Rosa (Knight) Parvin
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Rosa Ida (Knight) Parvin (1899 - 1985)

Mrs Rosa Ida Parvin formerly Knight aka Wisch, Baker
Born in Londonmap
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Wife of — married [date unknown] [location unknown]
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Died at about age 86 in South Africamap
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Biography

Rosa was born in 1899. She passed away in 1985. [1]

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  1. Personal recollection of events witnessed by Sarah (Wish) Mason Mrs as remembered 13 Oct 2018.

FreeBMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Rosa Ida Knight Registration Year: 1899 Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep Registration district: Lewisham Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District Inferred County: London Volume: 1d Page: 1220

Ancestry.com. 1901 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Name: Rosa J Knight Age: 1 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900 Relation to Head: Granddaughter Gender: Female Father: Arthur A Knight Mother: Ida Knight Birth Place: Sydenham, Kent, England Civil Parish: Lewisham Search Photos: Search for 'Lewisham' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Ecclesiastical parish: St Bartholomew County/Island: London Country: England Street address:

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View image Registration district: Lewisham Sub-registration district: Sydenham ED, institution, or vessel: 09 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 557 Folio: 108 Page Number: 21 Household schedule number: 85

Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Name: Rosa Ida Knight Age in 1911: 11 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1900 Relation to Head: Daughter Gender: Female Birth Place: Sydenham, Kent Civil Parish: Great Clacton Search Photos: Search for 'Great Clacton' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection County/Island: Essex Country: England Street address: Thoroughgood Rd, Radcliffe, Clacton On Sea Occupation: school Registration district: Tendring Registration District Number: 197 Sub-registration district: Clacton ED, institution, or vessel: 5 Household schedule number: On of several journeys made by the family to visit grandparents in South Africa. Miss R Knight Arrival Age: 15 Birth Date: abt 1900 Port of Departure: Beira, Mozambique Arrival date: 18 Apr 1915 Port of Arrival: London, England Ports of Voyage: Delagoa Bay; Durban; East London; Port Elizabeth [Algoa Bay]; Cape Town Ship Name: Ingria Shipping line: Harrison Line Ltd Official Number: 135475 Search Ship Database: Search for the Ingria in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database

This proves that she married William George Baker in 1920, however she returned to England alone only a month or two later. There is apparently a newspaper notification of the marriage (as sent to her grandmother but subsequently lost) Rosa Ida Baker Arrival Age: 21 Birth Date: abt 1899 Port of Departure: Durban, South Africa Arrival date: 8 Dec 1920 Port of Arrival: Southampton, England Ports of Voyage: East London; Port Elizabeth [Algoa Bay]; Cape Town; Madeira Ship Name: Carisbrook Castle Shipping line: Union-Castle Mail Steamship Company Ltd Official Number: 108351 Search Ship Database: Search for the Carisbrook Castle in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018. Name: Rosa Wisch [Rosa Parvin] Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Birth Date: 5 Aug 1899 Residence Year: 1939 Address: 248 Residence Place: Harrow, Middlesex, England Occupation: Unpaid Domestic Duties Schedule Number: 108 Sub Schedule Number: 2 Enumeration District: BIBT Registration district: 130/1 Inferred Spouse: Carl Wisch

Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Rosa I Parvin Registration Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1948 Registration district: Willesden Inferred County: Middlesex Spouse: Parvin Volume Number: 5f Page Number: 914

Ancestry.com. England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.Rosa I Knight Registration Date: Jul-Aug-Sep 1948 Registration district: Willesden Inferred County: Middlesex Spouse: William S Parvin Volume Number: 5f Page Number: 914





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Rosa was married 3 times, once to William George Baker for only a month after they married after getting off the ship in Cape Town. Second marriage was to my granddad Carl Wisch, married in Germany, emigrated to England in 1936 to escape Nazism (her mother was Jewish)divorced in 1942, married William Parvin. They emigrated to South Africa in 1955. She was a prolific artist (but only started painting in her 40s) She painted 17,000 psychic portraits and many, many pastel portraits at the fairs and shows and also landscapes. The was a Sufi
posted 13 Oct 2018 by Sarah (Wish) Mason Mrs   [thank Sarah]
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