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Record #12159

Name :: : Ada Winifred KNOCKER (1917 - )
Father: : Frank Richard KNOCKER
Mother: : Mabel Sophie BECKETT

BMD and other details

Date of Birth: : 25 Feb 1917 Notes : Source: Fairbridge Kids
Marriage (1): : 1946 Spouse/Notes : Alan Keith JOHNSON (Chatswood NSW, reg 18739)
Marriage (2): :
Date of Death: :

Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, London, Lambeth

Mar qtr, 1d 47, mmn BECKETT

Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialAustralia, New South Wales

Sailing Information

Date of Arrival: : May 1928
Country: : Australia
Ship: : Ballarat
Placement Family: :

Homes / Agencys

Institution (GB): :
Agency: : Fairbridge Homes

NotesIn Dec Qtr of 1908 Frank Richard Knocker married Mabel Sophie Beckett in Lambeth. In 1911, Frank Richard Knocker, 24, wife Frank????, 23, and daughter Phyllis May, 2, Kate Constance, 8m, at 24 Osborne Terrace, Clapton, London.

Siblings Richard H born 1912, Valentine Donald born 1914 and Malcolm Amos born 1920. Both Valentine and Malcolm were also sent to Fairbridge, Pinjarra, in 1925 and 1929 respectively.

Mabel S Knocker died aged 36, registered in Dec qtr of 1922 in Lambeth. Frank Richard Knocker died aged 41, registered in Sep qtr 1928 in Lambeth.

Residence in UK given as Child Emigration Society, Savoy House, Strand, W C 2. Ada arrived aged 11 and was placed at Fairbridge Farm School, Pinjarra, Western Australia.

The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 January 1946
JOHNSON—KNOCKER.—The Engagement is announced of Ada Winifred Knocker, of 2 Partview Road, Greenwich, youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frank Knocker, of London, England, to Alan Keith Johnson, of 20 Selwyn Street, Artarmon, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Johnson.
Source: NLA Trove Newspapers

Her husband Alan died in 2008 aged 94 in NSW.

ContributorsCreated : 2010-06-29 11:00:47 / From original database

Additional Contributions from : mollipops1

Last Updated : 2011-05-25 05:46:57 /

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ID	Name	DOB	Place of birth	Arrivals & Ships	Dest.	Agency
12159	KNOCKER, Ada Winifred	1917	ENG, LND, Lambeth	May 1928 : Ballarat	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
14629	KNOCKER, Malcolm Amos	1920	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Jun 1929 : Largs Bay	AUS	Fairbridge Homes
14627	KNOCKER, Richard Henry	1912	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Sep 1923 : Minnedosa	CAN	Barnardos
14628	KNOCKER, Valentine Donald	1914	ENG, LND, Lambeth	Mar 1925 : Demosthenes	AUS	Fairbridge Homes

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