The Addy Family Tree

My Knottingley Connections

by Keith Sheldon 
kshel@blueyonder.co.uk


George ADDY                                         =  Elizabeth ELLIS
born circa. 1739, Knottingley
married October 7, 1764, Pontefract

Children:

1. George b. 1772 (see next generation)


George ADDY                                          =  Elizabeth HOPWOOD
b. 1772, Knottingley                                       born circa. 1775, Pontefract
married, June 13, 1796

Children:

1. Hannah bpt. June 29, 1798
2. George bpt. September 2, 1802
3. John bpt. August 11, 1805
4. Betty bpt. April 24, 1808
5. Francis Hopwood bpt. March 17, 1811 (see next generation)
6. Joseph bpt. August 21, 1814
7. Thomas bpt. September 12, 1817


Francis Hopwood ADDY                       =    Ann BARBER
bpt. March 17, 1811, Knottingley
married June 17, 1848, St Giles, Pontefract

Francis was a waterman
Ann BARBER's father was Thomas, a farmer

Children:

1. Joseph b. September 15, 1859 (see next generation) 
2. Mary Elizabeth bpt August 4, 1859.
3. Charles William bpt. November 28, 1862
4. Martha bpt. April 21, 1865, Knottingley (buried Knottingley cemetery July 24, 1865)
5. Mary bpt. April 21, 1865, Knottingley (buried Knottingley cemetery October 6, 1866)
6. Elizabeth bpt. March 17, 1868
7. George bpt. March 17, 1868


Joseph ADDY                                                 =   Hannah LIGHTOWLER
bpt. 1859, Knottingley                                            b. circa. 1860, Knottingley
married at Pontefract Register Office

Hannah's father was Thomas LIGHTOWLER, a labourer

Children:

1. Robert b. circa. 1886
2. May b.1890
3. Millicent b. October 20, 1905 Marsh End, Knottingley

Millicent ADDY married John Thomas GARNER in Ardsley, September 21, 1925

In 1881 census, Joseph and Hannah were at 4 The Island, Knottingley
In 1891 census, I believe Joseph and Hannah were at Racca Green, Knottingley


The above details form the Knottingley connections in my family tree.

 

** With special thanks to Larry Cardwell, local Genealogist who has helped me so much in finding out information about my family tree.

Keith Sheldon 
kshel@blueyonder.co.uk 

 

 

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