Annie was born in Horsham Sussex on 5 November 1884. She is the daughter of Thomas Hards. We are unable to identify her mother who appears to have died when Annie was quite young. Her father remarried in 1890.
Annie married Frederick Thomas Knight in 1910 in Horsham. They would become the parents of 1 daughter born in 1922.
Annie was widowed in 1957 and she passed away in Dorking Surrey on 17 October 1958 at age 73. She is interred at Hills Cemetery in Horsham.
Sources
"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XLM-H5H : 1 October 2014), Annie Mary Hards, 1884; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Horsham, Sussex, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJGM-FHW : 11 February 2018, Annie Mary Hards, ); citing item 1597 p 200, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 2,147,083.
"England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4DX4-83Z : 11 December 2017), Annie M Hards in household of Thomas Hards, Horsham, Sussex, England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Sussex county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSJW-DKD : 8 April 2016), Annie Hards in household of Thomas Hards, Horsham, Sussex, England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing North Horsham subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
"England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2DXX-63G : 13 December 2014), Annie M Hards, 1910; from “England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005,” database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1910, quarter 4, vol. 2B, p. 635, Horsham, Sussex, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
"England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X71Q-3QB : 2 August 2017), Annie Mary Knight in household of Frederick Thomas Knight, Horsham, Horsham, Sussex, England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
Ancestry.com. 1939 England and Wales Register - this record states: Frederick T Knight, b.d. 23 Apr 1879, married, Railway Checker; residing with wife Annie M Knight, b.d. 5 Nov 1884, domestic duties plus 1 closed record - all living in Horsham Sussex.
"England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVC8-GRNQ : 4 September 2014), Annie M Knight, 1958; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Surrey South Eastern, Surrey, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 October 2020), memorial page for Annie Mary Knight (1885–17 Oct 1958), Find a Grave Memorial no. 197834278, citing Hills Cemetery, Horsham, Horsham District, West Sussex, England ; Maintained by John Commins (contributor 49887792) .
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