| James(Pop) & Kate | |||||
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Pop & Katie Knappett Pop - born James Knappett 9 July 1883 in West Ham, London Married Catherine Jessie Connor on 9 September 1906 at St George the martyr, Southwark (born 13 November 1877) Children: James Richard Charles 13 December 1907 - 4 March 1991 Alice 1 September 1911 - 1 March 1914 Terrence Henry 26 February 1913 - 26 October 1977 Pop died on 1 March 1951 in Southampton Katie died 18 May 1967 Pop was born in London at 49 Marcus Street, West Ham. Pop's father is Charles Knappett who is shown as a chemical labourer on Pop's birth certificate and Jerimiah Charles a deceased chemist on Pop & Kate's wedding certificate. In 1901 Pop was living at
32 Oakfield Road, East Ham with his mum (shown as Head of
house) and siblings: Kate lived with her mother (Alice) and appears in the 1881 census as living at 34 Nelson Street, Bermondsey, London. By 1901 she was living at 250 Boro High Street, West Southwark, working as a kitchen maid, with her mum shown as a 43 year old widow employed as a maker of boys caps. Her brother Jmaes R was a waiter. On the wedding certificate Pop & Kate were both living at 34 Queens Buildings, Southwark Bridge Road. Kate's father was shown to be James Richard Connor (deceased) Pop and Katie's daughter Alice died aged 2 in Romford, Essex in 1914. He was a painter and
maintenance man for British American Tobacco awhen he
moved with them to Southampton in the mid 1920’s. |
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