Amelia Humphrey daughter of shepherd George Humphrey and his wife, Elizabeth Shepherd, was born at Greatham in Sussex in 1863. [1][2] By 1881 she was in service in the Challen household in Storrington. [3]
At Storrington on the 13th of June 1885 she married agricultural labourer Jesse Knight, son of Benjamin Knight and his wife, [[Wilson-27124|Charlotte Wilson]. [4] [5] They settled in Storrington where they raised their family while Jesse worked variously as agricultural labourer and shepherd and made ends meet by taking in lodgers. [6] [7] [8]
It was long believed that Amelia died in 1930 aged 65, her death being registered in Horsham. [9] However she was still alive when the 1939 Register was compiled. Though none of their children were living with them, their daughter-in-law, Edith, Benjamin's wife, was there along with her daughter, Maisie Knight. [10]
Jessie and Amelia survived the deprivations of wartime Britain and still had a few years left when it was over. Jesse died in the spring of 1949 [11] and Amelia did not long survive, dying in the autumn. [12]
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
George | Humphrey | Head | Married | Male | 41 | Shepherd | Rackham, Sussex |
Elizabeth | Humphrey | Wife | Married | Female | 38 | - | Egdean, Sussex |
Ernest W | Humphrey | Son | Unmarried | Male | 12 | Agricultural labourer | Rackham, Sussex |
John | Humphrey | Son | - | Male | 9 | Agricultural labourer | Greatham, Sussex |
Amelia | Humphrey | Daughter | - | Female | 7 | Scholar | Greatham, Sussex |
Eber | Humphrey | Son | - | Male | 5 | Scholar | Greatham, Sussex |
Thomas | Humphrey | Son | - | Male | 2 | - | Greatham, Sussex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Harry | Challen | Head | Married | Male | 31 | Accountant's assistant | Storrington, Sussex |
Harriet | Challen | Wife | Married | Male | 22 | - | Victoria, Australia |
Fanny | Puttock | Visitor | Unmarried | Female | 17 | - | Gosport, Hants |
Amelia | Humphrey | Servant | Unmarried | Female | 17 | Domestic servant | Greatham, Sussex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Jesse | Knight | Head | Married | Male | 30 | Agricultural labourer | Billingshurst, Sussex |
Amelia | Knight | Wife | Married | Female | 27 | - | Greatham, Sussex |
George | Knight | Son | - | Male | 4 | - | Storrington, Sussex |
Benjamin | Knight | Son | - | Male | 3 | - | Storrington, Sussex |
Charlotte | Knight | Daughter | - | Female | 1 | - | Storrington, Sussex |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Jesse | Knight | Head | Married | Male | 40 | Shepherd | Billingshurst, Sussex |
Amelia | Knight | Wife | Married | Female | 37 | - | Greatham, Sussex |
George | Knight | Son | Single | Male | 14 | Grocer's errand boy | Storrington, Sussex |
Benjamin | Knight | Son | Single | Male | 13 | Grocer's errand boy | Storrington, Sussex |
Charlotte | Knight | Daughter | Single | Female | 11 | - | Storrington, Sussex |
Millie | Knight | Daughter | Single | Female | 9 | - | Storrington, Sussex |
Jessie | Knight | Daughter | Single | Female | 7 | - | Storrington, Sussex |
Nellie | Montague | Boarder | Single | Female | 2 | - | London |
First Name | Last Name | Relationship | Marital Status | Gender | Age | Occupation | Birth Place |
Jesse | Knight | Head | Married | Male | 50 | Farm labourer | Billingshurst, Sussex |
Amelia | Knight | Wife | Married 26 years 5 children all alive | Female | 49 | - | Greatham, Sussex |
Charlotte | Knight | Daughter | Single | Female | 21 | House maid | Storrington, Sussex |
Nellie | Montague | Nurse child | Single | Female | 12 | - | London |
William | Grace | Lodger | Married | Male | 36 | ? Building trade | Great Marlow |
John | Cross | Lodger | Single | Male | 15 | Time keeper | London |
First Name | Last Name | Gender | Date of birth | Occupation |
Jesse | Knight | Male | 6 Sep 1860 | Retired agricultural labourer |
Amelia | Knight | Female | 13 Sep 1863 | Housewife |
Edith J | Knight | Female | 1 Jan 1893 | Housewife |
Maisie D H | Knight | Female | 21 Oct 1923 | At school |
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