Researching Eric Knell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 456 people with the Knell surname? In that year Knell was ranked number 3123 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eric means "ever-powerful" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Eric Knell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eric Knell and the Knell Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 698 people with the Knell surname in the UK? Knell is now ranked number 3382 for popularity in the UK. |
Knell Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Eric Knell
Eric Knell
Eric Henry Knell (1 April 1903 – January 1987) was the Bishop of Reading from 1954 until 1972.
Knell was educated at Trinity College, Oxford and ordained in 1929. Beginning his ministry with a curacy at St Barnabas, Southfields he was successively: Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Lincoln; Priest in charge of the Trinity College, Oxford, Mission in Stratford; Vicar of Emmanuel, Forest Gate, then Christ Church, Reading; and finally, before his appointment to the episcopate, Archdeacon of Berkshire. In 1972 he retired to Lingfield, Surrey and continued to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Oxford.
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