Birth: 15 July 1890 3 Vicarage Row Higham, Kent, UK
Father: William Henry Pope 1860-1923
Mother: Rose (Rosa) Fulleck (Fullick, Fullock) 1861-1951
Marriage: April-June 1911 Strood, Kent, UK
Husband: Arthur James Knapp 1884-1930
Death: November 1987 Gravesend, Kent, UK
Ena Hilda W Knapp [Wright] 1912-1997-1930
Eric Arthur Knapp 1913-1994
Kathleen Joan Knapp 1916-1985
Freda Joyce Knapp [Wyatt] 1917-2002
Birth of Hilda Lilian R Pope in FreeBMD in July-September 1890 in Strood (2A 539).
In the 1891 census as Hilda L R Pope aged 8 months, born in Higham, Kent, and living with her parents (William H and Rose), two brothers (Lewis V and William F S), and sister (Fanny L) in four rooms at 3 Vicarage Row, Higham, Kent.
Her sister was born on 7 March 1892 in Higham and registered in April-June 1892 in Strood.
Her brother was born on 13/14 September 1893 in Higham and registered in October-December 1893 in Strood.
Her brother was born on 23 January 1895 in Higham and registered in January-March 1895 in Strood.
I cannot locate her in the 1891 census but she was not living with her parents.
Her sister was born on 21 January 1903 in Shorne and registered in January-March 1903 in Strood.
In the 1911 census as Hilda Lilian Rose Pope aged 22, single and a servant (domestic housemaid) living with Matilda Selina Hunt (aged 74, born in Ingham (Barningham), Suffolk, single and living on private means), her sister (Laura Hunt aged 69, born in Ingham (Barningham), Suffolk and living on private means), her neice (Emma Hunt aged 48, born in Minster (Westminster, London), single, and living on private means), and two other servants (Mary Hannah Brook aged 43, born in (Marylebone) London, single and a domestic palourmaid, and Kate Minnie Godfrey aged 30, born in Esh (Coggleshall), Essex, single and a domestic cook) in thirteen rooms at at 8 Sumner Place, South Kensington S W, London.
Marriage of Hilda L R Pope and Arthur J Knapp in FreeBMD in April-June 1911 in Strood (2A 1341).
Her daughter was born on 13 March 1912 and registered in April-June 1912 in Strood.
Her son was born on 6 August 1913 and registered in July-September 1913 in Strood.
Her daughter was born on 27 July 1916 and registered in July-September 1916 in Strood.
Her daughter was born on 21 August 1917 and registered in October-December 1917 in Strood.
In the 1921 census as Hilda L R Knapp born in Higham, Kent in 1890 and living with Arthur James Knapp (husband?), Eric A Knapp (son?), and Eva H E, Freda J, and Kathleen Knapp (daughters?) in Higham, Strood, Kent.
Her husband died in January-March 1930 in Medway.
Entry in Ancestry Bexley, Kent, England, Electoral Registers, 1734-1965 for Hilda Lilian Knapp address 165 Crayford Way, Dartford in 1939, other occupants Eric Arthur and Iris Selina Annie Knapp (son and daughter-in-law?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Hilda L R Knapp born 15 July 1890, widowed and living with Eric A and Iris S A Knapp (son and daughter-in-law?) and two others (grandsons?) at 165 Crayford Way, Crayford, Kent.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Hilda Lilian Knapp, born 15 July 1890, in November 1987 in Gravesend (16 1034)
Hilda Lilian Rose Knapp was my fourth cousin once removed.
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