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I don't know if anyone will see this and it is a bit of a long shot but yesterday I saw two family Bibles in a charity shop near to where I live. Out of curiosity for such old and important (to someone) items I looked through the top one and it had the Family names Knight and Steed in the family pages plus other names and was from the central London areas of Westminster and Piccadilly. (not where I live now)/ There was so much more info but it was a busy and crowded shop and I thought I had better move as they were on a shelf near the till. The lady in the shop said they date from mid 1800's onwards. I really wanted to buy them because they are so interesting but sadly they aren't anything to do with my family tree.
If anyone is interested plz get in touch and I will see if they are still there next week and get the number of the shop etc

If it's still there when you visit again, you could see if it has anything to do with this family?

Marriages Jun 1887
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****Knight Alfred Westminster 1a 908
OPPENHEIM Mary Frances I Westminster 1a 908
****Steed Bessie Ann J Westminster 1a 908
Thomas Godfrey Vignoles Westminster 1a 908

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1891 England Census
about Alfred Knight Name: Alfred Knight
Age: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Bessie A J Knight
Gender: Male
Where born: Evesham, Worcestershire, England

Civil parish: St George Hanover Square
Ecclesiastical parish: St Marks
Town: London City
County/Island: London
Country: England

Registration district: St George Hanover Square
Sub-registration district: Mayfair
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 67
Folio: 67
Page Number: 9
Household Members: Name Age
Alfred Knight 29 Police Constable
Bessie A J Knight 26 b. Saltash, Cornwall.
Harold A Knight 3
Maria E Knight 1

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 67; Folio 67; Page 9; GSU roll: 6095177.

Dea x

There is a tree on Ancestry with this family........


1871 England Census
about Bessie A Steed
Name: Bessie A Steed
Age: 6
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1865
Relation: Daughter
Father's name: William Steed
Mother's name: Ann Steed
Gender: Female
Where born: St. Stephens, Cornwall, England
Civil parish: St Stephen By Saltash
Town: Notter Bridge
County/Island: Cornwall
Country: England
Registration district: St Germans
Sub-registration district: Saltash
Household Members:
Name Age
William Steed 46
Ann Steed 45
Emma I J Steed 14
William H J Steed 11
Albert E J Steed 10
Alfred S C Steed 8
Bessie A Steed 6
John F J Steed 4
Agnes M M Steed 3
Laura A Steed 1



1871 England Census
about Alfred Knight
Name: Alfred Knight
Age: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation: Son
Father's name: William Knight
Mother's name: Elizabeth Knight
Gender: Male
Where born: Evesham, Worcestershire, England
Civil parish: All Saints
Town: Evesham
County/Island: Worcestershire
Country: England
Registration district: Evesham
Sub-registration district: Evesham
Household Members:
Name Age
William Knight 62
Elizabeth Knight 41
Benjamin Knight 11
Alfred Knight 9
Albert S Knight 3

Of course, we really need some names from the bible to be able to connect to it, otherwise this is pure guesswork.

I do wish I could discover such an item though - even if it wasn't connected to 'my' family I would be unable to resist bringing it home and exploring it's history!

I think I must be truly addicted
:D

Dea x

If in a charity shop I assume they aren't too expensive? I would be tempted to buy them then you can search for the family at leisure. If all else fails you could just keep them or put them on Ebay!
jan

Thanks everyone-I am tempted to go back and have another look if they are still there. They may let me write some details down and do a bit more searching on here. They were big bibles about 4-6 inches deep and the covers which had detached from the main Bible were 12-14 inches in length. I could have looked at them for hours and was tempted to buy them but they were very heavy and I had quite a walk ahead of me.
How much would these Bibles normally sell for-does anyone know?
There was a sticker on them with offers please.
I am sure to the right person they would be like gold dust!
If they are still there I will check out those names on Tuesday. Not sure they will be open tomorrow being a Bank Holiday.

Varies enormously - just google "family bible ebay"!!

UPDATE:Bibles sold later on the same day I saw them. I have left my number in the shop and they will give it to her when she comes in as she is a regular visitor and lives in the area.She may get in touch and let me have a bit more info on the actual family and then I will post it. Let me know if the names mentioned above are inyour family tree, thanks
Alison

This is an old subject but these are my relatives and the bibles belong to my family of steeds.I have contacted Alison who saw the bibles and we did try to find the lady who purchased them in the charity shop but to know avail.Its devastating to loose these family bibles and I just wish someone else could help me find this lady who got them.I live in cardiff so it is hard to get to cornwall.I did put an advert in two local cornish newspapers to try to trace her in 2011 but no luck.Perhaps someone else knows the lady who has these bibles.Thanks for any further info however small the info is.Regards.Rosalind Steed.

That's such a shame Rosalind. Have you tried Facebook?
Jan

Hi Jan,
no I have not tried facebook.I could have a go I suppose.I did look at all the old bibles for sale recently on ebay but no luck.Perhaps the lady just wants to keep them.I would not mind if she wished to do that.Fair enough,she bought them.She may have sold them already.But I really want to see what names and secrets my steed family have written in the bibles at least.I know my Steed ancestors went up to london from cornwall.One worked as a cheesemonger.He died young.His sister Bessie Steed[working in service] went up there too and married her policeman from evesham and they stayed in policemans digs in london along with other policemans families in the 1800s.Bessie married Mr Knight and they had children.I do have contact with their descendants now.William Steed [bessies father] was my great,great grandfather and one of his sons-my great grandfather was albert steed brother of Bessie who married Mr Knight the policeman.There were alot of children.They are my dads family.They started off in cornwall running the sportsmans Inn in Notterbridge for 20 years,then moved to torquay devon.
Im going to falmouth on holiday in three weeks and hope to put more adverts in the local papers to try again to locate the lady.Maybe she will see it or her friends or relatives.I have looked for the original shop online for the animal hospital in falmouth where the bibles were sold but it says its closed.Then there appears an address for the shop in falmouth so I am very confused.Maybe I will be lucky some day.Thanks for writing.Regards.Rosalind.

Good luck. It might be worth contacting the Cornwall Family History Society.

http://www.cornwallfhs.com/