Sidney Herbert KNAPTON [26620]
- Born: Cir 1882, Gillingham DOR
- Marriage (1): Louisa SIMS [26633] 1st Qtr 1900 in Christchurch HAM
- Died: 23 Apr 1968, Langton Rd Blandford DOR aged about 86
General Notes:
Births Sidney Herbert Knapton Registration Year: 1882 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Shaftesbury Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: Dorset Volume: 5a Page: 236
Marriages Sidney Herbert Knapton Registration Year: 1900 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Christchurch Hampshire Volume: 2b Page: 993 Records on Page: Name Sidney Herbert Knapton Louisa Sims
WWI Pension Records Sidney Herbert Knapton Document Year: 1919 Regimental Number: 18526 Regiment Name: Devonshire Regiment Form Title: Cover for Discharge Documents Number of Images: 12
The family lived for many years at 47 Lincoln Road in Bournemouth
1939 Register. Sidney H Knapton Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 17 Jun 1882 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 47 Lincoln Ave Residence Place: Bournemouth, Hampshire, England Occupation: Motor Driver Line Number: 34 Schedule Number: 72 Sub Schedule Number: 1 Enumeration District: EAAS Borough: Bournemouth Registration district: 94/1 Inferred Spouse: Louisa Knapton.
Passenger List. Mr Sidney H Knapton Departure Age: 70 Birth Date: abt 1883 Departure Date: 19 Sep 1953 Departure Port: England Ship Name: Mataroa Shipping Line: Shaw Savill Line Destination Port: Wellington, New Zealand Master: R G James
Passenger List Sidney Knapton Arrival Age: 73 Birth Date: 17 Jun 1882 Port of Departure: Wellington, New Zealand Arrival Date: 2 Sep 1955 Port of Arrival: Southampton, England Ports of Voyage: Wellington; Pitcairn Island and Curacao Ship Name: Rangitoto Shipping Line: New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd Official Number: 7711/01
Colin Sellwood writes 2021: I do clearly remember meeting him (Sidney Herbert) in Luckham Road in the early 1950's, and he subsequently sailed to New Zealand at least once, and perhaps twice, in the late1950's before returning to England.
Deaths Sidney H Knapton Death Age: 85 Birth Date: abt 1883 Registration Date: Jun 1968 Registration district: Poole Inferred County: Dorset Volume: 7c Page: 105
Other Records
1. Census: England, 5 Apr 1891, Gillingham DOR. Sidney is recorded as a son aged 9 born Gillingham
2. Census: England, 2 Apr 1911, Bournemouth HAM. Sidney is recorded as head of a 5 room house aged 29 married 11yrs a Corporation carter born Gillingham DOR
Sidney married Louisa SIMS [26633] [MRIN: 4968], daughter of Eli SIMS [26904] and Catherine (Kate) LOCKYER [27403], 1st Qtr 1900 in Christchurch HAM. (Louisa SIMS [26633] was born on 3 Apr 1880 in Bournemouth HAM and died on 12 Jan 1943.)
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