Rosa Ellen Dale (née Knowler) cNov 1879 - 1951

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A domestic housemaid and the child of John Knowler (a general laborer) and Elizabeth Dale,

Rosa Knowler, the second cousin three-times-removed on the father's side of Nigel Horne, was born in Bilting, Kent, England c. Nov 18791,2,3,4, was baptized in Godmersham, Kent, England on Jan 4, 1880 and married her cousin on her mother's side Thomas Dale (an electrical fitter with whom she had 1 child, Frank Aubrey George) at St Nicholas, Strood, Kent, England on Jul 1, 19058.

Rosa spent all of her life in Kent, England. Throughout her life, she lived in several places around the county: at her birthplace on Apr 3, 18811 and on Apr 5, 18912; at Whitehill House, Ospringe on Mar 31, 19013; on Halfway Road, Minster, Sheppey on Jun 19, 192110 (when she was living with her father, John); and on 95 Halfway Road, Minster, Sheppey on Sep 29, 19399 and in 1951.

She died on Apr 13, 1951 at Isle of Sheppey General Hospital, Sheppey, Kent5,6,7 and was buried at Sheppey Cemetery, Sheerness, Kent on Apr 18, 19517.

Parents

  1. John was born in 1843
  2. Elizabeth Ann was born c. Nov 1851

Children

  1. Frank Aubrey George was born on Jun 16, 1906

Citations

  1. 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 1 and the daughter of the head of the household)
  2. 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 11 and the daughter of the head of the household)
  3. 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - Findmypast (was age 22 and a servant in the household)
  4. England & Wales births 1837-2006 - Findmypast
  5. England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019 - Findmypast
  6. England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - Findmypast
  7. National Burial Index For England & Wales - Findmypast
  8. England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005 - Findmypast
  9. 1939 Register - Findmypast (was the wife of the head of the household)
  10. 1921 Census Of England & Wales - Findmypast (was age 41 and the wife of the head of the household)

Media

England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 - BMD/M/1905/3/AZ/000228/028
England & Wales births 1837-2006 - BMD/B/1879/4/AZ/000323/183
Kent Baptisms - GBPRS/CANT/B/96373896
England Births & Baptisms 1538-1975 - R_885310900
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census - GBC-1901-0006620488
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 - BMD/D/1951/2/AZ/000216/144
Kent marriages and banns - PRS/MEDWAY/MAR/0068147/2
1939 Register - TNA/R39/1845/1845H/024/10
National Burial Index for England & Wales - BMD/NBI/11491048
England & Wales Government Probate Death Index 1858-2019 - GBOR/GOVPROBATE/C/1951-1951/00050383

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