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James Penrose KNIGHT

James Knight was the son of William Knight (1806-1867) and Mary Ann Penrose (1806-1871) who arrived with 5 children, including James, on the 8/02/1840 at Petone, on the 'Duke of Roxburgh'. They had come from Bodmin, Cornwall.

Date of birth	03/01/1833
Date of death	23/10/1904
Mothers name	Mary Ann PENROSE
Spouses name	m1: Mary Ann FAIRWEATHER, m2: Jane Heayns
Mothers date of birth	1804
Spouses date of birth	m1: 11/1834, m2: 16/11/1843
Spouses place of birth	m2: Cornwall
Mothers date of death	1871
Spouses date of death	m1: 03/11/1861, m2: 18/01/1930
Fathers date of birth	1801
Spouses place of death	m1: Buried Bridge St Cem, Lower Hutt, m2: buried Taita Cem, Lower Hutt.
Fathers name	William KNIGHT
Marriage date	m1:18/02/1852, m2: 16/11/1862
Parents date of marriage	16/04/1827
Place of marriage	Wesleyan m1: Chapel, Aglionby, Petone. m2: Lower Hutt.
Parents place of marriage	St Austell, Cornwall, UK
Fathers date of death	1867
Siblings	, , , ,
Fathers occupation	Miner of Penpillick (Cornwall)
Children	Mary Ann KNIGHT (22/11/1852-15/02/1950), Elizabeth Knight (10/11/1854-24/12/1882), Rebecca Knight (02/12/1856-27/09/1857), Emily Knight (05/04/1858-07/10/1858), William Knight (12/12/1859-18/04/1860), Samuel Knight (25/07/1863-26/06/1947), James Knight (27/07/1865-13/10/1950), Phillipa Jane Knight (29/04/1867-24/08/1942), John Penrose Knight (06/04/1869-29/07/1938), Wesley Knight (01/01/1871-21/11/1956), Willoughby Knight (04/12/1873-18/02/1951), Norman halliday Knight (06/10/1874-18/01/1952), Stannard Richardson Knight (28/06/1876-22/08/1932), Leila Ada Knight (15/08/1881-16/12/1948)
Buried where	Taita Cemetery, Lower Hutt.
Places of relevance	, , , ,
Last known residence	Penrose, 60 Penrose St, Lower Hutt (1990 address)
Occupation	Farmer
Place of death	Lower Hutt

Children	Parents	Grandparents	Great Grandparents
Ethelbert Knight Ransom	Vincent Christopher Ransom	John Robert Ransom	John Ransom
Harold John Ransom
Lillian "Myrtle" Ransom			Harriet Skipper
Roland James Ransom
Arnold Reginald Ransom		Harriet Sowerby	William Sowerby
Oswald Edgar Ransom
Hinemoa Cornwall Ransom			Jane Rowley
Wilfred Hamilton Ransom
Norman Ransom	Mary Ann Knight	James Penrose Knight	William Knight
Allen Ransom
Marion Florence Ransom			Mary Ann Penrose

		Mary Ann Fairweather	Robert Fairweather

			Barbara Palmer

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