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Sarah Margaret KNIGHT

Female Bef 1835 - 1904  (~ 68 years)

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  • Name Sarah Margaret KNIGHT 
    Birth Bef 25 Dec 1835  Strand, London Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Christening 25 Dec 1835  St Martin in the Fields, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    _UID 0BC80BF614A94182B22C7DD94029099B95E6 
    Death 27 Oct 1904  Brighton, Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Notes 
    • For Sarah's census appearances before 1881, see her father's Notes.

      1881 census: at 115 Stockwell Park Road, St Mary Lambeth, London, Sarah M K SIMMONS (head, widow, 45, income from house property, born Strand, Middlesex), Elizabeth A KNIGHT (sister-in-law, widow, 48, income from funded property, born Lambeth, Surrey), Rosa S KNIGHT (adopted child, 13, scholar, born London), James MILLS (servant, married, 34, coachman, born London), Emily MILLS (servant, married, 29, general servant, born Devonshire) and Letitia F CRIDLAND (visitor, unmarried, 21, dressmaker, born Bermondsey, Surrey).

      1891 census: at 21 Walpole Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, Sarah Margaret KNIGHT (head, widow, 55, living on own means, born Strand, London), William Henry SHOOBERT (son in law, married, 30, paper merchant, born Kennington, Surrey), Rosie S Knight SHOOBERT (daughter, 23, born St Pancras, Middlesex), William Henry SHOOBERT (visitor, married, 58, retired licensed victualler, born Ilford, Essex), Louisa Maria SHOOBERT (visitor, married, 50, born South Hackney), Maria BOURNE (visitor, married, 45, born Scotland), Margaret Rosie M SHOOBERT (grandchild, 4 months, born Norwood, Surrey), Annie TAYLOR (servant, single, 31, cook, born don't know), Caroline AVERY (servant, 14, nurse, born Bermondsey) and Eliza BOXELL (servant, 15, housemaid, born Brighton).

      1901 census: at 152 Eastern Road, Brighton, Sussex, Sarah M KNIGHT (head, widow, 65, living on own means, born Strand, London), Florence E WEBSTER (servant, single, 28, domestic servant, born W Wycombe, Bucks) and Grace C LOCKE (servant, single, 21, domestic servant, born Brighton).

      From the National Probate Calendar at ancestry.com:
      KNIGHT Sarah Margaret of Easter-house 15 College-road Brighton widow died 27 October 1904 Probate London 13 December to William Henry Shoobert wholesale-stationer and Jonathan James Washington solicitor Effects £4723 16s.
    Person ID I668  Canterbury, Kent
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2021 

    Father William KNIGHT,   b. Abt 1801, Dover, Kent Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 1851 and 1861 (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Mother Sarah UNKNOWN,   b. Abt 1802   d. Between 1871 and 1881 (Age ~ 69 years) 
    Family ID F396  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Edwin Minter,   b. 4 Feb 1833, St. Annes, Soho, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 28 Feb 1865, St George Hanover Square RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years) 
    Marriage 25 Mar 1854  St Michael's, Burleigh Street, Strand, London Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    • The Times marriage announcement reads:
      "On the 25 inst. [of March 1854], at St Michael's, Burleigh-street, Strand, by the Rev. A G Edouart, MA, Edwin, eldest son of George Minter, of Frith-street, Soho-square, to Sarah Margaret, only daughter of William Knight, of 357, Strand."

      According to the marriage register the couple married at St Michael's District Church, St Martin in the Fields.
      Married by licence. Edwin Minter, 21, bachelor, upholsterer of Strand, father George Minter, upholsterer. Sarah Margaret Knight, 18, spinster of Strand, father William Knight, fishmonger. Both signed full names. Witnesses William Knight, Elizabeth Toleman both signed.
    Marital status 1858 
    Divorced 
    Family ID F247  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Mar 2021 

    Family 2 Unknown UNKNOWN 
    Children 
     1. Rosie Sarah KNIGHT,   b. Abt 1868, St Pancras, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1953, Wandsworth RD Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 85 years)
    Family ID F397  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Sep 2016 

  • Sources 
    1. [S170] Baptism Register at findmypast.co.uk, September 2016.

    2. [S14] BMD index, aged 68, Q4 1904 Brighton 2b/121. (Reliability: 4).

    3. [S171] England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995 at ancestry.com.

    4. [S14] BMD index.

    5. [S134] The Times Digital Archive, September 21012, "Marriages." Times [London, England] 27 Mar. 1854: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 Sep. 2012. (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S145] Marriage register at findmypast.co.uk, June 2014 and later.