Alexander STROUD, son of Henry Charles STROUD and Jeanne Suzanne Marie DORMAN , was born 02 October 1904 in Radipole, Dorset, England. He married Phillys Eveline KNIBBS July September, 1928 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. He died 05 November 1976 in Weymouth, Dorset, England. Phillys Eveline KNIBBS, daughter of George Levi KNIBBS and Eveline BUTLER , was born 11 August 1904 in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. She died 17 March 1990 in Weymouth, Dorset, England.
1. Roy Henry G STROUD, b. 17 June 1929 | See Roy Henry G STROUD & Edna Mary BLANDAMER |
2. Joan Eveline STROUD, b. 30 December 1931 | See Patrick Cyril SMITH & Joan Eveline STROUD |
Marriage Notes for Alexander STROUD\Phillys Eveline KNIBBS:
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Also known as: AlecSources for Alexander STROUD:
Notes for Phillys Eveline KNIBBS:
I don't know a great deal about Phillys other than she started work at an early age - she went "into service" at the newly built St Edmund's School in Grayshott, Hampshire, England. She was also in service at Park Prewitt Hospital on the outskirts of Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Phyllis is shown above, front, left of the photo (click on image for larger version). I'm not sure if this was taken at St. Edmunds School or at Park Prewitt Hospital. St. Edmund's school was established in 1874, is still going strong and coincidentally, is just a few miles north of where I live in Hampshire. Park Prewitt Hospital was closed in the 1980's.
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Phyllis told me a story once about when her family went to visit her at the school in Grayshott. She told my father Harold, who was just a small boy at the time, to behave himself and to not run around on the highly polished floor with his outside shoes on. Of course, being a small boy, he did exactly that, skidded and fell outside the headmistresses office.
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She married Alec in 1928 and they moved to live at Horsford Street, Weymouth, Dorset, England behind the brewery where Alec was employed. They lived in Horsford Street all of their married lives. I remember them living at No. 18 but was told that for several years they lived in No.23, the house on the opposite side of the road. I have seen photographs of Phillys with her two children outside No.23, dated from about 1934/35.
During the war years, whilst Alec was away at war, Phillys went with her children Roy and Joan to stay with her parents George and Evelyn Knibbs in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
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We see Phillys in 1939 living at 23 Horsford Street, Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, Dorset:
P Eveline Stroud 11 Aug 1904 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
Roy H G Stroud 17 Jun 1929 At School Single
Joan E Smith (Stroud) 31 Dec 1931 At School Single
Florence M Bassett 22 Mar 1903 Unpaid Domestic Duties Married
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I have in my possession an old family Bible that I remember my father bringing home after his father, George Levi Knibbs died. On the front cover it says "Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge 1698". Inside the front cover is written Smith, Binder. Feb 1834. Whilst the words are clearly printed onto the paper, the dates look as if they were stamped separately so I am presuming this is the date when the Bible was completed ready for sale.
If you go to the following webpage, and click anywhere on the image of the bible page, it will flip over. On the reverse you will see a recording of Phillys' birth. It's written as "Georges baby born august 11 phylliss evelin"
Please view the pages from Hannah's Bible
Inside the front cover is written in very neat handwriting:
Hannah
Middle Aston
Oxfordshire
Hannah woud be Hannah Markham, the Great Grandmother of Phillys.
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Above Hannah's name there are some other names and dates:
James Cother
11th April 1851
Sarah his wife died
9th Feby 1850
Emma their Daughter died
6th Nov 1838
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On the opposite page is written in very different writing
J Knibbs
Married Feb 15 1895
Georges baby born august 11 phylliss evelin
J Knibbs is Hannah's grandson James. George is another of her grandsons. Phylliss Eveline would have been her great-granddaughter who was born in 1904, and probably after Hannah herself had died.
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