Francis Vivian KNAPP
- Born: Abt 1820, Town, Camborne, Cornwall
- Christened: 6 Jan 1820, Camborne, Cornwall 3
- Married: 1853, East Stonehouse District, 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
(GROS data 598/00 002/00 021)
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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 John WEBB and Mary WEBB, in 1853 in East Stonehouse District, Devon, England 1 2. (Mary WEBB was born about 1819 in Breage, Cornwall and died on 29 Feb 1904 in Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland 5.)
Marriage Notes:
Francis Knapp, age 32, and Mary Webb, age 32.
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