Elizabeth Williams (Price) Knevitt (1799 - 1891)

Born 1799 in St Andrew, Holborn, Middlesex, England

Wife of Thomas Lepard Knevitt — married 11 Dec 1822 in St James, Clerkenwell

Descendants

Died 19 Feb 1891 at about age 92 in Lewisham, Kent, England,

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Biography

Elizabeth Williams Price bap 3 April 1799 St Andrew Holborn, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Price of Cross Street, [pr film] married Thomas Lepard Knevitt on 11 Dec 1822 at St James Clerkenwell, witnessed by Thomas Elliott Price and Martha Price. [m.cert] Thomas Knevitt 50 Lieutenant Navy was living at 13 Red Lion Square, St George the Martyr in 1841 with Elizabeth 40, George 17, Edward 3 and Amelia 2. In 1851 Elizabeth W Knevitt 52 born at St Andrews Middx widow of Lieut Royal Navy, lived at 13 Agyle St St Pancras with son Robert 22 clerk to a shipbroker, mother Sarah Price 80 widow, formerly a Staffordshire Warehouse Keeper, born at Midhurst, Sussex, and a servant. In 1861 Elizabeth Wms Knevitt 61 widow lived at 10 Cambridge Terrace Islington St Mary, with daughter Elizabeth 31 born at Holder Hill, Sussex, professor of music, daughter Amelia Anne 21 born in Middlesex and a servant. In 1871 Elizabeth 72 was a widow pensioner from the Navy, lodging in Lewisham and retaining a domestic servant. She died at High Street, Lewisham on 19 Feb 1891 aged 91, leaving probate to her daughter Elizabeth Knevitt spinster.

Sources

• 1841 to 1890 census. Probate index.