Thomas KNEEBONE was born in 1864 in Coromandel, New Zealand, the 3rd of 10 children
- his parents were Thoms KNEEBONE (1836-1902) of Creed, Cornwall, England and Rebecca COUCH (1836-1899) also from Creed who arrived in NZ around 1862/63

- Thomas married Jane WILLIAMS n the 29th March 1883 in Thames Coromandel

Jane Williams was the a daughter of Paul WILLIAM (1824-1891) from Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England and Lavinia MAY (1829-1898)
Paul had spent 8 years in the Autralian gold fields from 1854 before returning to England. Paul & Lavinia had arrived in NZ in 1864 on the "Eaglespeed", returned to the gold fields in 1866, working in the mines at Moonta South Australia in 1866 and then returning to Thames, NZ in 1871

The children of Thomas Kneebone & Jane Williams were:

1883-1954 Clara Kneebone
- born in
- married William Eustace WILLIAMS in 1908
- died in Auckland

1884-1884 Ethel Kneebone
- born in Thames
- died aged 2 days

1885-1964 Charles Leonard Kneebone
- born in Thames
- married Nellie BULL in 1925
- died in Waihi

1887-1968 Laura May Kneebone
- born in Thames
- married Joseph James SPARGO in 1911
- died in Auckland

1890-1967 Frank Leslie Kneebone
born in Thames
- married Nellie Mildred ABSOLUM in 1920
- died in Auckland

1892-1963 Ethel Rebecca Kneebone
- born in Broken Hill, NSW
- married Albert OATES in 1916
- married Henry Clemshaw SWALES in 1921
- died in Matamata, Waikato

1894-1983 Thomas Alfred Kneebone
- born in Broken Hill, NSW
- married Kathleen HARTNETT in 1919
- died in Hamilton, Waikato

1897-1918 Doris Ellen Kneebone
- born in Thames
- died in Matamata aged 21

1902-1983 Harold Ralph Kneebone
- born in Thames
- married Mavis KERR in 1929
- died in Tirau, Waikato

1906-1906 William Cecil Kneebone
- born in Waihi, Coromandel
- died aged 1 day