmaurs, Ayr, Scotland
 Research Notes:
1841 England Census:
Age given: 20 years
Birthplace given: Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Higher Penponds, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Copper Miner
at home
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1851 England Census:
Age given: 31 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Penponds, Camborne, Cornwall
Occupation: Miner
at home
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1861 England Census (called Francis V.):
Age given: 41 years
Birthplace given: Camborne, Cornwall
Dwelling Place: Treneath Cottage, St. Cleer, Cornwall
Occupation: Miner
Present were wife Mary (42) of Breage, children: William H. (6) of Liskeard, Eliza (4) of Liskeard, Moley? A. (1) of St. Cleer
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Francis and his family do not appear in any of the England Censuses after 1861.
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1871 Scotland Census:
Age given: 51 years
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: 4 High Row, Elderslie, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Occupation: Coal Miner
Present were wife Mary (51) of England, children (born in England): William (16), coal miner, Townsel? (14), bonnet knitter, Marion (11), scholar, Francis (7) scholar
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1881 Scotland Census:
Age given: 56 years [sic]
Birthplace given: England
Dwelling Place: 3 Elderslie Row, Kilmaurs, Ayrshire, Scotland
Occupation: Pit Bottomer (coal)
Present were wife Mary (55) [sic] of England, son Francis (17) of England, coal miner. Son William and his family were living nextdoor.
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Age given on death certificate as 63 [closer to 66], colliery labourer, married to Mary Webb, and son of Francis Knapp*, candlemaker and Mary Knap M.S. Vivian, both deceased.
* The informant was the youngest son Francis who, it seems, confused the grandfathers (his maternal grandfather was Francis)
Marriage Information:
Francis married Mary Webb, daughter of Edward Webb and Anne Tregembo, on 12 Apr 1853 in East Stonehouse St. George, Devon, England 1 2. (Mary Webb was born in 1821 in Breage, Cornwall, christened there 10 Jun 1821, and died on 29 Feb 1904 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 5.)
Marriage Notes:
Francis Knapp, age 32, bachelor, labourer, resident of 56 Fore Street, son of Robert Knapp, labourer, and
Mary Webb, age 28, spinster, resident of 32 Fore Street, daughter of Edward Webb, labourer
Married after Banns
Witnesses: Elizabeth Ivey, John Lamoureny?, Clk
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